Part I

Van Toren opened the hatchway

"Now, we find Addar, come on, this thing isn't going anywhere"

Van Toren stepped into the sunlight and looked around. The mountains were very high up, and Addar was undoubtedly in the village at the edge of the mountains. On foot, it could be a few days travel Van Toren thought.

"If I could please, borrow a transport and pick up our team, that would be very appreciated."

"Oh of course, anything for our new friends"

"wow, friends already" i thought

I got in the transport and began to drive.

Bayhes held his head, sweraing after hitting it on a low doorway due to a loud crash.
Looking into the horizon, he saw a large cloud of smoke rising from the mountains, with small flaming pieces of debri raining down on the surrounding areas.
He quickly gathered up supplies, including weapons, and moved to the door.Entering it he came upon a small vehicle - fast, but not agile enough to get all the way up the mountain.
He started the vehicle, its engine gave a loud roar, and then headed towards the mountain side. While en route to the wreck, he looked at it through his binoculars. The shape was vaguely familiar, but he couldnt make entirely out what ship it was from this distance.

Van Toren and Borrego(is that who you are, I forgot your name) had been walking for about fifteen minutes, when a flash of light caught Van Toren's eye

"Down!" Van Toren said sharply as he fell to the ground.

"There!" He pointed o what looked like a moving vehicle

"It's still at least half an hour away, get your gun ready"

The vehicles engine started to splutter as black smoke rose from the back.
"Oh no, this isn't good" muttered Bayhes as an ominous cracking sound started.
He stopped the vehicle, or at least tried too. Jumping from it he hit the ground and immediatly went into a roll, coming to a stop behind a large boulder.
"Great, now I get to spend the rest of my day climbing to a shipwreck with a cracked rib."

"No problem" i said as i grabbed one of the turrents that had been detached from the ship when it crashed

"i can just shoot it to high hevans, just give the word Van" i said is i mounted the gun on a piece of debris and aimed it at the truck

"Also if you want, when you go off to find Addar, i can stay here and see what i can do to the ship with what resouces i have"

Van Toren saw smoke rise from the vehicle

"Interesting...." Van Toren stopped mid sentence as he saw a figure dive out of the truck

"...no, no no no" Van Toren grabbed some binoculars from his survival pouch. He looked through the glasses. The vehicle seemed crippled, but the figure was no where to be seen

"Shall i go scout it out and see if i can find anyone, i have my little friend who can help if i am in danger" i picked up the turrent, it was rather heavy, but it was a small machine gun turrent, one of our lighter armorments

"No no, stay down. This is not possible. You guys stay here, I'm going alone"

Keeping low, Van Toren scrambled to his feet and began running through the bushes trying to keep covered

Bayhes paused climing, after a sudden glint of light caught his eye. Looking up, he saw slight movement in the distance. Using his binoculars, he noticed the top half of a turret waving around above the top of a rock.
"Take it these people dont like rescue teams that much.."

Van Toren ducked behind some rocks and lifted the binoculars to his eyes. This time he could see the person. Van Toren couldn't believe his eyes. He turned around and headed back to the group.

"There's someone down there, it'll take us a few hours to walk there, but we need to get this person's attention, that's if he doesn't already know we're here"

meanwhile, with the transport not working, I had to walk, i grabbed a gun and started my journey. The village was to far away now.

"i have an idea" i said and i started to the ship "The ship used Gravity Plating to keep us down while in space, i can reverse the polarity of it and it will float because it will be anti gravity plating, now we can sit on it and i can modify some of the menuvering thrusters to fire small bursts and attack them to the back of the plating" i paused "what do you think, it will take 10 min to get them modified"

(sorry, suddenly im a bit confused, so what if i just stayed with my truck.

"No, no, I don't want to risk the ship and I don't want to use the ship. Use your gun. Besides, it would take 45 minutes to get back to the ship. Fire a shot near the vehicle, that will get his attention"

"Ok i said" then i aimed the gun to the top of the truck, set the gun to a low presser setting so it wouldent dmg the truck just make a noise and i fired

"Ser, i set the gun to automatically fire every 5 minuets, i am also going to grab the flair that is udner the pilots seat and fire it" i went inside, grabbed the flair out from under the pilots seat, then i came out and fired it, "There, that got there attention"

Van Toren looked through his binoculars to see Bayhes look up in their direction

"Well wasnt expecting him."
Bayhes equiped his rifle and unset the saftey. He slowly stood up and started to walk towards Toren, weapon raised.

(well lets say i had the flair in my backpack)

I raised my Sub Machine Gun "Me niether"

"Oh shit, he's got a gun, everyone down!!!! Trust me, you guys are no match for his aim!"

Van Toren stood up and waved his arms. They were too far to be heard, but he yelled anyway

"i am a weapons exspert remember, i have an impeckible aim, do you wish him dead"

"No I don't want him dead and I don't care how much of an expert you are, because he's better, trust me!"

"Thats not the usual way to try and kill someone.."
Bayhes slightly lowered his weapon and walked quickly up the mountain side towards Toren, staying alert for any sudden movements.

Toren took off running

"You guys stay put for the moment, I'll be back in a while, and for heaven's sake, don't shoot!"

I lowerd my machine gun and grabbed my pistol from its side pocket and i got behind a rock

Bayhes immediatly crouched down and took aim at the sprinting Toren, while listening for any other movement.

Van Toren began yelling as he got closer to Bayhes

"MICHAEL BAYHES!!! DON'T SHOOT!!!!!"

"Then tell your guy with the pistol to stand up slowly!"

Van Toren, still running turned around and yelled up at the group

"DROP YOUR WEAPONS!!! STAND UP SO HE CAN SEE YOU!!!"

Addar stopped the truck, he careful aproched the area. When he got there he quietly pulled out his gun, aiming for Bayhes head. "there are two ways to do this. You kill Torren and die, or we calmly talk like grown ups. Didn't think that I was gone did you. I'm not that easy to get rid of. I know your past with Torren, but you dont want to die today do you?"

Toren made his way to Bayhes. He slowed down, panting and raised his arms

"I need to talk with you"

"What about? Last I remember we were trying to kill eachother."
Bayhes kept his rifle pointing at Torens chest.

"Things have changed. I thought you were dead, I thought Severus had killed you"

"He tried. He left me in a ditch somewhere, instead of making sure. I wont be so kind to him. So what cause you to interrupt my quit life by dropping in unannounced?"
Bayhes lowered his rifle, but kept and eye on the others.

"Severus overthrew me. He's now running a corrupt dictatorship using the military to enforce harsh punishments on whoever he feels like. He must be stopped"

"Sounds like he does. And now you just want me to start helping you again after what happened? Not muh of a chance there. And not much of a chance for you overthrowing him in what used to be the nightcrawler."
Bayhes looked back down the mountain
"I came all this way for a chat. What a waste"
He turned and started to walk away.

Van Toren then pulled a small pistol from under his jacket and pointed it at the back of Bayhes' head

"You once believed in something Bayhes, I respected you for that. If you believe that Severus' way is the best way, then"

Van Toren cocked the gun

"You don't deserve to live"

"You forgot I always come prepared."
Bayhes pulled the pin out of a flashbang grenade, causing a loud bang and blinding light to stun his oponents. In the confusion, he grabbed Torens pistol and pushed it back under his chin.
"Seems you really want him taken down. Tell me your plan, if you have one and I might help you, for old times sake."

"Well, contrary to my usual character" Van Toren grunted, "I haven't got a plan, figured I'd try things your way for once"

"In that case."
Bayhes let go of Torens pistol
"We have a lot of repair work to do on your ship."

Van Toren just stood there breathing as Bayhes started walking towards the ship. Van Toren lowered his head and shook it

"I must be crazy" he mumbled before heading off, following Bayhes back to the Nightcrawler

Looking at the wreck Bayhes realised the ship wasnt as bad as it looked.
"Well you screwed up some parts of this thing. Looks like you managed to make this wonderful landing on the already broken bits so you didnt really damage anything. Shouldnt take more then a day to get this thing working properly again, 3 days for it to be combat ready."
Bayhes picked his way through the assorted debri, looking for welding torches and duct tape.

"I have managed to secure free parts in a village just off to the east. But getting the deal wasn't easy." And even if the don't have the parts we need, which is very likely, they have weapons, food, and tools."

"Duct tape, you want to use Duct tape, this ship is complex, Duct tape wont fix it, the FTL drive is shot, the whole aft end is gone, navigation is barrially working, the engine (whats left of it) is venting Toxig gass, and you want to use Duct tape, no wonder i found glue and rubber bands in the engine, you did terrible repairs" i said following them

"In that case you repair the ship. I'm not a engineer, so whoever is one can start the actual repairs. The ship doesnt have to be perfect anyway, we just need to fly to a nearby shipyard, let them fix it, the fly away so we dont ahve to pay."

Jaquelyn watched this little exchange of words using a small drone camera that was hidden in the trees after the ship had crashed. She wanted to get off this place and wanted to do so as quickly as possible. Apparently one of the people had a ship, and whether they liked it or not, she was either going to take it out from under them, or sneak aboard and hide till after they left. She wasn't going to stay here for very much longer, and it made her smile at the thought.

"i am going to use these parts that Addar brought back, i am prioritising the hull, if we cant get the engine to work, atleast we will have shelter, Ok, can someone hold this metal sheet in place while i secure it." i said while i was trying to get the hull fixed.

A monster lurked in the shadows aroud Vex Valkyrie. "I'm not going to die under the claws of a puny monster", he thought. He took out him weapon, an extendable sword. It was his "Excalibur". He had slew the Iraq's infamous king with it. He extended it and praried blindly in the air.

(C'mon, not already! Let me develop my char a little bit!)

While the crew stayed on the ship, me and Addar went to the village, see how it was...

I was walking through the village... aperently, it had 1500 inhabitants... I felt like I always had been there, although I knew Inever been there... Suddenly, a shine of light hit my eyes: a girl, exactly like the one in his dreams showed up... I didn't know why, but I stood up there, without doing anything, just admiring the beauty...

"What the..." Was I thinking, not understanding what was happening...

Yes please regard timeline, though it's not an RTS, things just don't happen instantly