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Post by Basil on Mar 30, 2009 17:18:13 GMT -5
<<If you didn't sign up for this thread, all the main characters are taken. But feel free to join as a minor or generic character as they come up.>>
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...
A lone ship raced through the blackness of space, desperately trying to outrun a huge dreadnaught. Escape became impossible, however, when a well-aimed shot destroyed the smaller ship's propulsion unit.
As the dreadnaught drew in its prey with a tractor beam, all was chaos within the captured ship. Amid the crew running to take up defensive postions, amid the passengers fleeing to the lifepods, amid the debris and ruin, Basil hurried confusedly.
He couldn't quite account for where he was or what was happening, only that he was looking for someone.
He felt stiff and cumbersome, as though he was moving in slow-motion. When he got a look at his reflection in a shiny wall-panel, he knew why.
"I am a...machine?" Indeed he was, an automaton, precisely three and one-quarter inches of wires and circuits and such.
A shudder ran through the ship, breaking Basil out of his reverie and recalling him to the task at hand. He must find his sidekick.
"Dawson! I say, Dawson, where are you?"
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Post by Penny on Mar 30, 2009 18:26:47 GMT -5
This was a madhouse! People running to and fro, trying to reach lifepods. People were also shouting, very loudly, to add.
Penny rolled around in circles, occasionally running into something or someone, trying to wake herself up. This was NOT happening! She couldn't be a robot, could she?
In one of the wall panels, all she saw was a thing that looked like a trash-can...almost. She attempted to scream, but all that came out was a high-pitched, mechanical squeal.
Oh no, oh no, oh no!
That voice was familiar. But who was this 'Dawson'? Perhaps if she followed the voice she could find someone she knew. Moving forward, she felt more lost than ever. Thinking on it, perhaps calling out would help!
'Hello! Hello? Can anyone hear me?' was what she intended to come out, but all that did was machine-like beeps and squawks. 'Can anyone understand me, I should say?'
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Post by Basil on Mar 30, 2009 19:39:03 GMT -5
It was with great relief that Basil heard the voice of his sidekick. Voice? It was a mass of seemingly disconnectied beeps and things. But to Basil, it was perfectly understandable.
"There you are," he scolded to hide his feelings, "where have you been..."
He was about to say something, but checked himself, remembering that his friend's designation was PEN-E (he himself was 221B-AS-L, human/cyborg relations).
"The ship is captured. There is no escape for her highness, the princess." Some part of Basil's mind, er, programming, couldn't quite recall who the princess was.
"Our only hope is to make for a lifepod."
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Post by Anton Ego on Mar 30, 2009 23:36:35 GMT -5
(If its still to early for me to post in here just let me know and I'll delete this ) A white door bursted open and white smoke appeared with Ego Vader stepping out of it. His deep breathing from the black mask could be heard. He felt so lost and had no idea why he suddenly half robot and the fact that he could hear his own breathing and why he was wearing a mask although he enjoyed the black cape that came additon to the costume. It made him feel more evil. He suddenly felt a strange feeling sweep through him as if he can sense that someone was there. But there was no one around him except for a few dead soilders lying on the floor of the passgeway. He made his way through the white corridor looking down upon the soilders breathing heavily and turned the corner. He felt that there was a traitor on board and he needed those plans for the death star.
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Post by Clopin Trouillefou on Mar 31, 2009 14:05:01 GMT -5
A man clad in drab robes was accompanied by an unusually scrawny man, straighter than a peacock, but with a look as twisted as an imp's sneer.
Everyone instinctively backed away from the imposing warrior and Governor Trouillefou (Tarkin}, a deathly quiet sweeping through the hall like a chilly breeze. He would tend to Princess Leia immediately, once caught.
[This is a meanwhile thing..]
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Post by Basil on Mar 31, 2009 16:06:16 GMT -5
<<You bad guys are right on time. Now, find that princess! ;) >>
<<There'll be a lot of meanwhiles in the thread. Meanwhiles are good. They enable more characters to post at the same time.>>
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Post by Panchito on Mar 31, 2009 16:15:36 GMT -5
A squadron of Stormtroopers followed their master onto the captured ship.
Although somewhat shorter and sleighter than the average, they were an imposing sight, marching in unison, clad in white plastic armor topped with white plastic sombreros. Their helmets gave the troopers a bird-like appearance while giving a filtered, inhuman sound to their strange language.
"El barco es seguro, mi señor."
The Stormtroopers stood at the ready, awaiting further instructions.
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Post by Anton Ego on Mar 31, 2009 23:55:46 GMT -5
As Ego Vader turned the corner and without hesitating he ignored one of the stormtroopers for a moment walked up to a soilder and grabbed him by the throat raised him up and asked."What have you done with those plans? Where are the transmissions that you intercepted."
"We intercepted no transmissions."He said as he tried to wriggle free from his grasp.
He threw him against the wall not beileving what he said then turned around swiftly facing his stormtroopers making his black cape follow his spin."I feel that there is a traitor among us, tear this ship apart and find those plans.. along with the princess. I want her alive!"He ordered. He then turned back around and walked away in another direction.
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Post by Penny on Apr 1, 2009 0:13:39 GMT -5
"Well, I'm sorry! I got lost!" Penny communicated. She had been lost, as far back as she could remember. "Captured? We're DOOMED! How can we make it out when all of the human life forms are taking the lifepods?" she panicked for a moment. "Where is the princess, 221B-AS-L?" she asked whirring and letting out a high-pitched moan. She didn't like her new way of communication. But at least he could understand her. Lifepod, lifepod, lifepod...where was a lifepod? Such things were going through as a second task in her circuitry. At the moment, part of her was scanning through her circuit-boards and memory for a map of the ship.
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Post by Cornelius Robinson on Apr 1, 2009 9:09:50 GMT -5
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Post by Basil on Apr 1, 2009 16:47:46 GMT -5
<<Now there HAS to be a sequel, just so I can see Cornelius as Yoda! Bwa-ha-haaa!>>
"Lost? You will be killed...er, deactivated, if you can't be more observant. Now come along, PEN-E."
He lead the way to the lifepod, but, unfortunately, BAS-L was uncommonly slow in this stiff metal body.
"I think perhaps I shall ride on your shoulder." That was funny--the little droid didn't have shoulders. Accordingly, BAS-L climbed onto one wheel and began giving directions.
"Left turn. Right turn here."
At last the pair reached the lifepod station and was ready to escape to the planet below.
<<I guess you already got the plans from the princess, so exit droids and on to Tatooine! You bad guys can carry on inside the ship.>>
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Post by Clopin Trouillefou on Apr 2, 2009 9:49:53 GMT -5
As Ego Vader turned the corner and without hesitating he ignored one of the stormtroopers for a moment walked up to a soilder and grabbed him by the throat raised him up and asked."What have you done with those plans? Where are the transmissions that you intercepted." "We intercepted no transmissions."He said as he tried to wriggle free from his grasp.He threw him against the wall not beileving what he said then turned around swiftly facing his stormtroopers making his black cape follow his spin."I feel that there is a traitor among us, tear this ship apart and find those plans.. along with the princess. I want her alive!"He ordered. He then turned back around and walked away in another direction. Clopin looked up with the last trace of a scowl still on his tan features, but in seeing Darth Vader, he summoned a pale, silly smile, and shook his head. “Perhaps the Princess is still on board?” it sounded more like a statement rather than a question as he twisted his dark goatee in the deathly silence. " Very well," he said shrilly, snickering through his pearly white teeth. "Nevertheless, I know that I have duties to attend to, and wherever she may be, I have not infinite hours to await her escape. So tempting, you know, to hang Princess Leia. She has quite a beautiful neck. But I will capture her...alive...I assure you." Finishing his words with a low bow and a sinister giggle, Clopin turned around to shut the door behind him, and was now feeling endless excitement – just seeing her. She would be held captive by yours truly. The corrupted man swiftly invaded the halls with a daunting, playful air.
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Post by Penny on Apr 2, 2009 13:44:34 GMT -5
"BAS-L! Do not give directions! I can see, you know!" she complained at his directions...goodness, you get lost once and you need constant supervision! Arriving at the lifpod station, PEN-E chose out a lifepod and began to unlock it so they could get in. The doors whooshed open a few moments later. "See, I'm not completely useless!" things did tend to slip her programming under pressure, they were lucky she remembered how to function!
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Post by Basil on Apr 2, 2009 19:05:17 GMT -5
The diminutive droid heaved an electronic sigh. "As I have told you on countless occasions, you see, but you do not observe."
"Now, no more tantrums. Into the lifepod before it is too late."
BAS-L hopped down and into the now-opened door, ready to activate the pod as soon as his sidekick was aboard.
Whatever planet they were near, it had to be better than staying up here, waiting to be captured by the *shudder* Empire.
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Post by Anton Ego on Apr 3, 2009 0:57:19 GMT -5
Ego(Darth) Vader turned his head slightly and listened to Clopins words intently. He knew Princess Leia was on board, he could sense it, and he had full confidence that Clopin will see to it that she will be captured and as for hanging well.. he would be the one that will decied whether or not how vaulable her life is.
He caught up with Clopin using one of the ships many shortcuts then said."After you find the princess bring her to me, and I will see to it personally that she is tortured untill she tells us the whereabouts of where the rebel spies secret base may be. " He then walked ahead of him his black robes swaying behind as he went down the white hall.
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