Tainted Space: Another Rush [IC]

[Coltshan]

It was that time of century once again when new sections of space would be opened up to the great masses of corporations, organizations, and rushers all alike as many a Rusher came to Telos Station, Rusher central, built in the last 5 years, it was the gateway to the Cephean Traverse, where they ancient civilization would allow Rushers to settle, explore, and expand into their worlds, for an isolationist assurance and ultimate independence of their home system. The aethereal energy beings being an amicable oddity in the universe. With no physical form to feel the universes pleasures, they had little conflict and only time to male advances beyond that of survival.

But enough of them, here there would be new rushers gathered, purchasing rooms and suites to base out of while they did their stay in the nebula. With countless shops and services besides being provided on frontier space. No doubt a hub of vile debauchery and villainy would soon be established once the sponsors got their in
vestment back. It was in the grand plaza that our heroes found themselves, Watching an telecast on the vidscreen that informed them on different planets in the Cepheus Nebula.

Kotos Minor, an planet thought to be rich in minerals besides an ancient cracked planet, held together with an planetary shield. A den of piracy no doubt by this point.

PL-M04, an machine planet left in ruins and said to be resided in by only machine life who eke out an living due to lost infrastructure and factories.

Dakoon, an agrarian planet home to an mystic order of psionic warrior monks and warring clans.

This and many other planets were also available to explore as many rushers were excited to get started as the early settlements were already established to try and handle the wave of incoming Rushers.

One Rusher smiles as he stood by two others, "Well then, looks like this'll be fun. You excited too?"

 

[DumbAndDumber]

Khal is staring at the vidscreen, eyes narrowed and hand scratching his chin, he's wearing what looks to be only the bottom parts of a behemoth scale armor, wearing nothing on his torso, because of his height he doesnt have much of a problem staring at the screen and it takes him a few seconds to realize that the question was made to him.

"Oh... Aaah... Yes, kinda excited..." He says still looking at the vidscreen. "I am trying to decide where to go... I dont like hot places, and i would like to get into a fight... I like how this Kotor planet sounds, if there are pirates it means i can make some money punching them and grabing their credits and stuff, if there are bounties even better... But im still not sure..." Khal speaks in a loud but slow manner, whatever he's thinking, its quite obvious he's either overthinking it or he may be a little bad at planning things judging by how long he's standing there.

"What about you guys? Any planet that stands out?" He asks slightly turning he's head but still staring at the vidscreen.

 

[TheShepard256]

Well then, looks like this'll be fun. You excited too?

"Very!" Isabel remembered a lot of what she got up to on the 14th Planet Rush quite clearly, and was eager to have a repeat of that - hopefully without Uncle Max trying to sabotage her again.

Any planet that stands out?

"Ooh! Um...."

Kotos Minor sounded like Zheng Shi, with a bit of Tarkus thrown in; while she had fared well enough against the pirates of Zheng Shi, that was mostly due to already being fairly experienced by that point. Until she knew her companions could handle themselves in a fight and/or she gained more intel on the planet, she wasn't comfortable taking them there. Besides, she was still kinda famous in the criminal underworld for the disruption she caused to both Zheng Shi's operations and the Black Void's; chances are, whatever scum and villainly had moved in there likely already had opinions on her, and there was currently no way of telling if that would be helpful or a hindrance.

Likewise, she wasn't sure they were ready for the active warzone that was Dakoon. To be honest, she wasn't even sure she herself was mentally capable of handling it; the last time she participated in a military operation was during the Scarlet Federation's attempt to capture War-Queen Estallia, and the intense fighting there caused her to have a full-on panic attack.

That left PL-M04 - no active conflicts meant it should be fairly safe, and her expertise with electronics and machinery would mean she's a good safety net for her less experienced companions. "I think the machine world is our safest bet."

She would later ask some of her underground contacts to see if they could gain access to Kotos Minor for the purposes of intel gathering, and her more legitimate contacts (including Ambassador Elyrrin, one of her wives Kaede (who was still an independent freighter captain, and insisted on paying for her anti-agathic treatments by herself), her own Steele Tech scouting parties/surveyors, and those of her descendants who decided to both keep in contact with her and participate in this Rush) to pass on any intel they could on whichever Rush Planets they went to.

 

[DumbAndDumber]

(It sounded like we already knew eachother but since i dont know from where or how we meet im going to write like ours character don't know eachother, if everyone wants we could do this little introduction since most things Shepard wrote are giving context or thinking, if im wrong or you guys dont want to ill delete this whole message and give a more appropriate answer, im fine either way.)

Khal stops staring at the vidscreen after hearing Isabel's answer and looks at her "Hmm... You seen to have put more thought than me when thinking about this planets..."

He stops for a moment deep in thought and after a minute says.

"Hey, name is Khal, you dont look like someone who enjoys to get into fights and by the way you talk it seems you have experience in this rush thingy since you think about like... Safety and stuff... Anyways, i worked as a mercenary before i decided to come here, my ship kinda sucks, its small and doesnt have a cargo hold, do you think you could let me catch a ride with you? I can work as a bodyguard for you to compensate for it, im really good at keeping clients alive and even better at beating anything that tries to harm them." He gives a smirk and flexes his right arm to emphasize his point, he doesn't need to flex, being a ten foot tall bull-man with buldging muscles and scars scattered across he's body its quite clear he gets into fights pretty regularly, and judging by the amount and appearences of these now healed wounds, he probably won most of this fights if not all of them. As soon as his confident look comes it goes away just as fast, going back to he's im-kinda-dumb stare he says "Well if you dont want to i understand, im not really good at marketing my skills, since i got here i already asked like... Twenty people? All of them said no because they are rushers and know how to take care of themselves."

He doesnt look desperate and its clear he is expecting a similiar answer like those he got, already looking around for more possible people to ask.

 

[TheShepard256]

"Isabel Steele. Yes, as in that Steele." Looking up and down Khal's body, her initial thought of him being New Texan, or at least Treated, was dispelled by his scars and job description. While what he said made him sound like Dane, the way he said it was much more reminiscent of Kase. Besides the scars (which weren't really her thing), he was quite the hunk, and the massive bulge in his pants made her heart - or rather, holes - flutter (and her cock grow harder, not that anyone could see due to the miniature hammerspace tech in her suit's crotch).

"And sure, you can come with me. I can handle myself, but I like company." She continued with a seductive voice & grin and leaning forward a bit, showing off her breasts clad in the latex-like Steele Tech uniform. With only Olympia and Syri (another of her wives) remaining of her old crew - the rest having decided to pursue their own paths - she had plenty of room on the Sidewinder.

 

[Coltshan]

"I'm Erik Bridger, just a nobody trying to be a somebody. I feel things will go smoother if we stuck together, I hear this rush is even more risky than the last one." He says with a smile as he introduced himself. He was an trained Tech Specialist who sported an tight fitting bodysuit, with an nice bulge and an comfy jacket. No doubt he'd fit nicely in a steele tech jumpsuit too~.

"PL-M04 stands for Planet Layered-Mechanized, Tier 04. That means it's just about all machine, but that underground systems keep the planet stable and oxygenated." I say being well informed for a Rusher. I had oddly pale skin for a human but you can't tell if it was from a mod or not.

 

[DumbAndDumber]

Khal goes wide eyed for a moment, happy to have found someone that can take him around but more surprised to meet someone like the Steele.

"Steele huh? I heard a lot of things about you, never heard anything bad..." he looks at her from head to toe, his massive bulge clearly twitching "Fuck... And you're way hotter in person..." after a moment he continues "Well, ill be glad to join you, Khal is at your service, im going to go get my stuff, dont really have much on my ship so this will be quick."

He barely takes a minute to comeback, wearing the full behemoth scale armor that clearly has been modified to accommodate his size but somehow still managing to be tight in certain areas, he's also carrying a few bags and his weapon is a saurmorian hammer which he seems to have no problem wielding.

"Welp im back, hopefully i didnt take too long." He turns to Isabel and says "Well boss, if there's anything you want to do before we leave just say the word, i only had a handfull of things with me that are actually usefull so this is barely any weight, i can still carry a ton if needed." He turns to Erik and says "Oh, and sorry for not introducing myself directly to you buddy, got a little excited to find someone that can take me around and kinda went a bit ahead of myself, name is Khal."

 

[TheShepard256]

I'm Erik Bridger, just a nobody trying to be a somebody. I feel things will go smoother if we stuck together, I hear this rush is even more risky than the last one.

"Nice to meet you, Erik. Of course you can join us!"

PL-M04 stands for Planet Layered-Mechanized, Tier 04. That means it's just about all machine, but that underground systems keep the planet stable and oxygenated.

"Creating a structure of that size would be a massive feat of engineering - you'd have to mine out at least an entire system's worth of asteroids for the raw materials, not to mention all the construction issues you'd have to overcome. I don't think even my own company could build something nearly that large, and even if we could, it'd be hard to make it economically viable. Who would do such a thing, and why?" The more she thought about it, the more PL-M04 seemed like the best choice - it seemed to be the least dangerous, there were mysteries surrounding it, and whoever cracked those mysteries first stood to learn (and thus profit) massively from it.

Oh, and sorry for not introducing myself directly to you buddy, got a little excited to find someone that can take me around and kinda went a bit ahead of myself, name is Khal.

"All right, we can leave when Erik's ready."

{OOC: I propose we let @Melakoth make their introductory post before we leave.}

 

[Melakoth]

Watching the others interact with a smile on his face, Jason looks to the others and says:

"Evenin' folks, name's Jason, Jason Greymoore. Tech Specialist and cyborg marksman."

He looks to Steele.

"Huh, never expected to meet someone like you here miss Steele. It's a pleasure and an honor though. Do you mind if I tag along with you as well?"

He also looks to the Bull-Man with a smile.

"You're certainly strong looking, Where ya from big fella?"

 

[TheShepard256]

Do you mind if I tag along with you as well?

"Of course you can!" And with that, the proportion (though perhaps not number) of men on her crew had already exceeded its peak during the 14th Planet Rush.

 

[Coltshan]

Erik promptly returns with his things in a pack on his back, smiling as he admired his new friends and allies set for the Rush, "Great to meet you Jason, sounds like we'll be having an grand old time of it together." He says smiling as he prepares to follow Steele to the Sidewinder when ready.

Others were murmuring with excitement as the clock counted down to the start time as many rushers made their way to their ships, wanting to be the first ones to vacate the hangar and get out there to get dibs on whatever they could get their grabby hands on and dicks into.

 

[DumbAndDumber]

"You're certainly strong looking, Where ya from big fella?"

"Sup, name is Khal, nice to meet you lad, i was born back on mars but my folks got out of there with me before i could even walk, so i dont really know much about it."

 

[Melakoth]

"Great to meet you Jason, sounds like we'll be having an grand old time of it together."

"Sup, name is Khal, nice to meet you lad, i was born back on mars but my folks got out of there with me before i could even walk, so i dont really know much about it."

Jason first looks to Erik.

"You're a tech specialist like me huh? Do you specialize in any particular area? Mine's mainly cybernetics, though like any good tech specialist i can do a little bit of everything in regards to tech."

He then looks to Khal.

"Hey, thats neat man. I'm from Earth, Old Texas specifically. What weapons do you favor? You look like a melee kind of guy."

 

[Coltshan]

"Robotics and tech weaponry mainly. I would love to secure us a few drones we're out and about." Erik says with a smile, "We should be heading to our ship soon or we'll be trapped in the crowd.
5 minutes to start of Rush

 

[Melakoth]

"Robotics and tech weaponry mainly. I would love to secure us a few drones we're out and about." Erik says with a smile, "We should be heading to our ship soon or we'll be trapped in the crowd.
5 minutes to start of Rush

Jason nods in agreement.

"Of course you can!" And with that, the proportion (though perhaps not number) of men on her crew had already exceeded its peak during the 14th Planet Rush.

Jason smiles, "Great! Following your lead Mrs. Steele."

 

[DumbAndDumber]

"Hey, thats neat man. I'm from Earth, Old Texas specifically. What weapons do you favor? You look like a melee kind of guy."

Khal shows the saurmorian hammer that he's carrying and says "Yep, there's nothing better then getting into the middle of the fight and to swing this baby around, i got a personalized shield that is quite bulky but its another layer of protection, and combined with my behemoth scale armour and warden shield it means i can take heavy fire and keep on fighting." He says clearly excited at the prospect of a fight.

Turning to Isabel he says "Lead the way boss, just thinking about a good scuffle makes my blood pump faster and hotter..." He says with a smile on his face, ready to follow her to the ship.

 

[TheShepard256]

Great! Following your lead Mrs. Steele.

Lead the way boss, just thinking about a good scuffle makes my blood pump faster and hotter...

"All right! Just remember," she says, turning to Khal specifically, "no killing unless it's absolutely necessary. And in my experience, it's never absolutely necessary. I have medical supplies and training if we need them." While she was no stranger to death, violent death was something she couldn't easily handle (or reconcile with her morality).

With that, she lead her team to the docks, and notified Syri and Olympia that we'll be leaving soon - not that it mattered, as they were both already on the ship, but it's standard procedure, and good both as a heads-up and in case they weren't on the ship.

 

[Melakoth]

"All right! Just remember," she says, turning to Khal specifically, "no killing unless it's absolutely necessary. And in my experience, it's never absolutely necessary. I have medical supplies and training if we need them." While she was no stranger to death, violent death was something she couldn't easily handle (or reconcile with her morality).

"You got it boss lady." Jason replies.

 

[DumbAndDumber]

"no killing unless it's absolutely necessary."

"No problem boss, not all mercenary jobs want you to end someone, so the first thing i learned in my old job was to hold back the punches, there was a techie guy that even helped me dull the spikes on my hammer, they still do their vibration thingy but now they dont pierce people." He says and gives a easy smile to Isabel as they continue walking towards the ship.

 

[Melakoth]

"So Mrs. Steele, if you don't mind me asking, what are your goals for this rush? Mine's adventure and excitement, and to have lots of fun, with as many great looking people as I can, heh."

Jason not so subtly eyes Steele's generous curves.

 

[Coltshan]

Erik follows his new friends onto the Sidewinder as he admires the ship and all it had to offer, like he was experiencing things for the first time. "Where are your drones?" He asks as he peeks around, as if expecting them to be capable of running a ship.

Syri and Olympia were glad to see their wife had returned with a gaggle of studs in tow, "Hello, I am Erik Bridger. This is Jason and Khal. They're here too...oh, I should let the main maid make the introductions shouldn't i..."

 

[Melakoth]

Jason steps forward a bit with a smile.

"Evenin' ladies, name's Jason Greymoore, Tech Specialist and cyborg marksman at your service."

His eyes widen and he whistles appreciatively when he spots the Sidewinder.

"Damn boss lady, that's a fine ship ya got there. Mind sharing it's specs when ya got the time?"

 

[DumbAndDumber]

Khal enters the ship with a smile on his face as he looks around "Nice, i dont really know much about ships but this one has a veteran feel to it."

He nods to Olympia and Syri and says "Sup, im Khal, nice to meet you gals." He looks to Isabel "Hey boss, can we choose a room or you're going to assing them to us? Im dying to take a shower."

 

[TheShepard256]

So Mrs. Steele, if you don't mind me asking, what are your goals for this rush? Mine's adventure and excitement, and to have lots of fun, with as many great looking people as I can, heh.

"Well, first off, I like to think my actions in the last Rush were a major help to the locals, and I'd like to repeat that if I can. Second, getting a Steele Tech presence out there early could do wonders for the company. And of course," jutting her breasts and butt out to emphasise her curves, "to have some fun."

Where are your drones?

"Right here!" she says, gesturing to a pair of devices attached to her backpack; a small one attached to the upper-left, and a larger, disc-like one sandwiched between the backpack and her back. "They're only really useful in combat. The Sidewinder is capable of operating with only a single crew member. Speaking of which...."

She saw that her two existing crew members had come out; one, resembling a wingless gryvain, looked to be performing maintenance, while the other, resembling a hellhound but with blue eyes instead of the usual red-orange, was rushing towards Isabel. "Izzy!" She swept up the smaller CEO in her arms, and they shared a deep, long kiss. "I see you brought some friends."

"Oh, yeah! Guys..." turning back to the others, "this is Syri Dorna, one of my wives, and the lovely gynoid over there is Olympia. Syri, Olympia, these are Khal," gesturing towards the towering bull-man, "Erik," towards the pale-skinned human, "and Jason." towards the unremarkable human. "They'll be accompanying me out in the field on this Rush."

"I thought you liked to do that alone."

"Well, this Rush is supposed to be more dangerous, so I figured I should work in a team this time around."

"Okay. Just come back safe, okay?"

"You worry too much."

"But I love you!"

"I love you, too." And they shared another kiss, this time a shorter one on the lips.

Damn boss lady, that's a fine ship ya got there. Mind sharing it's specs when ya got the time?

"Olympia's going to be much more help there; she designed it. Her former owner reprogrammed her to care for nothing but the Sidewinder project."

Hey boss, can we chose a room or you're going to assing them to us?

"Pick whichever room suits you, so long as it's not already occupied. Not that there's really any difference between the rooms, but still!"

Important notes about the Sidewinder's layout:

• The overall layout is the same as in TiTS; I assume you all know what this is.
• It has two Missile Turrets installed, each with their own gunnery station near the crew quarters, which need to be crewed in order to use them during combat. Syri and Olympia are each capable of crewing them, though Olympia isn't too good at it (Syri is better due to her gaming experience).
• There's also a Power Core Tuner and a Hardened Systems installed; the rest is filled with Advanced Crew Quarters.
• The helm has three stations: the captain's controls the ship's movement and internal comms, and is capable of operating the entire ship sans turrets, though less effectively than with a crew member at each station. The other two are in a depressed section in front; power systems, ship diagnostics and external comms to the left, navigation and sensors to the right.
• In combat, the ideal setup is: Isabel in the captain's seat, Olympia at the engines, Syri plus one (most likely Khal) on the turrets, the other two at the front stations.

 

[DumbAndDumber]

"Pick whichever room suits you, so long as it's not already occupied."

"Sweet!" Khal says as he says as he starts looking for a empty room. As he's walking around he notices the gunnery stations and says "Ha! Missiles, i love this things, i like the sound of railguns but nothing is more satisfying than watching something blow, if you need something to be reduced to rubble just say the word boss, i like my close quarters combat but i have a special place in my heart for big guns."

He walks down the main corridor of the Sidewinder and as soon as he finds a empty crew quarters he tosses his stuff on the bunk bed, starts to get out of his armor and quickly jumps into the shower, leaving behind the doors from he's room and bathroom wide open, probably because he was really looking forward for this bath... Or maybe he just doesnt care.

"Fuuuuck i needed this..." He laughs as the cold water starts to soak him but grunts as he looks down seeing his behemoth of a horse cock growing hard "Down boy, we just got here, we need to get our bearings first and organize our room, then we'll look for a nice hole to breed..." He takes a few deep breaths, his raging erection calming down as he goes back to enjoying his cold shower.

 

[Coltshan]

Erik goes to pick out his room as he chooses the closest available room as he signs himself to the room. "So how big is this baby? Shuttle or Frigate sized?" He asks as he admires the systems, checking the astrogation chart and taking notes in his codex.
(Shuttle is usually 1-6 crew size, Frigate is 1-16)

He goes to help at the bridge and sets a course for PL-M04, seeming proficient at machinery, like he was playing with kids toys. "We should make our approach via the Moska Asteroid Field, the system has several debris fields asteroid rings, I heard the planet is home to countless wrecks and half mined asteroids. Lots of loose materials...and old auto defenses. So we have to make our landing in a specific window to avoid the planetary defenses that might remain. "

 

[TheShepard256]

So how big is this baby? Shuttle or Frigate sized?

"It's a corvette, actually." (Corvettes are one step above frigates.) "The military guys who studied it were quite surprised that pirates, of all people, managed to make a ship this big need only one crew."

We should make our approach via the Moska Asteroid Field, the system has several debris fields asteroid rings, I heard the planet is home to countless wrecks and half mined asteroids. Lots of loose materials...and old auto defenses. So we have to make our landing in a specific window to avoid the planetary defenses that might remain.

"I'm not sure that'll be necessary: the Sidewinder was designed to punch through things like that. Still, better safe than sorry." After a few seconds, she had another thought: "If there are still active planetary defences, we should disable them as soon as possible, so other Rushers can get there safely."

 

[Melakoth]

Jason strokes his chin in thought then asks,

"What's our goal for this planet? Information?"

 

[DumbAndDumber]

Khal comes out of his room, completly naked, tanned skin still shining with the droplets of water from his bath making his powerfull physique even more noticeble, using one normal sized towel that looks like a piece of rag because of his size to dry his curly hair.

"What's our goal for this planet? Information?"

"We looking for expensive things lad, i imagine boss will also want to help people if there's trouble around while keeping a eye open for minerals and shiny rocks and stuff, i will also look for shiny things since, generally speaking, if something is sparkly or strange it means i can sell for a lot of credits."

He goes still for a moment and looks down to his gigantic prick and balls completly exposed.

"Shit! Sorry guys, i like to walk around naked but i tend to forget that not everyone likes to see others naked, a old crewmate of mine used to say that i should ask for permission from the ship's captain first... But huh... I forgot..." He uses the towel that his holding in a pityful atempt to hide his exposed genitalia as he's face grows red from embarrassment, not because he is being seeing naked but because of the chance someone gets angry at him for potentatially breaking a rule.

"If that is against the rules ill stay in my room until we land, dont really like to use clothes indoors... Or outdoors... Im not one of those exbiticionists, im just not a fan of clothes, oh but i have a emergency underwear just in case."

 

[Melakoth]

Khal comes out of his room, completly naked, tanned skin still shining with the droplets of water from his bath making his powerfull physique even more noticeble, using one normal sized towel that looks like a piece of rag because of his size to dry his curly hair.



"We looking for expensive things lad, i imagine boss will also want to help people if there's trouble around while keeping a eye open for minerals and shiny rocks and stuff, i will also look for shiny things since, generally speaking, if something is sparkly or strange it means i can sell for a lot of credits."

He goes still for a moment and looks down to his gigantic prick and balls completly exposed.

"Shit! Sorry guys, i like to walk around naked but i tend to forget that not everyone likes to see others naked, a old crewmate of mine used to say that i should ask for permission from the ship's captain first... But huh... I forgot..." He uses the towel that his holding in a pityful atempt to hide his exposed genitalia as he's face grows red from embarrassment, not because he is being seeing naked but because of the chance someone gets angry at him for potentatially breaking a rule.

"If that is against the rules ill stay in my room until we land, dont really like to use clothes indoors... Or outdoors... Im not one of those exbiticionists, im just not a fan of clothes, oh but i have a emergency underwear just in case."

Jason nods in understanding at first and then laughs good naturedly.

"Nah you're good big fella. Although I'm not sure what the boss lady thinks."

Jason looks to Steele with a raised eyebrow.