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*Staggers in drunk, knocking over all the furniture*
an' I hav a *hic* Saalium Bwandee *hic*
*Passes out on the floor* Hey! a Pretzel!

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Rawc steps over Slug with astonishment "I thought get'n drunk was my bussiness." After the scott made his way over to a suitable table, Jane comes in with a smile on her face. "How's the Dragon's Breath this year?" She asks as she sits in front of Cicion. Putting her elbows on the counter, Jane suddenly realized her pad was still sitting there from before she had left, as was her drink. "Mabey I'll stick to this." Giving off a small chagrin, Jane picked up her pad and continued sifting through status reports.

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No Guts, No Glory.

**Gradually the patrons of the bar notice Sundered Angel standing in the shadows. He seems to have been there for quite some time, watching unnoticed. Then he walks out of the shadows and sits at his normal place as if nothing had ever taken him away.**

Another Devil's Breath, if you would be so good, Cicion.

**Sits back and sips at it, watching Sargantanus and Jane in particular.**

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Sundered Angel,
The One and Only

(Angel: I had a pretty good script out for the rest of the story, but I geuss it's for the best that you locked it down. I'll see about putting it in the chronicles.)

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No Guts, No Glory.

*Tosses Angel a D's B, and Jane the drink she requested.* Well, I have an announcement, folks. I have been assigned to take the Radiant Flare deep into Audemedon space and check up on our latest sent infiltrator and controller. I am going to replace him for a short time. I'm not going to enter an Aud body again, but will be an emmisary bringing Phylydion technology to the Auds. After that, I will secure our control over them. The High Octicon has been training me to be a Taeskor, the top Phylydion elite troops, for several months. I will be granted my Taeskorship if I successfully complete this mission.*Turns back to the bar.* In fact, my training is a series of real looking situations that can occur at any-*His speech is interrupted by an assassin droid speeding into the bar and firing three shots at Cicion. He whips around and deflects each one with a knife he has drawn from a sheath in his sleeve. The droid fires another shot and Cicion jumps and flips over the bar. He runs at the droid with blinding speed such that a rapid thump-thump sound should be reverberating, but isn't. He runs completely silently. As he runs at the droid, it swings its sword arm at him. He ducks and slices the arm off. It turns around to face him, swinging its other arms. He ducks under and jumps over them, slicing them off one at a time. He crouches and jumps high over the droid's head. It fires multiple shots at him, which he twists to avoid. He lands, spins and slices the droid's head off with the knife. He walks back behind the bar.*-time. It's rather fun, really.*A sevice robot walks in and cleans up the mess. The band starts up and the singer starts into "Orange Colored Sky".*

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Commander Cicion, commander of Phylydion Primary Armada

"Never tell me the odds!"
-Han Solo

As long as I am Haruspex the Audemedons will not be a problem to you. But know this: they are under the soverignty of the Prophits of Salril (brilliant idea to discuss that in front of me by the way) and if you try to start some kind of incursion/insurrection/etc. you will encounter heavy resistence. But please don't take this the wrong way. It is not a threat.

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Throughout their history these "unenlightened" beings have continually opposed and fought abuses of power wrought by their own bretheren. We, as the prophets would do well to learn from these Humans.
-Final statement of the Salrilian reformist Sirthis shortly before his execution.

Oh, we're not going to start a rebellion or anything. We just want to make sure thay our control over them is secure in case they ever fight us.

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Commander Cicion, commander of Phylydion Primary Armada

"Never tell me the odds!"
-Han Solo

*walks over to Cicion* If you need any help me and my squadron would be glad to assist.

No, our plan is to avoid any fighting, and the Flare's Omni-space engine will allow it to escape enemies if we encounter them.

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Commander Cicion, commander of Phylydion Primary Armada

"Never tell me the odds!"
-Han Solo

No, no, you don't quite get it.

1) Why do you want to control the Audemedons anyway? The only practicle reason would be for military power, which wouldn't sit well with a lot of galactic powers.

2) The Auds make up a large portion of the Salrilian workforce. With the Ring still under construction, and a whole slew of new ships to produce, I'll need all the workpower and means of production that I can get. And as I said, they are under Salrilian soverignty and I'll be damned if I let such an important part of my economy and military slip away like that.

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Throughout their history these "unenlightened" beings have continually opposed and fought abuses of power wrought by their own bretheren. We, as the prophets would do well to learn from these Humans.
-Final statement of the Salrilian reformist Sirthis shortly before his execution.

**Sundered Angel watches this silently... This could turn nasty... He then motions Jane over.**

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Sundered Angel,
The One and Only

We don't want to use them in our military. We aren't going to actually use them for anything. They will still be officially and mainly under your control. We just will make sure that they will not be able to fight us in a war. *He stops suddenly, turns around casually, then whips around and throws his knife. It thunks into the cloth wall dividing the bar from the docking area , and a muffled cry is heard. Cicion walks over and tears a hole in the wall. A Phylydion replica droid falls back, the knife in its chest. The droid is holding a sniper rifle. Droids come and take the "assassin" away, then repair the wall. Cicion walks back behind the bar and sheaths his knife.* More Taeskor training. They make sure you have hightened senses, too. *The singer launches into "Route 66".

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Commander Cicion, commander of Phylydion Primary Armada

"Never tell me the odds!"
-Han Solo

**Suddenly, with no warning, Sundered Angel hurls a small object very fast at Cicion. His reflexes are superb, however, and he catches it with ease - It's an egg. And it's unbroken.**

Not bad, Cicion, not bad. Could I have another Devil's Breath?

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Sundered Angel,
The One and Only

Another D's B, coming up.

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Commander Cicion, commander of Phylydion Primary Armada

"Never tell me the odds!"
-Han Solo

NO.
I will not allow you to dominate what is solely the property of the prophets. Our government isn't currently at war with anyone, as all of our rescources have been requisitioned to repair one of the *cough* rings, so STOP PICKING ON US.

You think it's really cool to gang up on our supply routes and habitats, but when we send the big guns in, you just run. We find that most annoying.

But maybe I'm just paranoid. Anyways, I'll have another Pangalactic GB, please

-Slug

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I do not suffer from insanity
I enjoy every minute of it

-Cantharan Admiral za'Grom
After the capture of Earth

We aren't going to dominate them, and we won't have much control over them. We will just ensure their peacefullness towards our species. Slug, as for your
"Not allowing" me to do it, you have no say in the matter. The High Octicon has made its decision.

By the way, what do you mean, we run away when the big guns are brought in? When we attacked the Ring, for example, we destroyed the big guns, which had been there the whole time. Perhaps you refer to the numerous hit-and-run attacks made by PhylSec before Sargatanus was made Haruspex? Those ships got out before the big guns were even notified. Perhaps you should beef up your defenses.

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Commander Cicion, commander of Phylydion Primary Armada

"Never tell me the odds!"
-Han Solo

Im working on a new weapon desighn, it will be unamaginably hellish and apocyoliptic. See what youd do is fire it at an enemy's sun, then it will cause the star to collapse into a black hole, and if thats not enough it will also cause the singularitys event horizons to cancel each other out forming a naked singularity! The physically existing form of pure chaos! Then the beings of choas will rule all! The only race to see such an event was the Yanordeh, but as soon as the Shafyoruq (thats their name for the beings of choas) were released they were enveloped by it and were never seen again. The Shafyoruq were just about to take over the Universe (planning to then take over the Multiverse) but were trapped again by a multidimensional rift that formed a event horizon. The work of a extradimensional species no doubt. But when I personally free them they will reward me greatly, and noone will be able to stop me!

Unless, of course, you never finish the weapon designs, or you don't get a chance to use that weapon. *Four Taeskors come out of the shadows, and the slight folds in their sleeves show the positions of their daggers. One sits at the table in front of Nak'goek's, one behind, and the other two to both sides.

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Commander Cicion, commander of Phylydion Primary Armada

"Never tell me the odds!"
-Han Solo

Information and History of Taeskors: When the High Octicon became the ruling body of the Phylydion Interstellar Imperium, they decided that they should have a military force completely under their control and answering only to them. These soldiers would be elite, the best of the troops trained far more rigorously than standard Phylydion troops. Thus the Taeskors were created. Tae (Tay-eh) is the Phylydion word for loyalty, dedication, and honor. Sko(skoh) is a word for excellence, outstandingness and proudness. These were combined to form the word Taeskor(Tay-eh-skore). The process of training per year is more or less this: The High Octicon first finds the 500,000 most naturally capable Phylydion soldiers(strongest, fastest, best senses, reflexes, etc.) Of those, it takes the 100,000 best trained and most experienced. Those 100,000 are taken to Jaltir IV, Phylydion navy H.Q. They are put through a training process similar to those of Saurdaukar in Dune, or Imperial Royal Guards in Star Wars. After an intese year of training in all areas, the top half of the trainees are taken. They are then put through a training which involves real combat situations which could happen at any time(This is the training that I am currently going through). Only about a third of the trainees usually survive this segment. After several months of this training, Those that did survive are sent on a real mission deep in enemy territory. If they complete the mission, they are granted Taeskorship. Types of Taeskor:

Pure Taeskor: These are the best OF the Taeskors. Completely independant. Loyal and extremely efficient. No armor. Their only weapons are daggers. Used as assassins, bodyguards to the Octicates, and infiltrators. Of the 5,000 in active service every year, one or two are killed per year.

Taeskor Commando: Wear light armor and full helmets. Carry flare bolt rifles and pistols. Used as front-line soldiers, boarding parties, and guards of maximum importance buildings and ships.

Taeskor Pathfiner: These soldiers are trained to operate on planets with hostile environments. They are dropped down to planets to establish beachheads and bases for the standard troops.

So, if I become a Pure Taeskor, which I have been selected for if I complete this upcoming mission, the drawback is that I lose command of all of my ships. It is worth it. Pure Taeskorship is the highest honor a Phylydion soldier can recieve.

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Commander Cicion, commander of Phylydion Primary Armada

"Never tell me the odds!"
-Han Solo

Angel, Cicion, Jane, Darkk [if he ever shows up again] send me detailed descriptions of your characters so I can use sketches in the intro file for my plug. I also might make an online comic if I can find a decent illustrator.

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Throughout their history these "unenlightened" beings have continually opposed and fought abuses of power wrought by their own bretheren. We, as the prophets would do well to learn from these Humans.
-Final statement of the Salrilian reformist Sirthis shortly before his execution.

I think the posts on the character dossier post are detailed enough to make sketches.

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Commander Cicion, commander of Phylydion Primary Armada

"Never tell me the odds!"
-Han Solo

Well, Sargatanus, if that admiral you were talking about gets here before I return, tell him to make himself at home. This is a very important mission for me. Flare, take me aboard. *Cicion disappears from the room and reappears on the bridge of the Radiant Flare.* All right, let's get this mission started. *The Flare disappears into Omni-space, heading for Audemedon space.*

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Commander Cicion, commander of Phylydion Primary Armada

"Never tell me the odds!"
-Han Solo

Walks in, takes off warm fuzzy jacket, which in turn explodes, walks to table, leaves.
Hops into happy Emaghlion fighter. Is cold. Starts a fire. Learns ship made of wood.
Jumps into outer space holding breath and amazingly is saved by heart of gold in improbablitiy drive.

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"Your attack has been rendered harmless.
It is, however, quite pretty"

*The Phylydion infiltrator walks in.* Cicion arrived yesterday and relieved me of my post. He will remain in Aud space for another day or two at most. *Takes a seat at a table near the bar.* Angel, you should be honored. He has decided that you can tend the bar until he returns.

(By the way, he wants to know if you can change your username without starting a new registration. He already knows how to change his signature.)

I'm afraid not. I just created a new user using another of my 4,000+ email accounts.

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Throughout their history these "unenlightened" beings have continually opposed and fought abuses of power wrought by their own bretheren. We, as the prophets would do well to learn from these Humans.
-Final statement of the Salrilian reformist Sirthis shortly before his execution.