The transport is destroyed by the Magnes...
(Damn it... I didn't want to use this..... But my options are out...)
Hermes activates a set of experimental afterburners on the ship...
(This very well could destroy me.... But the Magnes certainly will...)
Hermes begins pulling away from the Magnes, which does its best to keep up, firing many shots in the meantime, most of which are near hits. The shots show that Hermes' maneuverability has been hampered though
(Can't keep this up.... What the?)
The Magnes dies in midair, having rundown its internal clock...
(I won't complain, but I'm getting out of here before more show up.)
Hermes selects the route that will bring him the fastest back to Psysis...

(I wonder what this reward may be. I hope that it is something that will help me out in my goals. Maybe he'll give me a Precidio of Greater Uberity. Or a Necklace of Ubertory Missile Reflection. Maybe he'll just kill Kilos himself. I wonder how I could take that shield generator and turn it into a mega-cannon utilizing the basis of McLeod's Theory of Specified Relativistic Generality. :rmage: )

The transport is ripped from its fold by a force of great magnitude. "What the hell could be powerful enough to rip a hole in folded space?" He looks up and sees two Quasars being pulled toward one another. "Holy ****!" His eyes widen as the energy flowing from the spheres passes through his body. "What the hell could do such a thing?" As he says this he notices two fleets doing battle near the giants. (Who's fleets are those)? He begins to close in and notices they are the fleets of Psysis and Galactis. "Those fleets are huge, they must be looking for something that has to do with the quasars. I should look into it any way, I have nothing better to do for the time being." The transport stops and the Apla flies out of the bay. It activates the stealth and flies toward the battle field. (They'll be to busy fighting to notice me, at least for a little while).

Grendari, walking away from Scorn's office, continues to think. (I wonder if there would be a way to use the Christian Factor as a hyperdimensional weapon. Maybe if we launch him into space.....)
One of the Interrogators breaks his train of thought.
Interrogator: "Sir, we have discerned a small bit of information from the captive."
(Hmmm, I wonder what that moron could possibly have known.)
"Great, what have you learned?"
Interrogator: "Well, I have learned that the Master Tech has been searching for the artifacts that are known as the 7-weapons and that was why they were circling around the planet you have recently arrived from."
(Blast! I knew there was something different about that artifact I just retrieved. I feel about as safe with it in the hands of Scorn as I do were it in the grasp of Galactic. Or Kilos for that matter...well, I bet if I had them that I could finally accomplish my goals.)
"You are dismissed."

Assistant: Sir we have some intel. on the 7-weapons. Well the good news is we have found the most likely spot for each, but we fear every faction has simular knowledge.

MT: "So they have found out about my weapon." He twirls the blaster and places it into a hollister. "Well guess I will have to give my piece a test run. I am off for the next piece. Keep me posted while I am gone. Yochen is in charge follow his orders."

Apla flies toward the fray keeping just far enough away to not be in the blast radius of any stray rockets. One of the Galactic cruisers is destroyed by five simultaneous nuclear devices. They happened to be new tactical shield modulating rockets. The entire front half was vaporized immediately, but the engine block seemed to be intact. (Interesting, a tactical weapon meant to destroy everything but the parts Psysis can rip off. To bad I'll use it for my own purposes). Apla flies around the battle field making sure to not be hit. Apla makes its way into the engine block, manuevering toward the engines energy source. (Now I'll just help myself to this energy so I can make up for my lost AERODs). Apla breaks open the case surounding the power block. Apla drives its hand into the pure energy, siphoning it off. Apla takes it all in and converts it into one AEROD. (Well it's a start). Apla looks backward and notices a squad of mecha begin to approach his position. Seeing this it goes back into stealth and flies out into space. Another cruiser is hit with the weapon, one very close to the previous one. (Another morsal for my hunger). He repeats the same process as before and forms another AEROD. This time the squad sees him. They charge at his position, posed for combat. (Guess it is time to see if these things work).

As Grendari continues walking down the hallway, a minor demon, one in charge of scouting, and hails him.
Demon: "Sir, at 0927 we discovered a large amount of energy coming from a nearby system. It seems to be a combination of artifact energy and a space-time energy anomoly. It also appears that two rather large fleets are in that general vicinity. Lord Scorn wishes for you to look into it."
"Good....you are dismissed."
The demon flies back down the hallway toward the informational computerafter handing Grendari the coordinates. Grendari turns down an often unused and overlooked hallway and makes his way to docking bay 51. (I'll take the demon-ship I was working on yesterday. I should be able to make it to the artifact within five minutes of liftoff...) As he arrives in docking bay 51, he sees that the demon-ship has left for feeding. (Drat..maybe I'll just take another ship. That one'll do) After making the decision of which ship to take, he enters the ship and prepares for take-off. After all of the pre-flight precautions he slowly takes the ship out of the hanger and turns it toward the system indicated on the sheet of paper that the demon handed him. (Hmm, I thought there was a quasar in that region of space...) The ship jumps into hyper-space heading toward the system he has been assigned to look into.

The squad charges in a scatter formation. Apla charges as well with the AERODs swirling around him. The first mech makes its way up to the Apla and is slashed in half with two strikes. Six other mechs surround the Apla posed for a barrage. The AERODs fly out blasting one of the mechs. The other five charge their guns and fire upon the Apla. One bullet strays and destroys one of the mech, all others miss. (Ha, I don't even need to attack. Your destroying yourselves). The AERODs blaze out of the mech they had already destroyed and destroy another. Apla quickly takes out the rest. As the last is destroyed a huge barrage of Ion cannon blasts destroys five of the Psysis cruisers. (I should help out our 'ally'). Apla flies toward one of the Galactic mech squadrons, destroying them all. Half way through the conflict 3 Destroyers appear from hyperspace. (Damn it, they're going to kick our collective a**). But as the three destroyers appear from hyperspace, an unfamiliar vessel appears behind the Psysis units. With one shot from the unknown vessel the middle destroyer is vaporized into space dust, and the two others have their sides melted and their computers burned out from the energy surge that followed the blast. (Ummmm, I guess they don't need help. Well, I don't see the ship recharging that weapon, so it should be safe to take the spoils. More AERODs for me I guess.) The Apla goes into stealth and flies toward the wounded destroyers. It makes its way to them and manages to form three more AERODs from the left over energy. As he finishes one of the original destroyers rams the unknown vessel, but seems to have only caused minor damage.

Grendari's ship is taken out of hyper-space. Magnos appeared in front of Grendari. "My master is aware of your skill. However he believe your skills aren't worth how much you risk hindering Scorn's advancement. So my master has deceed that you shall serve his rule or parish." A cloud of iron dust forms around him. "What is your reply?"

Grendari, though a bit startled from the abrupt pull from hyper-space, keeps a stern visage. “I knew Kilos was a bit of a megalo, but a parish? Hah, I mean, why would he start a church? Or by parish did you mean perish, Sir Magnos? If by stop hampering Scorn’s advancement, then yes, I’ll conform to his wishes, but other than that, what would you expect me to do?”