Age of Strife

The area around him erupts in flame.
There is another being, already in the centre of the city.
His body is on fire and his sword is unique.
"welcome, Omega. Do not be alarmed."
"Be very, very afraid"
The Man laughs.
Omega is hit by a blast, that near tears his body apart.

In the cruisers of the ISA, confusion is ripe.
Nobody seems to know what is going on, and accidents are happening left right and centre.
Their formation is sloppy, people seem to be doing things at precisely the wrong time.
On of the cruisers almost falls out of the air because someone tripped and fell into the engine.

Evelyn tries to get all units on the ground, and restablish control. She overides control on the reliant, manually taking control of the majority of the capital ship.

The Warrior laughs.
"You are powerful, and I would do my people a great service by destroying you. But I see now that you are not who I am looking for. You may know me as Oziah, the Peerless"
"farewell"
Oziah leaves the heart of the city, in search of some humans...

The at first it is chaos in the ISA. but the pilots and soldiers rally. with their expert piloting skills, many of the cruiser manage to fly sideways to drop the demons out of the ships. and many of the fighter (though not all) open up the top and throw the small demons out.
but the two capital ships (the Eagle, and the Reliant which are in Lordan, the Rogue is orbiting, so no demons... dont you dare) have a bit more difficulty. they soon begin finding clever ways to deal with them. some of them get closed off by force fields, which sometimes kills them outright, and then gas the demon, or eject the demon straight out onto the ground.
they soon begin rounding up any ground patrol groups (not many of them, so few die), there are a number of larger groups rallied together trying to hold off the demons. The Eagle stays in Edge gate once it has got it's own ship under control, then begins flying around the city shooting demons.
The Reliant stays at the city of three moons, and doesnt leave until the party returns...

The air suddenly seems to shift
The ground trembles underfoot
A great burden seems to lift from the humans, they don't look so dark and depressed anymore
Happiness and hope has returned to them

.....The Curse has been Broken......

while Omega was fighting the ISA and Del, the party (through private messages between me and Anglachel) went and found where to remove the curse... well, removed the curse)
before anyone can take a moment to be pleased with the great news, Jaheria grabs Arca. "we need to leave now" there are loud bangs as one of the soldiers shoots a demon, and the party begins running out. they scramble out of the building into the open area to briefly get shocked at the sight of demons all around, and the soldiers (as many as there are) struggle to hold them off in the small ruins atop the temple where the curse was removed.
"RETREAT!" everyone gets into cruisers, and take off. the cruisers all around the city pick up the groups of soldiers holding off against the demons. all units retreat to the Reliant, and also bring Del back.
the Reliant is soon secured from all demons. and all fighters land cruiser land inside it's hanger bays. there is a rumble, and the Reliant with a great heave as it's turrets fire against the flying demons, lifts into the sky, and takes the highway back to Ember. (space)
Eveleyn walks into the hanger bay and greets the exhasted party. Jaheria salutes. "good work guys. i have prepared some rooms for you guys to rest if you wish" medics teams run around the place, offering help for wounds "if you wish to now i will be meeting with Josh to discuss the recently arisen event replacing the curse you guys just broke. if you wish you can join me and Jaheria on the bridge. though im afraid Del you cant fit through the doors to be blunt. though we can still organise a simple set up for a screen so you may hear, and join if you so wish. we will be taking a slight detor before going onto Ember, we are first meeting with the Rogue for some repairs, and resupply..." Evelyn sighs. "that'll be all" Evelyn and Jaheria walk off to the bridge, the gaurds keep the door open afterwards for who ever wants to join in the meeting.

Anglachel,Jet and Arca join the others at the bridge
Del doesn't respond he's happily taking a rest (sleeping)

Oziah strides out of the ruins.
Any Demons who stray within 10m of him are hit by something, and they disintegrate into a kind of ash.

Evelyn sits down in her seat, and Josh appear on the main screen. "I have been told what happened. well done might i say" he smiles, "I would propose perhaps a celebration, but unfortunately events are move quickly. you feeling well Arca? if you, or in fact if any of you need a place to rest, or need support, we will be happy to help.
but in terms of the matters at hand. the Eagle is currently helping edge gate fight off the demons, they are making progress, and hopefully will have them pushed back to the outer edges. Ember is holding its self out pretty well too, with it's strange undead army, although Garrak and the new leader Elretaina are more concerned about the population, they have been going through alot, and it is difficult to keep them calm. Dont worry about them though, i have provided some support, and i think Ember will handle the demons perhaps the best. I am going to take this opportunity to try and rally-"
"Captain, we have someone trying to hack into the systems. its from the city of three moons" interrupts one of the pilots.
"are they making success?" Evelyn asks.
"far from it captain. our system appears to be foriegn from them. even if they did know what they were doing, it is impractical to do it without being directly on the ship as you well know."
Evelyn nodes in agreement "and even if they were on, its still difficult. please carry on commander"
Josh nodes with a slight look of concern. "do keep an eye on this Omega person. i do believe he is a threat, and will try to move against us. and i would appreciate your help..." he now turns to the anglachel and the others "... in fighting this person. we would also like to support you in fighting the beast. but the Reliant is needed else where. it will be traveling to the cities, and trying to form alliances against these demons.
but in the mean time, if you three, as well as Del, would like to go anywhere in particular, we will provide transport. the Reliant will be heading to Ink Heart first, and you are welcome to join it as we try and make an alliance."

remegade finds his technology is inadequate, and also hasnt got anyway of understanding how to begin hacking it. (no Omega, not this time)

(on Silence's behalf: there would be no technicians on the ground, they would instead be in the protective barrier of the capital or titan ship, waiting to repair broken ships that return from battle or missions)

The Renegade discovers a neat array of wires and systems, it cannot decipher which one to hack into
The renegade finds the technology of the Reliant even with the extra equipment he acquired, that it is impossible to hack into the system, it being quite advanced and not familiar, it is too much for the Renegade to hack into, to large a feat (remember the reliant is huge, with millions of systems, information constantly changing, and the technology is unfamiliar to Lorden, even if the renegade adapts, it will not have enough knowledge nor capability to hack into anything important)
However the renegade finds some peculiar game, it has strange ghosts, and a yellow side ways happy face, and the aims seems to be that the yellow smiley face is to consume the white tic-tacs, without getting eaten by the ghosts

(Thanks for that Omega  )
Del stirs sensing danger, some presence is near, a threatening one
Del rises from his sleeping place and listens, sensing the surrounds
Del quickly sends a telepathic message to Arca, "Someone is watching all of us, I focused and I saw bright eyes, staring around at everyone, through some strange method....the eyes were Turquoise"
Arca nods, "It's the Twelve they are watching us, one of them has distinct turquoise eyes, and their power is growing as each day passes"

"captian, we are being hailed by sovergien. with greet of 'information on curse to do with the demons'"
Evelyn ponders "hmmm. i though Soverigen was controlled by Omega... use dud box security."
the pilot presses a few buttons, then there is a beep and Josh speak, connection it audio only "This is Commander Josh Halt of the ISA Rogue, who am i adressing? i understand you have some information on the recent curse inflicted on Lorden.
Note to Anglachel: you can say you "leave" at any time. just say the ISA provide a cruiser and escort you down to anywhere on Lorden.
(also, thank you Omega for agreeing to not having the capability to hack it. i dont mind you trying , but my guys have their strengths, and their weaknesses. (e.g. no magic users))

Oziah arrives at Edge Gate.
No one knows how he got there so fast, or even really remembers him leaving.
He strides through the streets.
behind him he leaves a trail of dust, as everything within 15m dematerialises.
He draws his sword and blasts a skyscraper, turning it and it's inhabitants to ash.
Oziah laughs.
"Bring out your best! None shall escape the Vengeance of the Void!"

For Kiaser: Some fighters and cruisers attempt to fire missles and lasers at him, but to of course, no avail as (im guessing) the shots dematerialise on approach.
then on the fighters and cruisers keep away from him, and the ground troops of Edge Gate try and evacuate the people as Oziah moves from area to area (if he moves). the fighters and cruisers focus their fire on the Demons.

for Anglachel: As Josh speaks with the Soverigien member, Evelyn walks up to Jet. "I was wondering if you would be able to help us with the Demons. we feel our weapons could be more effective, do you think you could be of help?"

Jet smiles, "I could give you a hand with your weapons, what exactly do you need me to do?....infuse an element into them, make them holy, or give them abilities to slay things easier, or I could do something else entirely, which may be able to help you, something to better protect this ship of yours..."

While the Cruisers are firing at Oziah, he looks up and points his sword at it.
The flames around his body move up his sword and leap into the air at the cruiser.
The cruiser and it's inhabitants dematerialise into ash.
New flames then form around his body.

"just do what ever needs to be done to allow us to make some actual progress in destroying these demons. thats all we ask"