Private Scallywags

[Viscous Thorn]

Thorn sat silently staring out the viewport of the Tartarus, space before him bare and still. He had been awaiting the pirate king for nearly an hour now and as he looked at the chrono on a screen to his left he could see time was running out. Thorn took a drink from a flask he had taken from his pocket and looked again into the vast nothingness of space. "when is he going to get here'" said Janson as he paced the deck behind Thorn. Thorn turned his head just enough to bring the man into his vision and scowled.

"Sit down and shut up," said Thorn. The man stopping his pace and drawing back a bit under the look Thorn was giving him. "Yes sir" said the man cowering a bit and moving to his station. Thorn returned his gaze to the forward viewport and the dead space there. He waited for the man to get seated then spoke again.

"Mister Janson, please see to it that once Miles is here we are prepared for the operation. His tardiness was expected however we will not be ill-prepared by it," said Thorn. He looked out the viewport once again in silence awaiting his prey. Pirate king or no he will have his prize this day.

Aedan Miles

 

[Aedan Miles]

Aedan Miles was half seated half lounging in the command throne of a Dramath-class Strike Frigate that was on loan from the Kainate for the duration of his task to gain weapons for his current project. As the ship traveled through hyperspace to meet up with someone almost as enterprising as Aedan to raid a convoy from Lucerne Labs. Aedan watched as the stars outside broke from streaks of light to small pinpricks of light that stood for stars. Stretching backward Aedan stood and walked along the short bridge calmly. "Alright lads time for some good old piracy. Lets see what our friend Mister Thorn has in store for us today shall we? Open a comms channe."

With an almost bored hum Aedan strode back to his seat spinning around he dropped into it easily one leg crossing over the other casually as he started at the view screen before him. Waiting for the channel to open before offering an almost exaggerated greeting. "Ahhh Captain Thorn is it? I heard we have some interesting prey passing through here shortly no? Wouldn't want to let them scurry away on us I will launch my fighters now." Without waiting for a reply Aedan has the fighter craft on the Dramath scramble and launch forming a screen around his frigate at the moment.

Viscous Thorn

 

[Viscous Thorn]

Thorn saw the flash then the shape of a vessel appear before him. It was like the man to show up late, more leisurely not giving a damn about schedule or planning. The two had not met in person before and Thorn only knew Miles by reputation. The man had been plying the space lanes for decades sewing chaos and discord everywhere that he went. Thorn admired that about him. an image popped on the display hanging from the for of the command deck and an image of Aedan Miles sat before him. The man's nonchalant manner did not go unnoticed by Thorn. He just ignored the man's non-demure presentation and answered

"Yes, as I told our mutual acquaintance, I have been given these coordinates by a third party, which I was not given a name before you ask. I was told the time and place for this little endeavor, and that you would also be given this information. After I tortured the man who brought me this information I decided it was legitimate and here we are," said Thorn. He watched the attack craft exit the frigates hanger with a grimace. "As you have already deployed your wing I will move into position and prepare my crew. It should not be long now," said Thorn staring at the pirate.

Aedan Miles

 

[Aedan Miles]

Aedan chuckled a bit noticing the grimace as he nodded his head humming a bit. "Aye my people confirmed the information themselves." He looked over the section of space before him as he hummed a bit glancing back at the mans ship tilting his head a bit as he chuckled. "Do ya happen to have enough fire power to take out the shields of whatever ships they have. If you can do that this beauty I have here comes with a decent amount of Ion Cannons." He tapped on the arm of his command throne slowly mismatched eyes watching space before them with a small grin.

Viscous Thorn

 

[Viscous Thorn]

Thorn eyed the man considering his comment. "We will be fine. Provide any support you like, just do not get between my ship and the freighters. Have yous fighters give us a wide birth also. I would not want them.." he paused to consider his next words, "Entangled in the fight"

Thorn gave the man a half-smile then looked away out into space. He nodded to someone off-screen then his attention was back on MIles. "I have taken the opportunity to place an interdiction mine five thousand meters to our port. This location is nearly five light-years away from the location I was told the convoy would drop out of hyperspace to change course. They will not expect to drop out here and will give us a second or two to take advantage of their confusion. Remember who these ships belong to Mister Miles. These will not be easy prey, I expect their commanders will be top-notch military-trained officers, and crews will be a mix of trained civilians and marines," said Thorn, eyeing the man while watching a small display with his peripheral vision which indicated the mine was coming online.

"The mine is active now, it should not be long," said thorn returning his full attention to the pirate.

Aedan Miles

 

[Aedan Miles]

Aedan hums as he leans back casually a bored grin on his lips as he shrugs. "Aye I know whom the ships belong to and honestly it will probably have some decent crew on it. I brought along some of my dreaded Red Fang to handle the boarding actions. There might as well be a few of the Bogan lurking about but that isn't important right now." He looks at the datascreen to his right and hums. "Very well once the ship is pulled from hyperspace we target it bringing down its shields through sheer volume of fire before using Ion weaponary to make them dead in the water. From there boarding will commence. Will you be joining or will you be sitting out?" Viscous Thorn