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After that Soliss decided to go on the hunt for the 39 clues for awhile. He talked to HawkBlade, and Tomat about this.
"Guys I think the 39 clues would be a cool challenge for me so I was wondering if you had everything under control?"
"Yah we got it under control go ahead, and if you find something that would be useful to the rebellion send it back!" As Soliss was about to leave 5 people visited. They walked up to Soliss, Sakura, HawkBlade, and Tomat.
"We hear that you are hiding Amy and Dan" the child called Hamilton said. Soliss gave Tomat, Sakura, and HawkBlade a questioning look. then said "No we are not but if you want to get to them you have to go through me." at that the dad said with relish
"Lets show them haw it's done, Holt stile!" Tomat leaped to the right side, Sakura roled to the left, HawkBlade leaped over them, and Soliss got into a fight ready stance. The Holt's youngest two plowed into Tomat sending him onto his back, the dad fought Soliss, Hamilton fought Sakura, and the mom fought HawkBlade. (P.S. The Holts are body builders and the youngest can pick up and throw a grown man.) The Holts were defeated. Then the Holts ran away.
"Ha Ha! that will teach them!" Then again as Soliss was leaving a Gov. Agent came running out of the trees running in a panic he kept shouting "The Russians! The Russians!" Then a Russian tank broke through the tree line...

...and ran the Agent over in cold blood. Gen. Wilms was in the Battle room, monitoring the advance of the Russian Forces. An aide reported to Gen. Wilms, "Radar reports several armor columns including T-90 and T-80 tanks along with Mobile SAM vehicles and BMP-1 though 3 APCs. Tu-22 'Blinder' Bombers with MiG-29 'Fulcrum' and Su-35 'Flanker' Fighter escorts approaching from the west." Gen. Wilms looked grave but issued orders with his usually efficiency and skill. "Scramble all fighters to engage the bombers. Send out what armor we have to engage the tanks. Where are Soliss and the others?" the aide replied "Moving out to engage the infantry. The aliens have been busy making SRAW tubes and are preparing to engage the enemy armor columns as the break out of the tree line." "Very good. Anything else?" A radio operator raised a hand said in an urgent voice "Sir, the fighters are reporting a pair of Tu-160 'Blackjack' bombers and a number of Su-25 'Frogfoot' Close Air Support aircraft flying with the bombers!" At the mention of a Tu-160 'Blackjack', Gen. Wilm's stomach did a backflip. Tu-160 'Blackjack' bombers were strategic bombers that could drop 36,376 pounds of bombs and launch up to 12 RK-55 cruise missiles on the base. Su-25 'Frogfoot' jets could lay down 9,700 pounds of rockets, bombs, and missiles on to his infantry. The radio operator spoke again, "Fighters also reporting a Tu-126 'Moss' AWACS aircraft hanging about a mile off the battlefield." "Understood, thank you." Gen. Wilms said as he turned to his personal radar board. This was going to be bloody.

Outside the base, the battle raged. Aliens lined the walls and laid down a punishing barrage of SRAW Anti-Armor missiles. HawkBlade and Sakura battled solider after solider as Tomat used his sniper rifle, now repaired, to good effect on officers. Tanks poured out of the tree line and met the SRAW fire with courage. Some experienced tank drivers even dodged a few missiles, but the aliens figured it out very quickly and tanks that did try to dodge only ran into an another missile.

The air war was not going as well as it was on the ground. The hodge-podge of fighters the rebels had compiled were outgunned 15 to 1. The MiG-29 and Su-35 fighters ran circles around them, killing at will. The bombers went along untouched for the greater part of their journey to the rebel base until a pair of F/A-18 Hornets broke out form the fight and each scored a bomber, prompting some MiG-29s to come at them. A Saab J-39 Gripen rolled up onto it's port wing and dove at the MiG-29s attacking the Hornets. It got a missile lock on one and the AIM-9 Sidewinder changed MiG-29 into a huge fireball. An F-16, sideslipping, diving, climbing, doing all the stunts he could think of to blast a Su-35 out of the air managed to do so and joined the fight to take out the bombers. Then a Su-35 popped into a F/A-18's rear and triggered a cannon burst that removed the fighters starboard wing. The damaged Hornet went spinning downward, but the pilot gained a little control over his ruined craft and collided with a Su-25 'Frogfoot' exploding both into burned rubble.

The battle continued like this until the fight reached the rebel base. Then things turned desperate. Despite amazing odds, the rebel fighters had managed to take out half of the bomber force, including a Tu-160 'Blackjack'. That still left 20 bombers to pound the base into nothingness. The Russian fighters had lost only 15% of their force and were still badgering the Rebels. Finally, SAM (Surface-to-Air-Missile) batteries opened up and the Rebels got a respite. The huge Tu-22 'Blinder' Bombers couldn't withstand the missiles being launched against them and neither could the fighters. The crews in the SAM sites battled the enemy with energy lent to them by desperation. Then a bomber started it's bombing run. It targeted the barracks and some office buildings, leaving them a smoking rubble. Then more bombers came over and released their bombs. Underground in the Battleroom, Gen. Wilms heard and felt the explosions happening above him and knew that there might not be a base to return to afterward. Meanwhile, the SAM batteries and fighters still waged a desperate war to stop the bombers. The remaining Tu-160 'Blackjack' had launched it's cruise missiles and had been starting it's bombing run when a SAM missile caught the bomber in the mid-section, splitting it in two. The burning aircraft landed with a deafening *BOOOOOM* and a huge explosion. Then the Su-25's started their attacks on the rebels below, raining rockets, bombs, and cannon fire on them. Then fighters engaged them and brought a few down, one landed on a pair of BMP-3 APCs. Then what was left of the Russian bombers and fighters turned away from the fight, having completed their job. The rebel fighters continued to chase them until they ran low on fuel and/or ran out of ammo.

Back on the ground, the Russians were not doing well. The aliens showed their amazing skill with Wire-Guided missiles once again and destroyed the armor and APC columns. The infantry fell pray to Soliss, HawkBlade, Sakura, E=mc2, Tomat, and some Rebel soldiers. Finally the battle wore down and the Russian General was captured along with some other high-ranking officers. What Russian troops surrendered were corralled and guarded by Rebel soldiers. Then the rebels saw what was left of their base in horror.

Note: All information regarding all the fighters, bombers, and vehicles (names and armament info) are true except possibly the BMP-3, and T-90. I am not sure about them.

It could hardly be called a base anymore. Soliss turned to Tomat with rage on his face. "This is worse than the Government!" Then he turned to the Russian general. "How many armies are there! Tell me!" " There are many. we will dominate the world!" Soliss turned to Tomat "We need to radio the other bases to see if they are ok, and to warn them." they went inside. Only to find 5 Russians there with Amy and Dan. "Surrender or they die! " "We have no choice." They raised their hands. Then Sakura sped and killed the Russians. "Thanks we owe you one." he nodded and was off. They went to the battle room and radioed all rebels. Soliss managed to get some time off and left to search for the 39 clues. The next hour he came back and marveled at the base like he had never seen it before. Tomat saw him and came over "Hi I thought that searching would take longer. " Soliss stared at him like he did not know him. "Soliss?" "How do you know my name?" " We're friends." " I don't know you." "What?!?!?!" Tomat grabbed his sleeve and got flipped in a way even HawkBlade and Sakura did not know how to do. Tomat looked at him bewildered...

They finally realized that Soliss had been hypnotized. They asked the aliens if they could do anything, so the aliens took him up in their ship. Meanwhile, HawkBlade and Sakura had welded back together, and otherwise refurbished a Su-25, which they then flew off in search of enemy fighters still hanging around. They found four circling what looked like an on-land aircraft carrier. Sakura was piloting with his turn on a dime reflexes, and HawkBlade was gunning with amazing accuracy, due to his disciplined Kung Fu training. They immediately took out two, and avoided being so much as scratched, then more planes took off from the carrier. Sakura called for backup, and soon another fighter, piloted by e=mc2 and with Tomat riding shotgun, so to speak. They hashed 5 fighters in as many minutes, but then they heard a rumbling in the distance. They finished off the last two fighters, and stared in horror as the skyline darkened, seemingly casting a shadow across the land. In fact, it was another Russian force, even bigger this time. The "darkening" was planes, consisting of fighter. bombers and Tu-95 Bombers. The "shadow" was a combo of Russian tanks, and German King Tiger Tanks. The biggest war in history was about to begin. "Base, this is HawkBlade. Do you copy?" "Roger HawkBlade, we copy." "Nuclear bombers, King Tiger tanks, and uncountable other disasters headed your way. We will try to take out as many as we can, before they shoot us down." "Negative HawkBlade, return to base immediately. Full e-vac, I repeat, full e-vac." "Negative Commander, HawkBlade out." "HawkBlade, you fool! Come back at once!" "crrr...."

They flew towards the enemy, then veered down then up, avoiding a whole shower of missiles. They quickly veered around, and joined the line of planes. The planes all started firing on one another (remember they are using refurbished Su-25's). Total chaos. Then they sneaked away, and went back to base. They were met by an uncharacteristic scowling Wilms. "Fools! You could have been killed!" "Are you insulting my piloting skills!?" Sakura and E=mc2 said simultaneously. "No, I'm not. Sakura could have made it just fine, but E=mc2 only luck saved you. You don't have Sakura's reflexes, nor his speed. I guess the important thing is that you are alive, so I will stop grouching. We have a war to fight gentlemen!" "Yes sir!" Sakura, HawkBlade, back in your plane. I had my mechanics attach an alien super-speed booster. You're now faster than any airship on the planet. I want you to gather all the rebels, all, and tell them to come immediately here. Tell them to bring all weapons and arms. Maroon alert." Maroon alert! Red alert was bad, but maroon was apocalyptic. This was bad. Probably worse than it looked.

Jeth Mentic was back in command. He was just finished a cup of coffee, when an aide burst in. "Sir! Russians approaching. doesn't look good." Just then a nuclear bomb destroyed everything within 2 miles, leaving a smoking, radioactive wasteland. Jeth was pieced back together by his healing ability, and got up, groaning. That had hurt. Then he noticed something. "My uniform! I spilled coffee on it! Now I'll have to order a new one. Then he saw the destruction. Wow. Pretty bad. Not too bad though, I mean, he was still alive.

Sakura flew down a deserted hallway towards the radio room. Once there, he turned on the powerful radio and scrambler to encode his message. Then the nuke hit. A powerful blast wave knocked Sakura to the floor. His head connected with the concrete floor but he managed to keep conscious. Scrambling back up, Sakura grabbed the microphone and said "All rebel bases, this is Alpha Base. Maroon Alert! Repeat, Maroon Alert! We are under heavy attack by Russo-German forces! All forces are ordered to scramble and travel to Alpha Base with all speed! Maroon Alert!" Sakura switched off the radio equipment and ran back towards his Su-25 'Frogfoot', modified to carry two people.

The German Leopard Tanks were the spearhead of the attack. At first thought to be King Tiger Tanks, they were found to be Leopard Tanks when they got closer. They were followed by Russian T-80 and T-90 Tanks along with BMP-1, 2, and 3 APCs. Mobile SAM batteries were trailing a bit behind to remove any air opposition. In the air, Tu-95 and Tu-22 bombers along with German Tornado GR4 Fighter-Bombers were escorted by MiG-29, Su-35, and German Eurofighter Typhoon Fighters. Waves after waves of aircraft were fast approaching the base, when another shadow appeared in the opposite direction coming towards the Russo-German forces. It was the Rebels! They flew F/A-18 Super Hornets, F-15E Strike Eagles, F-16 Fighting Falcons, Saab J-39 Gripens, and a few Tornado ADVs. As the the fighters on either side opened fire, missiles guided onto a number of unlucky pilots on both sides who didn't reach their flare dispenser in time. Then the fighters broke in pairs and engaged the enemy in the largest dogfight since WWII. The Bombers couldn't turn out of the way in time and subsequently lost a few to Rebel fighters. As the battle raged, trails of smoke would fall from the sky, signifying the death of a fighter. Some simply exploded. Some aircraft even collided with each other. Some rebel fighters that were shot down even landed on Tanks and APCs.

The fight kept drifting over towards the base as pilots pitted their wits and skill against each other. As the fight neared the first rebel base, the SAM batteries activated. Missiles flew up in a flurry and took a visible toll on the enemy. The fighters kept going and the bombers kept dying. The ground battle was a different story.

On the ground, the aliens once again proved their skill with SRAWs. A BMP-3 APC burst through the tree line after a few tanks did and was immediately toasted by a SRAW Missile. The slow T-80 and T-90 tanks were easily handled, but the faster and more modern Leopard Tanks had more armor and were faster. Shells form the enemy tanks and APCs rained down on the Rebels and did some major damage. HawkBlade, Sakura, E=mc2, and Tomat made things tough for the infantry and lighter armor by launching rockets, dropping bombs, and using the cannon to great effect. Even with all the resistance, a hole was made in the defenses and the APCs leaped at it, eager to unload their cargo of infantry. Then a surprise came. German Marauder APCs broke through the tree line and rained cannon fire on the rebels. As the APCs dumped soldiers out of their holds, they were ambushed by Soliss and some hand-picked fighters who could do some damage. The APC gunners tried in vain to get a bead on Soliss and the other rebels, they just moved too fast. Then, when all looked hopeless, a rumble came from the south. Upon investigation by scouts, the rebels were overjoyed to hear that a huge Rebel army was headed their way. Once they made to the battlefield, the battle was short. Using M1A2s and some other random model tanks, the Russo-German forces were crushed, their leader killed, and prisoners taken. Then HawkBlade and the other pilots landed to see the damage done by the tanks and APCs. Fortunately all the bombers were shot down, but at the cost of virtually every rebel pilot there so there wasn't nearly as much damage done to the base as was before. Then Soliss and his fighters returned after taking care of a few APCs that got in. The APCs were being converted to use for the Rebels now. HawkBlade looked around and then said "Well my fellow heroes, we did it!"

Note: Again, all facts regarding all aircraft and vehicles in this post are true except for possibly the BMP-3, T-90, and Marauder.

HawkBlade and Sakura salvaged almost all of the planes, including the enemy ones, increasing the rebel air force greatly. They were finally relaxing, when an aide ran up. "General Wilms wants to see you in his office sharpish." "Alright, thank you." They pushed themselves off the ground, and headed for the underground war council. When they reached it, Jeth Mentic was standing with a gun pressed to Wilms' head. "So, you're finally here!" he sneered. "I've killed him once, and I can do it again. Unless you want to co-operate." "What do you want!?" HawkBlade gritted, his hand, as it appeared clenching his fists in anger. In fact, he saw covering a small spark of lightning. A tongue of lightning shot out, and zapped Jeth. Then Sakura slid forward, and swung his sword at Mentic's head.

But Sakura's sward hit dual sabers stopping them halfway. Soliss had blocked Sakura. Soliss then hit Jeth on the head knocking him out. "Why did you stop me?" Sakura hissed.
"We need to keep him alive as a bargaining tool. The Government has the resources and we have the power. We need the resources."
"I see what you mean... we'll keep him alive just for that." Then they took Jeth to the brig.

Later, the new government HQ was in the process of electing a new captain, when a transmission came in. "Nothing as far as position, Commander!" "Put them through." It was Soliss. "We have Jeth Mentic. If you want him back, put 1000 tons of gold - pure gold - out on the plains by tomorrow. Everyone was startled. 1000 tons was a lot! They discussed it, and decided that Mentic was worth it. They put out the bars, and waited. Soon, A finger of lightning reached out from the woods, and spread out, forming a net. It fell over the gold, enveloping it. Then, it lifted all 2,000,000 pounds off the ground, and shrank back into the woods. Then Jeth Mentic was carried out, and deposited. The council rushed over, and found Mentic lying on the ground. They re-instated him as Captain, and he immediately planned a counterattack on Russia. He led it himself. It failed miserably, and a shell fragment took off his head during the battle. He died fighting, Like he always wanted to. The counterattack was sufficient to prevent the Russians from attacking again. The government slowly crumbled away without their leader, and slowly became non-existent. Now HawkBlade, Sakura, Soliss, Tomat, and E=mc2 could fulfill their promise and help the aliens.

The rebels had gained considerable strength now that the oppression of the Government was gone. Tomat, HawkBlade, and Sakura were elevated to the rank of General, and Soliss was given a seat on the Council. Planning for the taking back of the aliens planet, Mars, Soliss and the other heroes along with the council used many new strategies and tactics in their assault. The Rebellion was now a powerful force to be reckoned with and subsequently was able to field a daunting force. The aliens and given the Rebellion the plans for space-worthy attack platforms that were revised and modified to meet the Rebellion's needs. The space fleet consisted of these craft:

1. Fontar-Class Battleships. Named after Gen. Tomat Fontar, these Battleships were as long as an Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carrier but taller by more that 100 feet. They could carry 500 SF-1 spacefighters, 250 SB-1 spacebombers, and 200 SD-1 Fighter-Bombers. These Battleships included fully-functioning Ray and Particle Shields and 150 Turbocannons along with 55 Ion Cannons. 12 Tractor Beams were situated around each Battleship and could repel or grab anything around them.

2. Wilms-Class Spacecraft Carriers. Named after the founder of the Rebellion, Gen. Norman Wilms, these Carriers are the space version of the aircraft carriers on Earth. These carried 1000 S-1's, 500 SB-1s, and 400 SD-1s. Turbocannon emplacements numbered 200 and Ion cannons numbered 105. These carriers also included shields and 50 tractor beams.

3. HawkBlade-Class Destroyers. These nimble and powerful ships pack a punch to enemy Capitol Ships. Besides the 25 Turbocannons and 5 Ion cannons, the HawkBlade-Class Destroyers also carried 50 concussion and proton torpedo launchers. A small contingent of 12 S-1 fighters were carried on each destroyer to help combat enemy fighters.

4. Sakura-Class Fireboats. These small but fast and deadly craft are much like Gen. Sakura whom they are named after. It's small size means they can really travel, but are limited in range and defense. Fortunately, almost every square inch is covered in some kind of weapon. Containing 10 Proton and Concussion missile launchers, along with an Ion cannon and a pair of Turbocannons, the Sakura-Class Fireboat can lay down the pain.

These and other ships made up the fleet. The Rebellion would enter Hyperspace and return to real-space just out of range of planet-based sensors and smuggle Sakura and the other heroes onto the planet to get intelligence and do some sabotage with E=mc2 as their guide. Then the Aliens would spear-head the attack and conquer the planet, would it work? This question was on everybody's mind as the fleet entered Hyperspace. "Four hours until revision to real-space." A computerized voice said, as the stars turned to while lines that settled into a wall of white as Hyperspace was reached.

HawkBlade and Sakura were in charge of the right wing, composed of HawkBlade-class and Sakura-class ships (no surprise there). Soliss and E=mc2 controlled the left wing, and Tomat controlled the middle, along with the newly promoted Commander Wilms. HawkBlade and Sakura had set up a command ship, with HawkBlade gunning, and Sakura piloting. It was the best ship in the wings, a slightly bigger and slightly better Sakura-class ship, with more guns, and more maneuverability. HawkBlade had developed enough skill so as to use all the weapons and guns at the same time. They had a lot of fun practicing on asteroids, blasting them out of the air. Then an alien fleet appeared to starboard. The ships immediately opened fire with rockets and laser beams. Sakura dodged them, and HawkBlade had taken out two ships before they knew what hit them. 1:10 (now one to eight) not bad odds for the enemy. But even with their numbers, they could not hit the pesky little flashy ship. Sakura pushed a button, and a tunnel opened up before them. He shot into it, appearing to disappear to the enemies. In the tunnel, Sakura typed in some coordinates, and they shot forward, and in half a second they appeared behind the enemies, in a shorter time than it would normally take to traverse that distance. "I call it the slipstream." (borrowed name from a Sci-Fi show) Sakura said and grinned. "It takes that long if you travel for 10 meters or 10 kilometers. New invention of mine." HawkBlade nodded. That was Sakura. He blasted the rest of the ships, and then they went back to the main fleet, and gave a report to Commander Wilms.

When Sakura and HawkBlade had arrived on the Rebel Freedom, Gen. Wilms' Spacecraft Carrier that served as his Flagship, they gave the Commander their report. "Sakura and I were ambushed by Government Forces while doing some target practice, sir." HawkBlade reported. Wilms looked a bit surprised, "That means they probably know we're here." "I'm not sure sir." Sakura interjected, "The force was small, most likely a patrol. We hit them so fast that couldn't have sent a report by the time we slagged them all." "I guess I'm not surprised to hear you two destroyed them all. Good work, you may have saved this mission. However, we must be careful. The second the Government Garrison knows we are here, it's all over. Is that all?" "Yes sir." HawkBlade said. "Alright then, good work out there. Dismissed." HawkBlade and Sakura saluted and left. Gen. Wilms pondered what HawkBlade and Sakura had reported. The fact that a Government force just happened to warp to their exact location seemed too coincidental to be so. "Gregory, have Chief Intelligence Operative Jon Arbucknen come to my office please." Wilms said to his aide. "Right away sir!" Gregory walked out to carry out his task.

HawkBlade was working in a lab, when Sakura walked up and asked him, "What's that?" "Its a lightning rifle, as I call it. Its very like a plasma rifle, but instead I fuel it with lightning. I charge up this battery with my lightning, and then it can last for 1,000,000 rounds. It fires short bursts that shoots blobs of lightning. It has a power setting for heat, taser, or killing force." Sakura was impressed. That would be a very useful weapon. HawkBlade aimed at a target, and fired a blast. The burst sank into the target, and a red 'terminated' light pulsed softly over it. He smiled. It worked. "Now what did you come here for?" "Another Government force has been sighted. We were told to take it out with our fleet. I say we take it alone!" HawkBlade grinned, "Agreed!" They powered up, and shot off towards the coordinates. This time, HawkBlade decided to take the enemy ship captive. Sakura enabled stealth mode, and HawkBlade ejected from the ship in a small pod, which suckered itself to the side of the enemy ship, and small blades cut the hull around it, allowing him a way in. He crept in, and almost immediately blasted two guards. his gun was powerful and accurate. He crept towards the command center, and blasted everyone in it. He steered the ship over to Sakura's then moved to the next one, and so captured them all. He boarded his own ship then, and shot magnetic grappling hooks to attach the enemy ships. They were commended for capturing the ships, and went back to their wing, another victory under their belts.

Meanwhile, back in Gen. Wilms' office, a heated discussion was ensuing. "What if there isn't a spy Wilms?!" "I find it too coincidental that HawkBlade and Sakura were ambushed. Someone must have tipped the Government Garrison off somehow." Jon Arbucknen, Chief Intelligence Operative, was now red in the face with anger. "But how? Can't you see that? We have been monitoring all the radio frequencies, driven the troops mad by requiring authorization for any and all transmissions, I just don't see how a spy could have caused th-" His tirade was cut off by a buzzing on Gen. Wilms' desk. The General pressed a button on his desk and said with a edge in his voice, "What Gregory? This better be good, I'm in the middle of an important meeting." A timid voice came back, "Uh, my apologies General, but this is Tech Sargent Burt Forol with a urgent report from the Ninja!" The two officers in the room were stunned. The Ninja was Sakura's Sakura-Class Fireboat that served as his flagship in the fleet he had been given. "No problem Forol, go ahead." said Gen. Wilms. "Gen. Sakura is reporting that a small Government fleet jumped to his position. As usual, the force was not able to react until Gen. HawkBlade, who was with him, and Gen. Sakura started attacking. All ships were captured, though." "Thank you Tech Sgt. Forol." "You're welcome sir, out." Wilms turned back to Arbucknen and said with a smirk "You were saying something about there being no spy." "I will get on it right away." Arbucknen said.

Suddenly the General's thing buzzed again he pressed the button. The Sargent said over the radio "There is a communication from Soliss' flag ship! It says urgent!" "Send it through to my office." "Right!" suddenly Soliss' voice cuts into him like a knife "This is Soliss... (crrrrrrr) ... help...(crrrrrr) ...look out win-... (crrrrrr) ...please he-...(crrrrr) ...commandos on...(crrrrrrr) ... ugggggggg *click* the Sargent's voice comes on again "That's it sir! I don't see anything on screen..." "Look out the window!" "Whoa! massive fleet!" "That is what I was afraid of lets use the view ports to see this battle!"...

A General Alarm sounded throughout the fleet. "Evasive Maneuvers!" "Enemy fleet is deploying fighters!" "Look out, that battlecruiser is coming in fast!" Radio chatter filed the airwaves as the battle wore on. A huge Government Fleet jumped to the staging area for the Rebel Fleet and deployed fighters almost instantaneously. The rebels similarly deployed fighters and the Capitol Ships prepared for a ship-to-ship slugging match. As the fighters grappled with each other, Gen. Wilms once again commanded with efficiency. "Tell the fleet to go to formation Alpha!" "Right away sir!" The Rebel fleet arrayed itself into a cone to maximize firepower. Then the ships came into Turbocannon range and the slugging match began. Bolt after red bolt flew out at either fleet. The battleships came first, followed by the mighty destroyers, fireboats formed the middle of the cone, and finally the spacecarriers took up the rear. The enemy fleet consisted of an arrow of battlecruisers with destroyers flying escort. Some spacecarriers positioned themselves behind this wall of destruction and fireboats charged ahead. It was a massive 36 ship fleet compared to the Rebel's 20. But that was soon changed. The rebel destroyers launched all of their proton and concussion missile tubes at once in a deadly volley. The missiles flew out with blue flame and raced towards the enemy. The missiles mostly hit the battlecruiser in the middle and collapsed the forward shield and turned armor plating to liquid metal that instantly froze. Flame burst forth from breeches in the hull where atmosphere was venting out to space and burning. The bow of the ship collapsed and escape pods and shuttles poured out of the crippled ship. Precision shots form crack gunners on some of the rebel ships had great success in blasting the tiny pods into nothingness. Then the destroyers reloaded and fired another volley just as the Government destroyers did as well. A wall of death flew at either side causing damage to either side. The damaged battlecruiser that had been hit the first time exploded in a ball of fire that quickly went out when more missiles hit her. Then other missiles wreaked havoc on the destroyers and removed a few fireboats from the picture. The Government missiles were too far spread out to make any critical hits to the fleet, but a few shields almost collapsed and were just reinforced with energy from other systems. The battle wore on...

(I did not have much time to do this so I put in the ... so that you guys can pick the battle up in your next post. Remember to drag it out.)

HawkBlade and Sakura were not with the fleet. They had tunneled to the back of the enemy force, and quickly disposed of a troop-carrier by rupturing the hull with a pulse laser (invention of Sakura). The enemy ships were tough, tougher even than Gen. Wilms'. Soon they were noticed, and a destroyer turned on them. They fired the pulse laser, and many other missiles, but they were all stopped by a wall of energy. HawkBlade pumped pulse after pulse into the shield, until finally it thinned, and cracked. Then they saw the missile coming for them. It was huge, bigger than their ship. Sakura stared horrified as the missile turned towards them. he dodged out of the way, but it followed him. HawkBlade shot at it, but it also had a shield. Sakura entered slipstream just as HawkBlade fired, resulting in a pulse laser bouncing around inside the tunnel. Fortunately They were not hit, and the laser winged off harmlessly in a different direction. HawkBlade looked around him. He was in the center of the enemy fleet! He used the most powerful weapon they had, a 1090 SakBlade missile (guess who invented it?), and detonated right in the middle of all the enemy ships. It took out all of the enemy shields, but did not damage the actual ships. They then entered slipstream again, and exited behind the enemies again. They took out one more ship, when a SpyroBlast missile (government issue) clipped their prow, sending them spinning out into space. Sakura keyed in the coordinates for the ally fleet. Then they saw just how badly the fight was going. Enemy reinforcements had arrived, and only five ships had been destroyed. 7 out of 20 rebel ships had been destroyed. HawkBlade disparately summoned lightning outside of his ship, and spread it out, forming a web that intercepted the enemy missiles, allowing the beleaguered rebels a chance to patch up their ships.

Gen. Wilms watched the progress of the battle form his Flagship, the Spacecarrier Freedom. He noticed the actions by HawkBlade and Sakura, then reacted with a slight withdraw. What repairs could not be done outside of the Alien Space-Docks were temporarily ignored by locking down the air-tight compartments around the damaged areas. Repairs were going well though, and Wilms was pleased by that. We may just win this battle yet. At that moment, the Alien Fleet jumped into the system and wreaked havoc on the enemy flank. Without shields, the armor plating on the ships could not withstand the withering barrage of Turbocannons and Tachyon Cannons. A destroyer exploded seconds after the appearance of the aliens. A battlecruiser started spouting flame after that, and the damage went on and on. Then the Government Fleet reacted. A powerful salvo of missiles caused a Alien Tlaminak-Class Destroyer to crumble as the missiles impacted on her hull. Turbocannon fire was exchanged as the Alien Fleet pressed in for the slugging match. With the sight of reinforcements, the rebel crews redoubled their efforts. Suddenly, the Rebel fleet moved forward toward the enemy firing everything they had. The largest slugging match of all time had begun.

The fighter situation couldn't be worse. Squadron after squadron of rebel fighter and bombers were destroyed as the battle progressed. The enemy fighters had superior maneuverability and subsequently racked up impressive kills on the un-tested pilots of the Rebellion. The Government was not without losses though. Some rebel fighters managed to take out fighters, and the bombers made two devastating bombing runs on the Capitol Ships. After both runs, ship Turbocannon fire and attacks from enemy fighters, the bombers numbered too few to do anymore real damage and were ordered out of the fight. The rebel fighters kept on, valiantly removing the slow lumbering Government bombers and doing all they could to bring down and avoid the nimble fighters. Finally, they were wiped out. Only a few enemy fighters were left and only one bomber who was vaporized by the destroyer Defender before being able to drop a single bomb. A fight to the death, but a costly one to the victor.

HawkBlade closed a net in on a destroyer, worming fingers of electricity into the hull, he zapped the pilot/copilot and then split open the hull, allowing space to depressurize it. This effort exhausted him and the web flickered, then died. No more protection for the rebels. Sakura was back in the thick of action immediately, dodging this missile, and destroying that missile with his own tiny pulse laser (in case the gunner got hurt, or in this case he could put it to good use). HawkBlade opened fire, the first missiles in a storm that came from all the rest of the HawkBlade-class/Sakura-class ships composing the right wing (or left I cant remember). Another enemy destroyer was taken out. Then a transmission came crackling through the radio. "More enemy ships approaching fast from behind! Right wing swing around and engage them, left wing keep fighting the enemies in front." "Yes sir commander Wilms!" Sakura redirected the transmission to all of his/HawkBlade's ships. The battle wore on still.

Gen. Wilms' transmission was heard by all of Gen. Tomat's Battleship Fleet. "Order the fleet to come ahead full; we'll keep the Alpha formation up while HawkBlade and the rest go off and take out those reinforcements." "Yes sir!" Tomat's battlefleet started its slow acceleration towards the main body of Government ships. As the range meter wound down to somewhere around a few miles, the gunnery stations opened up in a brilliant flash of energy. The reply from the Government Capitol ships was equally as great, and the shockwave knocked anyone who was standing in the bridge to fall. Fortunately, The Fontar-Class Battleships had been designed personally by Tomat to withstand bombardment, but dole out more punishment than the enemy could handle. Because of this, the shield on Tomat's battlefleet held. The distance between the two fleets shortened even more, when suddenly, Soliss' flagship detonated in a massive fireball. As the battle raged on between Tomat's Battleships and the Government fleet, Tomat became furious. "Get me all info on what's left of Soliss' ship!" "Right away sir! Hold on, I think I have something." "On screen." A data feed coming from a few ships surrounding Soliss' ship appeared on the main viewing screen and showed large numbers of escape pods flying out towards the Rebel ships. Tomat also most cried out with the pain a startling idea gave him. "Tell those ships to screen all escape pods and to pull them in one at a time. There may be Government Commandos on some of them." Yes sir!"

On the Liberty, a Valiant-Class light Spacecarrier, the request form Gen. Tomat matched Capt. Kilovan's thoughts exactly. He had begun screening the escape pods one at a time to detect any sort of weapon signature that did not match known rebel ones. Once, one was found and they communicated with the pod to check their story. They claimed that they had some explosive devices that were supposed to be for sabotage on a Government Ship. The pod was vaporized. More and more escape pods were recovered, but none held Gen. Soliss. The rescue effort was kept up as more escape pods vectored towards the Liberty and a few other ships that were in the area. Then a communication from an escape pod came crackling through. "This is-*ccccrrrrrrrr*-Devol. Reques-*ccccccrrrrrr*-mediate rescue. Energy levels fail-*ccccccrrrrrrr*-Soliss wound-*ccccccrrrrrrrr*-losing blood. Got shot and needs medic-*cccccccrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr*." Capt. Kilovan reacted instantly. "Alert Gen. Wilms that we have recovered Gen. Soliss, albeit badly wounded." "Yes sir!" The escape pod was brought in and a med team stood by with a life pod to keep Gen. Soliss alive until they could get him onto the Medical Frigate Miracle. The escape pod opened and out came an exhausted Pvt. Devol carrying the badly wounded Soliss. The medics put Soliss in the life pod and a shuttle was readied for take off. Then Pvt. Devol spoke up. "You guys might want to stand back... waaaaaaaaaay back." Everyone looked at him quizzically then did what Devol said. Devol then un-holstered his service pistol and shot the little ion engine that propelled the pod through space and the escape pod blew up! It was a blast that was too powerful to be just an ion engine exploding. "Do I have a story for the council." Devol said. "You're not kidding. What was on that thing?" a medic asked. "That just might be classified until your great-great-grandchildren are old and gray." said Pvt. Devol.

Gender: Female
Name: Shellia Liquaro
Code name: Aqua343
Age: 18
Side: Government
Weapons: Water dagger: 6"x1 1/2" blue blade, short brown handle with leather strips as a grip, lighter brown hand guard with a rune in the center. It's special feature is the blade being able to turn into water, and then solidify into whatever shape it flowed into.
AuquaBlaster3000: Small and light, 6" long, blue. It's special feature is the blasts and bullets turn to water after hitting the target and return to the blaster. It has two settings, one firing bullets, and the other shooting laser-type blasts.
Powers: Being able to control water (includes being able to turn into water)This takes energy, the larger amount of water to be moved etc. the more energy taken. Turning into water takes no energy. Being able to heal people and animals, though again, it takes some energy to do it. The worse the wound, the more energy required.
Bio: Was born and grew up on the planet Guilla. Was sent to a Government training school at an early age and trained there until present age. Her mom and dad are at home and proud of her accomplishments. She is one of the best shots with a blaster at the school, and so was picked to go on the first mission. That mission was to find the rebel spies and track them, reporting their location until veteran Government agents could come and take over.
Looks: 5'7", slim and strong. Has brown shoulder-length hair and brown eyes. Wears a medium-colored blue action suit. Wears a metallic belt with a metal sheath for the dagger on the left side, and a metal holster for the blaster on the right side.

Shellia walked around the base angry that the Gov. on earth was crumbling. (switch scene)
Soliss suddenly starts saying no no no no NO! but it was to late. Suddenly a bright light fills the area and everyone in the room is whisked away in a warp and it goes around the fleet picking up HawkBlade, Sakura, and Tomat then it goes down down down and smashes into the Gov. base taking Shellia with it... when they get out of the warp they are thrown like rag dolls.the remains of the pod smash down 10 ft away. HawkBlade gets up and says "we smashed into something..." HawkBlade, Sakura, and Tomat lift it throwing it 10 ft into the air and HawkBlade and Sakura gather their strength and smashed it sending it sailing away at 20 miles per hr. Shellia was underneath. HawkBlade says with surprise on his face "Its a girl!" They go back to Tomat and Soliss. Then they see the Gov. insignia. Soliss who was fully recovered because of the warp Shouts "Formation Alpha!" Sakura runs around them kicking up dust and dirt making a smoke screen. Tomat whips out his special sniper rifle Soliss merges his blasters to form a rifle and charges it up while HawkBlade draws his lightning gun. Shellia draws her blaster and dagger. Suddenly Tomat says "I lost her!" "What?!" Soliss says stay inside the smoke screen... Shellia comes out of the ground and the fight begins...

Tomat kept looking through his scope, searching, searching, then something appeared in his scope. He was about to pull the trigger, when HawkBlade said "Hey! Watch where you point that thing!" "Sorry." Tomat kept searching and searching. Then a blue wall filled his scope and felt a hand grasp his barrel. Tomat pulled the trigger as the barrel moved upward. A resounding *BOOM* filled the air and HawkBlade said "Got her?" "I think- wha?!" There before him stood Shellia without a scratch. "How did you survive that?" She responded by punching his lights out. HawkBlade whirled around to see Tomat on the ground, and no one else. "What in the world is going on? Tomat...Tomat? Great, just what I need." A bullet from a AquaBlaster3000 whizzed past HawkBlade, causing him to duck. "Sakura! Forget the dust cloud. Help me get this Government Agent!" Sakura stopped running and unsheathed his daggers to help his brother. Another shot from Shellia, but Sakura moved just in time. "Good grief, this one's good!" Sakura said as he leaped up in the air to come down right where Shellia used to be a millisecond before. HawkBlade charged but Shellia side stepped and almost hit him with another shot form her AquaBlaster3000. This continued for some time...

Two hours later both sides were exhausted. HawkBlade slumped in the meager shade of a sand dune. As he sat there panting, he felt a strange coolness at his feet. He peered down and noticed a pool of water in the sand. Water? In the desert? "Tomat! Sakura! Soliss! Get over here quick!" He jumped to his feet and pulled out his blades in one sinuous movement. As Tomat, Sakura and Soliss hurried to join him, the pool of water spiraled upwards, taking on a vaguely humanoid shape. Suddenly, before HawkBlade's eyes the water rippled and solidified into... Shellia! A torrent of water crashed down on his head from the heavens and he was momentarily stunned. Shellia had to act quickly. She grabbed HawkBlade's arms and pinned them behind his back. His blades clattered to the ground. "Stop!" she shouted, using HawkBlade as a human shield. Tomat and Sakura skidded to a halt in the distance. Soliss took advantage of the confusion and ducked behind some wreckage. "Stay back or I'll kill him!" yelled Shellia. Tomat and Sakura, seeing Soliss' move, stalled for time as Soliss crept around behind Shellia. He broke cover and shouted as loudly as he could as he ran at Shellia. Scare tactics. Immediately she liquidated and fell in a million water droplets to the ground. Soliss was expecting this however, and whipped out the bucket he held behind his back. He deftly caught Shellia in the bucket and slammed a lid on it. "Victory!" he crowed.

Shelia was stuck as water. Every time she tried to form, the bucket stopped her. She heard Soliss and the others talking outside, probably discussing how best to kill her. When she first saw them, a chill had crept up her spine. Real spies! Everything she had fought before were simulations. She was doing well, until Soliss had scared her.

Suddenly, the lid lifted, and she formed, weapon drawn. Then she saw that none of them had weapons, and they were all sitting. No hostile actions. All the sims had been up to their ears in various weapons, and always trying to kill her. These people were not like that at all! Then HawkBlade spoke. "Are you a government agent? If so, are you interested in being electrocuted?" "Yes and no." "Then you would do well to listen, and not try anything." She sat down, figuring that she would at least hear what he had to say. HawkBlade told all of their stories, and soon Shelia was in inner turmoil. Were these stories true? Or were they just that, slanderous stories. "What if I don't believe this, and turn into water again?" HawkBlade summoned lightning, and said, "Then you get electrocuted." That was a reasonable argument. She thought about the situation, and realized that they couldn't be lying, according to the facts. She told them so, and joined them, now a spy. She told them that she could help them greatly by infiltrating the enemy base.

"You know, this is all good and all, but we need to alert the fleet!" Tomat said as he looked up to see faint flashes in the sky, proof that the battle in space was still raging. Soliss reached into a back pocket pulled out his radio. "Soliss to Gen. Wilms. Come in General." A worried and strained voice came back "I read you Soliss, how are you doing?" "Well enough, but we're in trouble. Tomat, HawkBlade, Sakura and I were warped onto the planet and have no means of transport. Can you send us a shuttle?" "Negative Soliss, we are engaged fully. A shuttle wouldn't make it 10 seconds out of the hangar." "You're right, we'll see what we can do. We've picked up a recruit from the Government base that can help us do some damage and get out of here." "Roger that, have fun." "Will do, Soliss out." He switched off his radio and turned towards the others. "We heard everything. What do we do now?" Sakura asked. Shellia spoke up "There are armored transport shuttles that we can use in the secondary hangar bay." Tomat stood and stretched "Sounds good to me, lets go." "Hold it, we need to get in first." HawkBlade said, also standing. Tomat froze in mid stretch and said "Heads up guys!" Soliss leaped up and fired a blaster shot that whizzed by an inch from Shellia's head. She ducked instinctively and wondered what was the matter. Tomat drew his IMI Desert Eagle with a speed Shellia had never seen before and fired two booming shots. "Sorry Shellia, look behind you." Soliss said as he fired again. Shellia spun on her heel and saw a Government Attack Patrol coming at them. HawkBlade and Sakura were already running with all speed towards the patrol. Then a Government Agent fired at Soliss and Shellia turned to water as the bullet sailed through where she used to be a second ago and missed Soliss by about .2 millimeters. The battle for survival was on.

As he ran, Sakura pulled his C-Lighter 2000 from its holster and loosed off 3 shots in quick succession. Three Gov. Agents out of the fight. HawkBlade pulled out his lightning rifle and started firing. Cheu cheu cheu cheu cheu! (noise his gun makes as it fires) HawkBlade also summoned lightning up in the orange streaked sky and sent it forking down, frying 3 more agents. Shelia had her blaster out. It was vital that none of these men should escape and tell the authorities that she was a spy now. She hit 3, and by that time, Sakura had drawn his daggers and charged in a flurry of steel blades and discs. Soon the patrol was destroyed. "This way," Shelia said, "to the base. Let's go quickly!" As they loped off to the base, the first buzzard swooped down. "A nice meal," it thought, "how considerate." Overhead, a hawk watched the buzzard. "A nice meal," he thought, "How considerate."