We're Still Around! A Droid Story [The Metal Lords Dominion Of Eclipse Hex]

[HK-36]

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Dominion of the Eclipse Hex​

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Objective 1 (Needs to be completed first): Finding Your Way Through The Maze

Exploration and Minor Fleeting


It was an arduous task that stood before the Metal Lords, for HK who organized the current venture that day knew ancient knowledge about a planet hidden within vast labyrinth-like asteroid field at the edge of the droid space. The planet, known as Eclipse, was a home to a hidden Jedi stronghold which served as one of the main bases of the order in the ages long past during the Vong Invasion and came into a spotlight rather recently during its One Sith occupation. However as quickly as knowledge of it came to Galactic consciousness, just as quickly it disappeared, slinking back to be forgotten in that mess of asteroids and nebulas that made finding the planet that much more difficult, if not impossible. Especially considering that droids were not always the best navigators, they could follow the charts and plot courses using known routes just fine, calculating the most efficient way to get from point A to point B relatively safely, but their weakness was always improvisation. Charting new routes, finding their way through asteroids on gut feeling alone, that was where they fell short and even their quick reflexes and reactions could not always save them.

For that purpose HK hired a young cyborg Jedi named [member="Ar'ekk"] for the mission he would be paid handsomely and it would be his test whether the Metal Lords would continue his employment or not. His job was relatively simple yet hard at the same time, he is to mediate aboard the main vessel and reach out with the Force to try and sense the hidden planet, specifically the Jedi stronghold hidden within it. Force was to be his guide and with its help he was tasked to lead the Metal Lords and their exploratory fleet safely through the maze.
Were it not for the ionic disturbances and interference from the asteroids in the area they could probably just scan the giant field to try and find the planet, and if it was not for the rotation and entropy of the ever changing Galaxy, they would have been able to just use their ancient coordinates to jump directly to the planet. Things were not so easy however, they would have to mimic the ancient explorers of old songs and myths and find the world by their guile alone. The only thing that could have been helpful to their cause, data on One Sith map charts and coordinates was lost with the Sith when their empire went up in flames.Who knows however what other obstacles they'll find in this planetoid maze, perhaps ancient vessels and evils, perhaps fate itself will stand in their way.


Objective 2a: Sweet, Sweet Loots

Exploration of the Jedi Stronghold


Once the Metal Lord fleet will reach the Eclipse, there will be nothing stopping them from venturing down to the infamous Eclipse Station, the ancient Jedi Stronghold, in order to explore and chart its forgotten hallways and the inner sanctums were perhaps even droids were not welcomed in. There was no more Jedi to rule over them in these halls however, whatever the machines would find on that station, they will be able to do with as they pleased.


Objective 2b: Stuck Between The Rock And A Droid Place

PvE and besieging an outpost


Finding the planet at last the scans conducted by the droids revealed something peculiar. The One Sith military structures intermingling with other pieces of architecture on the planet were not as abandoned as they originally calculated. This was a presence few machines will tolerate if the planet was to come under their stay, and now the remnants of hostile Sith rule are facing off against the droid onslaught, with their backs against the vast asteroids field surrounding their planet they need to make their last stand. One outpost on the planet is especially notable, and the fighting for its control especially fierce, however the droids even in their advantage will quickly find that no Sith should be underestimated, even a cornered one, and along with their presence there was an ancient enemy already waiting for them.


Objective 2c: Iron Fist, Gentle Touch,

Humanitarian Aid and Relief,


Eclipse, as hidden and forgotten once more as it was after the collapse of the Sith Empire, cut off from the rest of the Galaxy, still sports a large population, and now the Metal Lords are the first connection these people saw to the Galaxy at least in some time. Being ruled by machine overlords usually bears a specific image in the minds of organics and has connotations of tyrannical and absolute rule. The Metal Lords will have to once more show the organics that they are different, they are not second return of Omni, they are not just another droid rebellion, they are a force of change in the Galaxy, a change for better. They are there to bring equality, prosperity, and stability by negotiation cooperation between the organics and the machines.

Some of the Metal Lords will have to lead the humanitarian efforts, bringing supplies and building shelters on the planet, expecting that its people suffered much under the One Sith rule, and help the small folk thrive once more.


Objective 2d: Bring Your Own

Anything Else PCs Would Like To Do


The Eclipse is still a vast and mysterious planet, full of foes and friends alike. Outside of the Objectives mentioned already, there would still be plenty for Metal Lords and others who would wish to tag along with them to do.




The Edge Of Metal Lord Space By New Plympto

So it came to pass that the droid forces were gathering at the edge of New Plympto, the time towards their mission beginning was drawing near and they already went through the briefing to prepare and place everyone on their posts. Their rather small exploration fleet was to go first, mostly just corvettes and frigates, only a handful of ships as the droids did not want to draw too much attention from the Galactic Alliance neighbor so close to them, last thing they wanted was for them to think they were preparing to backstab and invade them, or have Jedi intervene worrying about their ancient temples and any potential artifacts hidden within.
As they went the exploration team was to drop temporary hyper space charting beacons behind them, stored aboard a large bloated Munificent Frigate, with bombastic cargo bays added to its underbelly by the droid engineers to store vast amounts of supplies, including the beacons and some probes. Once they reached the planet the main of Metal Lord fleet assigned for this mission would use these beacons to chart their way to the planet and jump directly there, avoiding the danger of the asteroids.

Such was the plan but rarely did everything went according to those. Either way, HK, aboard his flagship the Siege Tower, and older Protectorate-made Nebulon frigate in shape of a hammer sent out transmission to others,

"Everyone in your positions and ready?"

The message would be directed of course to young Ar'ekk, who would be given a spot on the ship's viewing platform where he could meditate and guide the Tower, the ship that was to take point and brunt of danger in the mission, or he could always come to the bridge if that was his preference. There would be others still like [member="Ultimatum"], [member="Lord Mettallum"], [member="AD-8"], [member="WD-334"], [member="Nerius"], or others who would be all free to join this venture, either by tagging along with the exploratory fleet, supplying their own corvettes or frigates, or joining HK aboard his own flagship, or staying behind with the main fleet and joining in once the planet was found and the course charted. Even young [member="Kida"] would be given a chance to come with HK on the mission, although the slow crawl through the asteroids was probably not going to be as exciting as the shapeshifter hoped for.

Either way, if everyone was in their positions and ready, they would begin this adventure soon.

 

[Nerius]

Post: 1/10
Objective: TBD

Nerius stood with folded arms, his gaze plastered to the viewport ahead of him. The proceeding moment had seen him hailed by the Lord Protector, told to land and follow plans made. He did not have one however, none of his team did. They would do as the Lord Abomination commanded. Hence his gaze seeming to take in that which was ahead, but in reality not looking to the corporeal, rather with his essence focused on the future. The upcoming prospect for battle was an alluring call, but he was still focused on making sure his secret was kept. Knowing much about what was coming, well it could help with that, no?

"Sir, we are arriving momentarily." Came a robotic voice from behind his form, drawing him back into himself, reasserting his control over the body.

"Very good, I will be waiting near the rear exit." Nerius said, turning on the spot. Striding from the room, Nerius straightened the sleeves of his Shadow Coat. It swept around about his ankles as well. Just as he approached the ramp, there was a jerk as they dropped from hyperspace.

 

[Arekk]

DOMINION OF THE ECLIPSE HEX​

Aboard the Siege Tower, Metal Lord HK-36's Flagship​

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Hours of preparation in deep trance and attuned with the Force had brought Ar'ekk and his allies the Metal Lords to the final big day where they would discover if their investment would pay off to find the desired planet hidden beneath an asteroid field and mysterious mystic walls that didn't allow any simple mortal to encounter Eclipse. The young Jedi warrior was given the hardous task of being the key connection between the Force and the hidden planet, preparing for a considerable amount of time for the hopeful success of the mission.

He was given the whole viewing platform to have a clear sight of the sorroundings but such view wouldn't be needed as he entered in another deep meditation stance where his eyes wouldn't be needed. It was all within his mind and the Force would be the guiding hand towards finding whatever the Metal Lords desired the most. The commlink provided by HK-36 allowed the Jedi to communicate with everyone on board: "Everything is set. Tell me when it's time, my lord."

Ar'ekk sat in the middle of the platform with his legs crossed and his eyes closed, staring to get into the deepest trance a young man like him has ever done. It'd be a complete drain of energy that could leave him unconscious for a certain amount of time if the mission became a success but hopefully he'd be able to recover successfully.

[member="HK-36"] | [member="Nerius"] | [member="Lord Mettallum"] | [member="AD-8"] | [member="WD-334"] | [member="Kida"]

 

[Lord Mettallum]

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"Exile why do you trust the jedi with such an important task. I Lord Mettallum am sure we could have just had the Abomination do it since I Lord Mettallum have heard his force sensitive"

Lord Mettallum was speaking to [member="HK-36"] bridge as Lord Mettallum was not sure if they should trust the jedi and was hoping to convince HK to figure out a different course of action for finding the planet. Lord Mettallum did make sure he was in his secondary body just incase the jedi does try to betray them or if there really are sith who were forgotten on the planet and left to die. Lord Mettallum did wonder why HK decided to hire a jedi and not something like a shard to find the planet.

"Exile if the jedi does betray us I Lord Mettallum will have your head and his head"

Lord Mettallum knew such a threat would mostly be ignored by hk due to the fact that Hk has so many bloody backup bodies and are probably would never fear death. Lord Mettallum was curious of one thing about the planets history.

"Exile I Lord Mettallum remember you saying that this planet was once used during the Vong Invasion and I Lord Mettallum am wondering would we find Vong technology on the planet"

@Ar'ekk [member="Nerius"]

 

[HK-36]

[member="Nerius"],

As the final ships arrived into the position of gathering expeditionary forces, HK received from his bridge communications officer a notification that Lord Abomination's ship has entered the system and begun to move into its position. The droid decided to greet the other Metal Lord, sending out a transmission to him,

"Lord Nerius, welcome, it is good that you could join us. I did not consider you to be a type that enjoys spelunking and expeditions through the unknown."

Awaiting the response from one of the more mysterious lords HK turned slightly, hearing clank of approaching [member="Lord Mettallum"] who spoke out to him,

"Do not be ridiculous, Nerius is a droid, droids do not use the Force."

Replied to that one fairly quickly,

"He has no reason to hide that nature from us, especially after I sent out a call to Shards throughout the Galaxy seeking to work with them in reforming the Iron Knight order. He may be a bit secretive, and we do not exactly know his past, but he is a droid and a Metal Lord. Besides, if he could use the Force he would probably lord it over our heads already."

HK quipped slightly looking back to Mettallum,

"That is what I would do."

At Mettallum's threat, HK reacted exactly how he predicted,

"You know I do not fear death. And I can survive decapitation. The Jedi would probably not be as lucky, but he is still young, he seeks to prove himself, fuel his pride. He has no reason to betray us, and his Order has a special tie to this place, too often I saw aspiring Jedi find their way back to hidden or ancient temples in times of dire need to continue their search for higher knowledge. He is young but skilled, I trust he will guide is right. If he does not, well then he dies in this ship with us."

At Mettallum's last question HK turned all the way back around to look at him,

"Yes, that is right, and I believe we will. Not so because of that part of its past, but because of its time in recent history under One Sith occupation."

HK explained, walking over to the large holoprojector in the center of the bridge and tapping few buttons on the smooth console to change its display, showing in red the One Sith territory at their peak and other major worlds like Tython or Coruscant,

"The One Sith, who occupied this sector for a longer time until fairly recently, made an alliance with the Vong. They worked closely together and often terraformed planets to spread their flesh-shaping technology and grow more biots. Often we still find their filth rotting away on those twisted surfaces and Vong raids became slightly more common recently. If a world was occupied by the One Sith, there is a pretty high chance that you will find Vong artifacts on it as well."

The ancient droid would look at Mettallum once more,

"Why did you ask?"


[member="Ar'ekk"],

However before HK could really drill into Mettallum and his interest in Vong, Ar'ekk sent out a transmission in response to him asking if he was ready. In reply HK sent out a quick message to the young Jedi,

"The last of ships are just getting into position, you may begin meditating, reach out and tell me where is a good place to enter this maze."

From the get-go the task would not be so easy, as the field of asteroids was vast and complex, and the planet hidden somewhere within it seemed so far away, even in the Force it would not be so quick to sense. However in the darkness of the void even briefest smallest spark would be like a beacon, and that was all Ar'ekk would need to latch onto to guide the droid ships, that was the hard part, afterwards when they would enter the maze and begin to close in on the planet, things would become clearer and clearer.

 

[Arekk]

DOMINION OF THE ECLIPSE HEX​

Aboard the Siege Tower, Metal Lord HK-36's Flagship​

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He was already meditating for the big upcoming even that was going to unfold, countless lives (including his) were at stake and only him could lead them to success in finding the planet the Metal Lord himself wanted so desperately to find. Reaching to the deepest parts of the Force, Ar'ekk found himself in a state of mind he would've never imagined for the entirety of his life. No experience whatsoever could replicate what was about to occur and this would be a tale only the Metal Lords and the Jedi would tell to the generations of the future.

"Go through the middle without any deviation."

This was the time to prove his worth and more than that how strong with the Force the young Jedi was, all the knowledge gathered ever since he was just a mere apprentice. He felt everything flow through his body and his mind ceased to be clouded by any thoughts or memories whatsoever. He was determined in guiding the ships through a dangerous asteroid field with the hopes of finding Eclipse.

"I can feel it. Victory."

Chilling words.

[member="HK-36"] | [member="Nerius"] | [member="Lord Mettallum"] | [member="AD-8"] | [member="WD-334"] | [member="Kida"]

 

[null3]

There was a loud ringing in Harris''s ears. He shifted as his ship rattled out of hyperspace and the rest of his fleet appeared before him. He sat silently for a moment to gain his composure. The crew looked around the command deck confused.
"Ladies and gentleman, can anybody tell me what the he'll just happened?"
The crew sat in silence and confusion before an officer opened the holonet and seen the date.
"Sir, it appears that we have traveled forward nearly 5 months in time. It is possible that the random jump, combined with the damage sustained and the strange energy from the star, combined to ripple us through space-time."
"Get any science personal to start experimenting to give us a definite answer!"
"Yes sir!" The man rose from his seat and jogged to the elevators, waited, then stepped in.
"Junior Lt. Polaski. Can we get comms with our fleet?"
The thin young lady turned in her seat. "They are up sir, the holotable is back to fully operational for you want to hail our fleet, and anyone else out here."

Admiral Harris smiled and thanked her, he then turned and walked at a slow pace to words the holotable with his arms behind his back. He approached the table and it fuzzed to life. His commanders face's appeared and he began to tell them what had happened.
"Sir, no disrespect, but how do you belive that we managed to do something as impossible as time travel?"
"I'm not sure Commander, but you should get the third mobilized, I just picked up on armed contacts in the system, I'll see what's going on and them decide if we need to attack or not.

The admiral switched channels as the commanders saluted over the screens than faded into nothing. The ships began to change to a defensive position as the Red dominion ships hailed the contacts, with no clue of the fall of their faction or any recent events.
The holotable lit up with a new, strange face. The admiral smirked.
"Hello there."

 

[Sor-Jan Xantha]

MC42 DISCOVERY
Corellia Digital Exploration Vessel

Whoever these droids were, they were nothing if not persistent.

The Discovery had been drifting out toward the Deep Core, tracing out the old HoloNet routers. Gravity this close to the interstellar disk could be quite intense. Communication satellites tended to age quickly, and some of the infrastructure out here still dated back to before the Gulag Plague -- having never been replaced or upgraded during or after the Four Hundred Years Darkness.

They'd only just launched a subspace relay station when the ship had detected it.

Initial indications had been a derelict, because long-range scanning suggested there were no lifeforms aboard. Because of that, the scanner technician hadn't marked the contact as a ship. Merely debris.

That is, until the debris track had altered course.

Toward a massive asteroid field of all things.

"Maybe they're malfunctioning," the small, tow-headed Corellian uttered quietly. The young vampire was on the bridge of the explorer, looking at the track on the so-called 'debris'. Almost certainly, it was the Metal Lords.

Their new neighbors in the Corellian Sector.

Maybe he should have brought a house warming gift out here with him. "Keep an eye on it," the boy stated, touching the shoulder of the sensor technician briefly before the boy turned and made his way across to the other side of the bridge. As he walked, he uttered, "When they smash up against the rocks, we'll probably need to go save their arse."

"General."

Nine hundred years later, people still addressed him by his Clone Wars title.

Turning, the former commander of the 432nd Clone Expeditionary Force looked back. "Sitrep?"

"Multiple contacts," the technician stated. "The ships just appeared out of hyperspace."

Turning his head to glance forward, the young Corellian squinted. He could just make out the points in the distance that were the ships. "Well, it seems our Metal Lord friends aren't alone out here."

Whether that was good or bad for them remained to be seen.

...perhaps he could interest them in saving on new HoloNet service? The current contract was bundled with unlimited long-distance communications at quite a savings against their competitor.

 

[null3]

Instantly, upon what looked like a face had appeared on the screen, it had disappeared and disconnected. The admirals face went cold for a moment, it lightened up and he turned towards his comms officer.
"Can you tell me what just happened?"
"Some physical blockage sir, I tracked there last signal coming from a quite large astroid field. It is possible that they are nothing more than miners."
"No, their are too many large ships in this system for them to only be miners, I believe they may be conquering this system, or maybe it's already been annexed, in which case, they might not be to find of us showing up with guns
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"Sir! Large contact spotted at distance, front."
"Okay, calm down Lt. they might not be hostile, comms officer."
"Yes sir!"
"Are we capable of hailing that ship?" The officer nodded, "Get me connected then."
The holotable glimmered on and began to connect in an attempt to make first contact with whoever this faction was. Hopefully they were peaceful, and hopefully they would allow them safe passage to dominion space, if it was still around.
"Hello."

 

[Sor-Jan Xantha]

MC42 DISCOVERY
Corellia Digital Exploration Vessel

"General, we're receiving a transmission from one of the new contacts."

The tow-headed boy was at least mildly curious now.

"Open channel," he remarked, looking over at the technician at the communications station. After another moment, the youngling raised his head and announced, "This is the Corellian ship Discovery."

That would indicate that they were a civilian vessel, as opposed to one association with the Alliance or the Free Worlds. "May we be of assistance?"

He didn't bother giving his name. The person on the other end of the comm probably thought he was speaking with a girl, owing to the fact that Sor-Jan sounded exactly like he looked.

[member="Fleet Admiral Harris"]​

 

[Lord Mettallum]

When [member="HK-36"] said [member="Nerius"] didn't have the force Lord Mettallum felt like an idiot mistaking rumours as fact. How could he have been so stupid to believe a HRD was like him was able to use the force.

"I Lord Mettallum must apologise, clearly I Lord Mettallum have foolishly mistaken rumors I Lord Mettallum have heard as fact which is quite a dangerous thing to do. Anyway why would the maker gift an abomination with the force."

Like Lord Mettallum suspected the threat the HK was hardly effective but HK did have an interesting point about young jedi somehow being able to find ancient temples when in dire need and now HK has responded to Lord Mettallum's question about the vong and he seemed a bit suspicious of Lord Mettallum's questions.

"Well as you know Vong create organic technology which has always intrigued me. Now I Lord Mettallum always thought there would be no way for me to control or create such technology but then I Lord Mettallum see you with what I Lord Mettallum could only assume is Vong Armour which gives me hope that one day I Lord Mettallum would be able to learn and create such technology and whats the best way to do that than collecting some Vong artifacts and maybe finding some non technophobic Vong"

[member="Sor-Jan Xantha"] [member="Fleet Admiral Harris"] @Ar'ekk

 

[HK-36]

[member="Lord Mettallum"], [member="Nerius"],

"It is quite alright, Lord Mettallum, there are many rumors in our circles. I heard news of some of the Metal Lords saying that I too am gifted in the Force much like Nerius, and that I tend to confer with organics to the point of bedding them. Many organics believe that droids cannot lie, but our kind has always been one for fanciful tales."

HK pointed out with a quip, listening to Mettallum as he received the transmission from [member="Ar'ekk"], relaying the order to his bridge,

"Full speed ahead, straight down the middle of our current course, no deviations."

"Yes my Lord."

Replying to Ar'ekk only with,

"Peace and humility, Young Master Jedi, hubris and settling for victory before the battle is done has been a downfall to many organics and machines alike."

Before looking back to Lord Mettallum as the Siege Tower lurched forward, beginning to sail out through the inky darkness of space, heading right for the middle of the asteroid space.

"Oh yes, the armored biot I use, it is Vong in origin, or at least an approximation of it, but I can hardly control it, it was more that it was adopted into working with a droid body. I was able to find a human merchant who breeds these things, taught by the Vong I assume, but unlike the Vong they are far more willing to sell such technology even to droids."

HK explained to Lord Mettallum,

"I would lie though if I said that I did not thought about replicating this technology for our own purposes, but it will not be an easy task. Unlike engineering and working with machines, this will be a whole new territory for us. If you really wish to devote your time to understanding and mastering this field of flesh-shaping, then I will help you along."

The ancient droid agreed with a nod,

"Nerius will probably actually be able to use the Force before we will find a Vong willing to work with droids though."

HK finished with a quip.



[member="Fleet Admiral Harris"], [member="Sor-Jan Xantha"],

Few minutes would pass as the Siege Tower, spearheading the charting expedition by the Metal Lords begun to make its way through the asteroid field, just starting to enter its confines,

"I never thought we would ever get here, Metal Lord Lord Mettallum."

HK mused, referring to the other droid with his full, although redundant, title,

"A nation of free droids, created by droids, for droids and other machines. Surviving, thriving, and now expanding, in relative peace."

The droid would glance back to his mechanical companion,

"You know, even if in the end we will fail in our goal of full cooperation between organics and machines, we have already achieved the impossible."

HK's musings would suddenly be interrupted by his sensors officer, the armored droid sitting by a console connected to the sensor and scanner suit would suddenly speak up,

"My Lord, a sizeable armed fleet has just entered the system."

"Well we had a good run."

"They are hailing us."

"Put them on the central holographic display."


HK would turn away from the main viewport of his frigate, still sailing through the outer ring of the asteroid field to look at the said holographic display in the middle of the bridge, previously showing the map of the system and their route through the rock maze, slowly being filled at the very edge of its outer ring. The holographic table would show Admiral Harris' face then, saying a simple hello to them,

"Patch me through."

The droid ordered, which his communications officer confirmed with,

"Unidentified fleet, this is Iron Lord Protector Above Denon leading a merchant expedition to chart the local giant-class asteroid field,"

Of course HK opened up with a healthy dose of bs as charting the asteroid field was not the only reason why they were there, although there was truth to it, they had to chart it to find the planet hidden within it, there was nothing "merchant" about them though right now,

"You are at the edge of Metal Lord territory, you have not trespassed and we are not hostile. Please, identify yourself and the purpose for your presence here."

HK didn't knew that the ships were in distress, and although it would be usually the job of his sensors officer to check, or his communications officer to comm in other ships trailing behind them to ask their readings, both of them seemed rather busy right now as it seemed what Sor predicted begun to come true and the bridge crew aboard the Tower turned to look out of the view port, some of them stood up from their seats.

A massive planetoid-sized rock lazily rolled out from behind cover of some debris and was now steering right in the path of the Siege Tower, the frigate was on a course to smash right into it.

"My Lord, your orders?"

"Stay the course, trust the Jedi."

Few more seconds passed and the droids on the bridge watched patiently as nothing seemed to change, still they were sailing towards it, and the asteroid was in their way, now with less time and less distance until they hit it.

"My Lord, I calculate the Jedi failed us."

"It took me so long to pay off for this body."

Some of the crew members protested to which HK ordered once more,

"There is a power behind the Jedi, he plots our path with the Force, trust in him, stay the course, no deviations."

A minute or two more passed and still nothing seemed to change, the asteroid was rolling towards them and the Siege Tower was heading right for it, at this point collision seemed unavoidable. Finally HK turned to look at Mettallum and hissed,

"I am going to shove my foot so far up Ar'ekk's as-"

BAM-CRAAAACK!

Came the simulated noise outside their ship, since in the void of space there was no sound, as two large objects collided with each other and even HK seemed to lose faith in the young Jedi. This wasn't however the noise of the Metal Lord frigate smashing itself into solid rock. Sor-Jan's ship would probably be able to pick up on what happened, with the sensors he previously used to track the ships changing course into the asteroid field. The leading ship was about to crash into a planetoid which floated into its direct path when suddenly from across the asteroid field a high-speed asteroid came barrelling in and crashing with the huge obstacle. The planetoid cracked and split apart, almost a meter or less before the frigate's hull would have touched it, spreading open with its shards flying out of the way of the Metal Lord's convoy in what seemed to be a very convenient freak anomaly.

It seemed that Are'kk did not fail them, at least not yet.

 

[WD-334]

WD-334 had always wanted to test the firepower and full capabilities of the Star Destroyer that had been created, thanks to Ultimatum's help. The war droid did not come to think that maybe bringing a Victory Class SD would be over the top for an exploratory fleet. Of course, coming upon the system designated by [member="HK-36"], the war droid was not too sure if it would be able to test them. Upon first arrival, the large droid did not find any danger when it went to contact HK-36, until they came out of hyperspace. WD had come late to the party, and had just arrived to watch as an asteroid split apart in the proximity of the Siege Tower.

But WD's attention was elsewhere when it realized by the scanners, that there were other ships, not Metal Lord. With the Tartan Obsidian by the Victory class's side, WD sent out a connection to HK, "HK-36, do you know of the other ships? Are they to be designated as hostile?"

[member="Lord Mettallum"] [member="Sor-Jan Xantha"] [member="Fleet Admiral Harris"] @Ar'ekk

 

[Nerius]

Nerius turned away from a display, eyes cast at the being most recently entering his space. It was an Assassin Droid, M1-87, if he recalled properly. The thing about this guy though, was his mind. It was not properly of that body, much as his own mind was not. Hence their natural connection, and his ability to enter a Metal Lord's personal study uninvited.

"Nerius, we are approaching fast. The others, it seems, might be a moment or so ahead of us." M1 stated calmly, his robotic tone a slight off set to the previous silence filling the air. Nerius nodded his thanks for the alert, then went about deactivating the holodisplays, "Sir, what-"

"Plans. I wish to assist the Lords. I cannot do so unless I make plans. These are to be unseen for the time being however, if you could please erase whatever might have been noted. I will assist if necessary." Nerius said, now finished and rounding the large table between them. M1 for his merit, never flinched, nor showed fear. Instead he simply did the smart thing, removing all pertaining to the first moments entering the room.

"Now, please, if you will, let us adjourn to the command center. I need to make an alert known to the others." Nerius said, gesturing to the door, then following behind the other. Each was silent, thinking their own thoughts for their own reasons. When they arrived, each of the pilots, controllers, and like, all saluted their Lord.

"As you all were." Nerius said, moving toward a nearby com, grabbing a switch and flipping it. While the others moved about, Nerius began a quick speech:

"We are nearing our final destination everyone, prepare to leave hyperspace. Remember, we are taking it to a planet that may hold much in the manner of the Wizards and their magics. There may be a few of them present themselves. Shoot to kill, protect your brothers. Peace for the Lords. Ooh-Raah."

The resounding cheer reached his sensors, even from beyond the entrance to the command center.

[member="HK-36"]

 

[null3]

Harris greeted the being on the screen.
"Hello there, I was wondering what system I'm in? We mean no harm, but our fleet is lost."
Harris looked wearily at the being and tried not to reveal too much information. It was strange to see so many ships yet so little life in the system, still though, he persisted cautiously.
"We are just looking to get back to Dominion space, as soon as possible. If you can just let us know where we are, we will be in your debt."
Harris looked nervously at the young creature, for once he was an acting diplomat of the dominion, and he had to galactic conflict by being triple checking everything he said. It was exhilarating. He stood as head of a massive fleet with the power to destroy, but instead spoke diplomaticly.
The alien watched Harris for a moment, as though he was confused.
"The dominion is gone."

Spoiler

Fleet:
4 Venator III''s
3 Acclamators
5 Victory II''s
5 Imperial-Class Star destroyers
Harris' flagship

 

[Sor-Jan Xantha]

MC42 DISCOVERY
Corellia Digital Exploration Vessel

Problem with their navigation systems?

"Of course," Sor-Jan answered cordially. "We're on the edge of the Outlier Systems, just beyond Saccoria, in the Deep Core."

Not exactly a good place to get lost in. Or found in, for that matter.

The name drop of the Dominion caused the boy to cock an eyebrow in surprise. A lost fleet from the last battle, perhaps? "I'm afraid you'll find there's no Dominion to return to," the young Corellian remarked finally, pausing a moment to let that news sink in before explaining, "The Dominion was overrun by the Sith Empire."

Nothing good ever came with the word 'Empire.'

Not that dominion really inspired civil liberties either.

"I'm sorry for your loss," the boy added. "If you like, perhaps we can help guide you to a safe port where you and your crew can try to get news of your families."

Spoiler: Exit Note

With the account re-name and character change pending, please accept this post as my exit from the thread.

[member="Fleet Admiral Harris"]​

 

[HK-36]

While the droid and his crew waited for any updates or changes in direction from [member="Ar'ekk"], still flying forward without any deviations as a sight of relief, or droid equivalent at least, washed over all of them when the asteroid before them split apart and parted to allow the machines safe passage forward, guided by the Force when it turned out that Ar'ekk didn't failed them in the end, HK received multiple transmissions regarding the other ships which entered the system.

[member="Fleet Admiral Harris"],

"You are in uncharted system at the edge of Metal Lord space. Unfortunately, the Dominion is gone now, it has been brought down by multiple assaults from the Sith and Imperials. Rumors has it their surviving elements reformed into nomadic fleets and escaped, we do not know where to find them or how to contact them however."

HK explained to Harris by returning the transmission to him,

"Contact with our expedition might be cut off shortly, we are sending a single ship to come speak with you and assist your current situation."

The droid offered to Harris before sending out a transmission to [member="WD-334"],

"They are not hostile, survivors of the Dominion's fall, for some reason they did not knew about its demise. We will not be able to keep up contact with them in a bit as our ships sail further into the asteroid field, I will need you to break off and come closer to their position to speak with them and grant them aid. Try to recruit them to our cause if possible, even as mercenaries."


With that WD would have his task and hopefully soon enough Harris would find some common ground with the machines, especially since the one sent to speak with him favored Imperial aesthetics much like Harris seemed to do.

 

[null3]

After a short pause and being told by the ship commanders, he looked at the screen and thanked them. He declined seeing hi family, as did his crew. They were now probably the biggest remnant's of the dominon.
"Sir! Small craft approaching, starboard side!"
"Hail them Lieutenant."
A droid appeared on the screen and beham talking about them entering the Metal lords. Harris accepted reluctantly. The fleet had agreed to join on the condition that they were to be a recognized remnant. The term was accepted.
The ship's in the fleet were given some coordinates where they then prepared to traveled to a nearby planet of the Metal lords via hyperspace

 

[WD-334]

WD-334 gave a confirmation binary message to [member="HK-36"] about it's new given task. The war droid directed the Obsidian Fist through the asteroid field, ordering the droid crew to be aware of the asteroids. While they maneuvered closer and closer, WD attempted to open a comlink toward 'survivors of the Dominion'. Whatever faction that was, WD-334 had not heard much of them. But, they did have Imperial designed ships, so that caught WD's attention. It was an impressive design choice overall in it's eyes. The war droid ordered the Tartan Obsidian to move off to the flank, in case any asteroids came up behind. They were sometimes rather annoying and could prove to be quite a threat when rolling through space into a ship.

"This is WD-334, droid of the Metal Lords. I have been ordered to give assistance where needed. Do your forces require aid of any kind?" the droid queried. It wanted to speak about their ship designs, speak of all the Imperial tech it had in it's databanks, trade any information they may have had, but it decided against it. Not yet, at least. "May I request a name to address you by?"

[member="Fleet Admiral Harris"]

 

[Lord Mettallum]

Post: 3
Using Lord Mettallum's Secondary Body

Lord Mettallum noticed one of the smaller escort ships seemed to have malfunctioned and stopped moving near what seemed to be a small outpost on one of the asteroids. At first Lord Mettallum thought it was just because the ship must have been a very out of date ship that wasn't kept up to maintenance. Looking at the outpost again Lord Mettallum noticed it had Tractor beam generators on it which may have explained why the escort ship seemed to have gotten stuck. Lord Mettallum was not going to let who ever activated the tractor beam claim the escort ship. As Lord Mettallum was about to exit the bridge he saw a small force of One Sith exit the outpost clearly lower ranking ones which meant the outpost must be meant to just warn any other forgotten One Sith forces of any travellers.

"Escort Ship ALD-7 I Lord Mettallum shall send you assistance. Try and protect your ship from any attempts of boarding as I Lord Mettallum doubt you would be able to defend against the sith if they enter your ship. Once my forces land we shall push back this small sith force"

With that Lord Mettallum got into his shuttle with one of his GP Guardian Droid and a squad of D1 Battledroids with another Gp Guardian Droid. in a differant shuttle Once the shuttles were full they left the Siege Tower's hanger and headed for the outpost. Once the shuttles landed Lord Mettallum exited and went for the first sith he saw. as soon as the sith got close Lord Mettallum activated his flamethrower built in his left hand and burnt the sith to a crisp and then he turned to his side to see one of his Guardian droids sliced opened by another sith who then went for Lord Mettallum. Lord Mettallum knew this sith would be prepared for the flamethrower so instead he grabbed his double bladed vibro spear Duplex Hastam and challenged the sith to a one on one duel. The Sith striked first thinking he could easily slice through the vibro spear. Lord Mettallum parried the lightsaber attacked and saw the fear in the sith's face as soon as the sith realised the vibro spear was made with a Cortosis weave and his Lightsaber turned off. as soon as that happened Lord Mettallum stabbed the sith in the heart with his spear then pushed forward.

"We should try and get inside that outpost and disable the tractor beams and hopefully stop them from warning any other forgotten sith of our presence here"

[member="WD-334"]
[member="Fleet Admiral Harris"]
[member="HK-36"]
@Ar'ekk
[member="Nerius"]