Public Catalyst: Resonance

[The Lord of Hunger]

LOCATION: Aboard the Gluttoneria
OBJECTIVE: Safeguard Liin Terallo
IMPORTANT LINKS: Sword #1 | Sword #2 | Armor | Jewel | Ring | Necklace | Gauntlet | DIII Gluttoneria | The guards | The Enforcer
TAG: Liin Terallo | Imperius Indomitus | OPEN

The massive Dictator-III class Gluttoneria, the Lord of Hunger was orbiting a planet far away from his home turf, not because it held much interesting in terms of flora or fauna, but because after all this time, he had finally managed to track her down. Liin Terallo , she had been instrumental in the N&Z's foothold on New Cov, her brilliance had already been put on display in the past, but she had left the company, dropped from the powerful and lucrative position of director to pursue new things it seemed. yet as word of these new things, these new approaches began to reach the Lord of Hunger, so too did the growing fear that other people might object to her research, her findings and her continued efforts with or without any additional ulterior motives.

Still, suspended within the battlecruiser's bridge from his personal Ommin Harness, even the monstrous abomination within the force could not deny the strange sensations the planet was bringing to bear. Awkward resonances, faint whispers and a taste that simply disgusted the lord of Hunger had drawn his attention to a singular location shown on a large holographical display at the center of the bridge.

//: WARNING
//: LOCATION OF THE ANOMALY UNSTABLE
//: USE OF FORCE-BASED TRANSPORTATION IS ILL-ADVISED

Raising a withered hand, the Lord of Hunger motioned towards the holographic display, his eyes burning like embers of gold and crimson as they stared upon the diplay's ever increasing frequency of changing images, as KRONOS started to attempt to triangulate the location of a certain person through the use of active data and footage on the surface combined with the ship's high grade sensory array, a monumentous task considering the strange instabilities.

"I require sustenance if I were to undertake this little mission...bring me a few of the prisoners stored in Deck C14..."​

 

[Liin Terallo]

The air is a knife,
the sound - a living thing.
Even the stars recoil,
from what the living bring.


The world came apart in vibration. Every breath splintered into static, bones thrummed, lungs clenched, my vision reduced to a field of trembling light. The sound cannons struck with enough force to make thought itself unravel.

Eli was beside me one moment and down the next, his knees hitting the ground as if gravity itself had tripled. I followed a heartbeat later, the world pitching sideways. We were two silhouettes collapsing under a storm made of sound, hands over our ears, mouths open in silent gasps.

I could see Xitli ahead of us, his wings spread wide against the barrage, feathers bending and quivering as if each one carried a universe of strain. His voice brushed faintly through my thoughts - steady, familiar - Once he lands, I'll engage him proper. The only calm in the chaos.

Then, through the blur, the Sith appeared. Not the flowing-robed mystic of old stories - this one was armored, masked, and impossibly still. The blast seemed to ripple around him rather than through him, as though the air itself refused to touch him. He was saying something, I saw the motion of his helm tilt, the subtle rise of a gauntleted hand, but the words were swallowed whole by the cacophony. Even so, I knew that armor.

My head throbbed. Eli reached out beside me, his fingers brushing my sleeve; a silent pull to stay low, stay conscious, stay alive.

Through the ringing haze, I met the masked gaze of the Sith. I could not hear him, could not read his face; but I did not need to. I already understood; he had not come to save me. He had come because the universe was listening, and it was listening too closely.

Tags: Edward Ashcard Braze Xitli Sacul Imperius Indomitus The Lord of Hunger

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[Braze]

Tags: Liin Terallo Imperius Indomitus Xitli Sacul Edward Ashcard The Lord of Hunger DM Player-Slayer Aether of the Iron Order


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Braze caught sight of the funny-looking red guy, the one who'd just stepped through reality itself like it was a curtain. The sonic barrage rattled the plating of his star-fighter as he pulled out of the strafing run, rolling hard before cutting into a sharp turn to peel off.

He flipped open the coms channel, voice cutting through the static.

"Phoenix Command, this is Azure Phoenix. You seeing that? Someone just just... people pop-corned in to existence, and stepped right in front of the Acquisition."

The fighter banked low, engines flaring blue as Braze angled back toward the storm and the impossible all converging around the Acquisition.

 

[DM Player-Slayer]

Liin Terallo Braze The Lord of Hunger Imperius Indomitus Edward Ashcard Xitli Sacul Aether of the Iron Order
[Phoenix Wing In Stealth]

Spoiler

Apex Predator: Baby Shark Flagship x1
Mud Duck x1
B-Zero x4
Tuitio Support Boat x2
SS-Phantomray Stealth Assault Interceptor x2
SS-Ebonray Assault Interceptor x4
HS - Omni Tug x 25

[Phoenix Wing Comms]

"Phoenix Command, this is Azure Phoenix. You seeing that? Someone just just... people pop-corned in to existence, and stepped right in front of the Acquisition."

[Overwatch | Mud Duck – Grax Tolwin]
"Copy that, Azure. Sensors are losing their minds. That thing's giving off something bigger than a carrier. Definitely not local."

[Phoenix Command | Baby Shark – Captain Vesperis]
"Maintain distance. Do not re-engage unless fired upon. Overwatch, get me a spectral map of that storm and flag any new gravitic spikes."

[Overwatch | Mud Duck – Zane Harlock]
"Yeah, about that, Cap… we've got a monster reading in high orbit. Big ship. No transponder. "

[Azure Phoenix | Ashwing – Braze]
"Copy. Logging that as 'worry about later.' For now, we've got Force users and a 'force god' having tea on my target zone."

[Phoenix Command | Vesperis]
"Acknowledged, Azure. You want ground support? We can deploy Arclight and get him planetside inside three minutes."

[Overwatch | Mud Duck – Grax Tolwin]
"Already got his ship warming up, boss. Just say the word and I'll paint him a landing zone."

[Azure Phoenix | Ashwing – Braze]
"Affirmative. Have Aether hold in low atmo and keep an eye on that 'Big Boy Ship' shadow up there. If it so much as blinks, I want to know before it sneezes."

[Phoenix Command | Vesperis]
"Understood. Overwatch, confirm Arclight holding low-atmo pattern and maintain dual lock on both beacons. If that ship so much as shifts course, I want firing solutions prepped and standing by."

[Overwatch | Zane Harlock]
"Copy, Command. Tracking both Azure and Arclight; big shadow's still parked up there, no ID, no chatter."

[Azure Phoenix | Ashwing – Braze]
"Copy all. "

 

[Imperius Indomitus]

LORD INDOMITUS
Through war, we bring order.
Through strength, we bring unity.

PALADIN OF NIHILUS
He that follows in our wake is death.

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Makeb | The Anomaly | Rocky Ridge

He blinked slowly, once as He turned to watch the fighter flyby to repeat the strafe. The black-plated arm with its fine golden trim lowered, the Force returning to its master. It was a strain, the place, the anomaly, it was making it a challenge to dominate the Force here as He was used to. So many matters were ripping it in one direction or the other. No surprise this caught His attention.

Imperius returned His focus to Liin, then to her companions. A wild group, as usual, composed of various different individuals and no coherent force. What greatness she could achieve if she were to settle with one or the other, what her mind and research could accomplish if she were not drifting like a leaf in a hurricane, thrown, violently against all odds.

The birdperson was of a species He did not know, bird-like but unlike the Rishi, not physically imposing, even with wings outstretched. Yet there was some purpose, some strength of will in that individual which He could acknowledge. The sense of self-sacrifice was either dedication or waste, time would tell. Right now it was appreciated that He was not the only one interested in the survival of the reason of all of this.

He recognised the Blackwatch officer on the spot. Not knowing him by name, but as former Overlord of the Eternal Empire, a companion of the first Emperor and still firmly holding onto His vow as a Warden of the Shroud, there was little secret about the dress and man to Imperius. The Pureblood merely offered a faint nod to the agent once their eyes would meet.

"Lead us to the entrance." And into cover. Imperius voice sounded like humanoid thunder, His gaze falling onto Liin as He understood that she would know where to go. "Now."

Liin Terallo | Edward Ashcard | Xitli Sacul | Braze | The Lord of Hunger