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<blockquote data-quote="LostSoul" data-source="post: 4084799" data-attributes="member: 386"><p><strong>INT. AHOYDIA - TEMPLE OF THE MUNDUS HUMANITUS </strong></p><p>Kaeli, Interstitial.</p><p></p><p>Kaeli stares across a long dining table in a dark, empty hall at Lord Goss.</p><p></p><p>"Eat. Drink. Enjoy your stay," the High Inquisitor says.</p><p></p><p>"You are a sick, twisted fool," Kaeli says.</p><p></p><p>"You won't feel that way after my Divination burns the Karsan League's heresy from you. I know what you are - an abomination. A mule. Your kind should be wiped from the galaxy."</p><p></p><p>"I have had enough." She stands, her chair scraping against the stone floor. "I am leaving."</p><p></p><p>Lord Goss stands. His bright mark burns. Kaeli freezes, muscles involuntarily locked.</p><p></p><p>"You will go only when I am through with you," he says, crossing the room. "I will have you strapped down on my Divination table, and Lord Tovol will watch." He caresses her pale face.</p><p></p><p><strong>INT. ASTEROID BASE - DOCKING BAY</strong></p><p>Lord Goss, Interstitial.</p><p></p><p>Lord Tovol watches a shuttle touch down in the docking bay. He is dressed in anvil, covered in Fat Chaz's blood, force sword in hand. His helmet is off, and we see his face still flushed and beaded with sweat.</p><p></p><p>A runner leaps off the ship as soon as the hatch opens. "Lord Tovol, your grace," he says, "Lord Goss has a message for you."</p><p></p><p>Lord Goss flickers in a hologram. "Lord Tovol, are you finally done with the pirates?" he says.</p><p></p><p>"I am."</p><p></p><p>"Then get back here. I want you to observe the Divination."</p><p></p><p>"I will be right there," he says. He turns off the communicator.</p><p></p><p>Climbing into the shuttle, he thinks: my father is more ruthless than I ever imagined. I must obey him.</p><p></p><p><strong>INT. PODALAH PALACE - PSYCHOHISTORY CHAMBERS</strong></p><p>Pali, Colour.</p><p></p><p>The Pali is in a trance, meditating, surrounded by blue light. He mumbles under his breath:</p><p></p><p>"Of course - it is so obvious! I was thinking in arithmetic terms." The light coalesces into a graph, slowly increasing. "I should have been thinking geometrically." The a new, red line appears on the graph, curving up into infinity. "This is the way I can spread myself around the galaxy. This way, the galaxy will have what it needs - more of me."</p><p></p><p><strong>EXT. AHOYDIA - ANVIL GARRISON - DRILL GROUNDS</strong></p><p>Kofer Pyatt, Colour.</p><p></p><p>The anvil garrison on Ahoydia is like a hornet's nest. Cargo shuttles bearing the crest of the Black Duke von Zagas are landing. Boys and young men are unloading laser rifles, Fusors, Anvil armour, and grav sleds.</p><p></p><p>Kofer Pyatt, in full dress iron, inspects a company. Helmets off, we can see that these are Boldaq's native sons, weathered by her wars. They are all dressed in Anvil, bearing the insignia of Kofer Pyatt and the Black Duke.</p><p></p><p>He thinks to himself: "The Duke has given me his full support. Now I will turn my new army against the Pali."</p><p></p><p><strong>INT. ASTEROID BASE - THRONE ROOM</strong></p><p>Kadaath, Colour.</p><p></p><p>Kadaath sits on his throne, thinking of other days.</p><p></p><p>His father comes to a temple in Ahoydia, years ago. A priest backed by warriors addresses him: "You cannot name your child Kadaath - the Bringer of Death. We will not allow it. This is heresy."</p><p></p><p>His father replies: "I will not obey your rules."</p><p></p><p>"Then you will die."</p><p></p><p>The warriors fall on him.</p><p></p><p>Kadaath's mother flees into the streets. "You will grow to be strong. I will teach you to punish all those who impose rules on others."</p><p></p><p><strong>EXT. AHOYDIA - TEMPLE OF MUNDUS HUMANITUS</strong></p><p>Tovol, Building.</p><p></p><p>Tovol's shuttle lights down in the temple complex. Tovol, still in bloodied anvil, leaves and enters the temple.</p><p></p><p><strong>INT. TEMPLE OF MUNDUS HUMANITUS - KAELI'S CELL</strong></p><p>Same.</p><p></p><p>Tovol opens the door to Kaeli's cell. Kaeli stares at him.</p><p></p><p>"I am here under Lord Goss' orders," he says. "I want you to submit to his divination."</p><p></p><p>"Lord Tovol, what has happened to you? You are Forged Lord of Boldaq. No one can order you. You need to go see the Pali. He was your friend, once. He can help you get out from under Lord Goss' spell."</p><p></p><p>"I will see the Pali," he says, "but only to convince him not to fight against the Duke."</p><p></p><p><strong>INT. TEMPLE OF MUNDUS HUMANITUS - MAIN HALL</strong></p><p>Pali, Interstitial.</p><p></p><p>Lord Tovol pulls out his communicator. The Pali appears, sitting cross-legged in a shuttle.</p><p></p><p>"Lord Tovol! How are you. It has been some time."</p><p></p><p>"I need to speak with you. My father has ordered me to arrest you, and I must obey him."</p><p></p><p>"The universe told me of your need, Tovol. I am already on my way to see you. To forgive you. Lord Goss is an evil man who has broken your will. I will help free you from him. The ancient prophet taught us to be forgiving and help our fellow man."</p><p></p><p>"The ancient prophet did not have my father," Lord Tovol says.</p><p></p><p><strong>INT. SAME</strong></p><p>Conflict, Pali.</p><p></p><p>Tovol flips off the communicator. Lord Goss approaches from the shadows.</p><p></p><p>"I heard you speaking to the Pali! Are you listening to his lies again?"</p><p></p><p>"I am not so sure he is the one who speaks lies."</p><p></p><p>"I order you to arrest him!"</p><p></p><p>"You cannot speak to me this way. I am Forged Lord, and I take orders from no man."</p><p></p><p>"I speak with the authority of your father, the Duke! Do as I command!"</p><p></p><p>Before Tovol can answer, glass shatters behind Lord Goss. A teenage boy threw himself through the window, screaming: "For the Pali!" His body is strapped with explosives, and he pulls out a detonator.</p><p></p><p>Lord Goss' bright mark flares and the boy collapses on the ground. He turns to Lord Tovol. "You see what your hesitation has caused?"</p><p></p><p><strong>EXT. TEMPLE OF THE MUNDUS HUMANITUS</strong></p><p>Same.</p><p></p><p>An explosion rocks the temple's outer wall as a wave of the Pali's teenage fanatics throw themselves forward. Behind them, the Pali walks, flanked by Brother Lintor, Bortei, and twelve men in Anvil armour.</p><p></p><p>A Sodalis-Captain in the rear of the compound radios Lord Goss. "They've broken through, Lord Inquisitor. Your orders?"</p><p></p><p>"Pin them down!" Lord Goss shouts.</p><p></p><p>The Sodalis-Captain nods. "Brothers! The Wheel burns for us today! Lay down suppressing fire, hold them back!"</p><p></p><p>Lasers rip through child army and they scatter for cover.</p><p></p><p><strong>INT. TEMPLE - MAIN HALL</strong></p><p>Same.</p><p></p><p>Lord Goss looks through the broken window. "Lord Tovol! Get your Anvil squad ready!"</p><p></p><p>Lord Tovol runs through the temple, heading for his shuttle. He does not notice Kadaath and a handful of his infiltrators slip in through another window, murder in mind.</p><p></p><p><strong>EXT. TEMPLE GROUNDS</strong></p><p>Same.</p><p></p><p>The Sodalites continue fire at the children. "Brothers! To the temple and Lord Goss!" They break from position under covering fire.</p><p></p><p>The Pali turns to his Anvil. "Those Sodalites - do not let them get to Lord Goss. Keep them pinned down so Kadaath can do his work."</p><p></p><p>The Anvil captain nods. They direct a wave of fire at the sodalites, halting their advance.</p><p></p><p>We zoom the camera in on the fire support team - two men with a Fusor. One aims while the other holds the massive weapon steady. A targetting scope appears and focuses in on the sodalites. "Opening fire!" he shouts, and a massive beam of energy streaks through the air.</p><p></p><p>The Sodalites - and their barracks behind them - are turned into dust.</p><p></p><p><strong>INT. TEMPLE - MAIN HALL</strong></p><p>Same.</p><p></p><p>Lord Goss watches his Sodalites fall. He breaks and runs for Lord Tovol's shuttle - and as he round the corner, lasers flash out at him. He spies Kadaath and ducks behind cover.</p><p></p><p>Lord Goss leans against the wall and pulls out a pistol. Breathing heavily, he turns the corner - and a beam hits him in the face.</p><p></p><p>Lord Goss falls down. Across the hall, Kadaath blows on his CEBW.</p><p></p><p><strong>EXT. TEMPLE GROUNDS</strong></p><p>Same.</p><p></p><p>Kadaath and his men sack the temple. Lord Tovol stands with his anvil bodyguards, watching.</p><p></p><p>The Pali exits the temple. Kaeli is at his side. She looks at Lord Tovol.</p><p></p><p>He returns her gaze. She turns her back to him, and leaves with the Pali.</p><p></p><p><strong>EXT. THE CREVASSE AT WORLD'S END</strong></p><p>Kofer Pyatt, Interstitial.</p><p></p><p>From within the crevasee, we see a thin rust-coloured sliver of daylight. A grav sled arcs through our vision. A Vaylen-engineered sentry blinks.</p><p></p><p><strong>EXT. CREVASSE - HIDDEN DOOR</strong></p><p>Same.</p><p></p><p>Kofer Pyatt, dressed in Iron with his PaC in his hands, stands with the Vaylen doctor in front of a hidden door.</p><p></p><p>"Our secrets," he says.</p><p></p><p>Kofer Pyatt enters the Vaylen's hidden base. Red lights flash on in succession, revealing a massive hangar.</p><p></p><p><strong>EXT. AHOYDIA - GATES TO THE ANVIL GARRISON</strong></p><p>Kofer Pyatt, Building.</p><p></p><p>The massive gates to the anvil garrison creak open, and Kofer Pyatt's army marches out. The ground rumbles under their footsteps. Grav sleds race by overhead. Ground cars loaded down with artillery drive out.</p><p></p><p><strong>EXT. AHOYDIA - MONTAGE</strong></p><p>Same.</p><p></p><p>A montage of the army crossing across Boldaq:</p><p>- From the gates of Ahoydia, through the marshes and the villages built on stilts above them. A woman picks up her crying child and holds him close to her breast as the army passes by.</p><p>- Across the blasted badlands, the army marches on, watched by marsh rats and ghazi on their shaggy I-as Patuns.</p><p>- Finally, into the mountains the army snakes its way through the mountain roads, reaching the base of the mountain the Pali claims as his fiefdom. There, they set up camp, laying siege.</p><p></p><p><strong>INT. PLANET ZAGAS - DUKE VON ZAGAS' OFFICES</strong></p><p>Duke von Zagas, Building.</p><p></p><p>A runner approaches the Black Duke. "Lord Goss has been killed. Lord Tovol was seen, letting the assassins go."</p><p></p><p>"I must speak with my son! Ready the Precipitator!"</p><p></p><p><strong>INT. SPACE STATION - COMM ROOM</strong></p><p>Same.</p><p></p><p>Lord Tovol enters the comm room. His father's image appears.</p><p></p><p>"Your Majesty, you wanted to speak with me?"</p><p></p><p>"You let Lord Goss die. I am not amused."</p><p></p><p>"I did the best I could, my Liege."</p><p></p><p>"You had your chance to take the Pali, but you failed. I have ordered Lord Anvil Kofer Pyatt to lay assault to his mountain fortress. If you wish to stay in my favour, aid him. Otherwise, I will be forced to pay you a visit."</p><p></p><p>"Very well."</p><p></p><p><strong>MANEUVER:</strong> Vaylen Gambit vs. Human Take Action.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LostSoul, post: 4084799, member: 386"] [b]INT. AHOYDIA - TEMPLE OF THE MUNDUS HUMANITUS [/b] Kaeli, Interstitial. Kaeli stares across a long dining table in a dark, empty hall at Lord Goss. "Eat. Drink. Enjoy your stay," the High Inquisitor says. "You are a sick, twisted fool," Kaeli says. "You won't feel that way after my Divination burns the Karsan League's heresy from you. I know what you are - an abomination. A mule. Your kind should be wiped from the galaxy." "I have had enough." She stands, her chair scraping against the stone floor. "I am leaving." Lord Goss stands. His bright mark burns. Kaeli freezes, muscles involuntarily locked. "You will go only when I am through with you," he says, crossing the room. "I will have you strapped down on my Divination table, and Lord Tovol will watch." He caresses her pale face. [b]INT. ASTEROID BASE - DOCKING BAY[/b] Lord Goss, Interstitial. Lord Tovol watches a shuttle touch down in the docking bay. He is dressed in anvil, covered in Fat Chaz's blood, force sword in hand. His helmet is off, and we see his face still flushed and beaded with sweat. A runner leaps off the ship as soon as the hatch opens. "Lord Tovol, your grace," he says, "Lord Goss has a message for you." Lord Goss flickers in a hologram. "Lord Tovol, are you finally done with the pirates?" he says. "I am." "Then get back here. I want you to observe the Divination." "I will be right there," he says. He turns off the communicator. Climbing into the shuttle, he thinks: my father is more ruthless than I ever imagined. I must obey him. [b]INT. PODALAH PALACE - PSYCHOHISTORY CHAMBERS[/b] Pali, Colour. The Pali is in a trance, meditating, surrounded by blue light. He mumbles under his breath: "Of course - it is so obvious! I was thinking in arithmetic terms." The light coalesces into a graph, slowly increasing. "I should have been thinking geometrically." The a new, red line appears on the graph, curving up into infinity. "This is the way I can spread myself around the galaxy. This way, the galaxy will have what it needs - more of me." [b]EXT. AHOYDIA - ANVIL GARRISON - DRILL GROUNDS[/b] Kofer Pyatt, Colour. The anvil garrison on Ahoydia is like a hornet's nest. Cargo shuttles bearing the crest of the Black Duke von Zagas are landing. Boys and young men are unloading laser rifles, Fusors, Anvil armour, and grav sleds. Kofer Pyatt, in full dress iron, inspects a company. Helmets off, we can see that these are Boldaq's native sons, weathered by her wars. They are all dressed in Anvil, bearing the insignia of Kofer Pyatt and the Black Duke. He thinks to himself: "The Duke has given me his full support. Now I will turn my new army against the Pali." [b]INT. ASTEROID BASE - THRONE ROOM[/b] Kadaath, Colour. Kadaath sits on his throne, thinking of other days. His father comes to a temple in Ahoydia, years ago. A priest backed by warriors addresses him: "You cannot name your child Kadaath - the Bringer of Death. We will not allow it. This is heresy." His father replies: "I will not obey your rules." "Then you will die." The warriors fall on him. Kadaath's mother flees into the streets. "You will grow to be strong. I will teach you to punish all those who impose rules on others." [b]EXT. AHOYDIA - TEMPLE OF MUNDUS HUMANITUS[/b] Tovol, Building. Tovol's shuttle lights down in the temple complex. Tovol, still in bloodied anvil, leaves and enters the temple. [b]INT. TEMPLE OF MUNDUS HUMANITUS - KAELI'S CELL[/b] Same. Tovol opens the door to Kaeli's cell. Kaeli stares at him. "I am here under Lord Goss' orders," he says. "I want you to submit to his divination." "Lord Tovol, what has happened to you? You are Forged Lord of Boldaq. No one can order you. You need to go see the Pali. He was your friend, once. He can help you get out from under Lord Goss' spell." "I will see the Pali," he says, "but only to convince him not to fight against the Duke." [b]INT. TEMPLE OF MUNDUS HUMANITUS - MAIN HALL[/b] Pali, Interstitial. Lord Tovol pulls out his communicator. The Pali appears, sitting cross-legged in a shuttle. "Lord Tovol! How are you. It has been some time." "I need to speak with you. My father has ordered me to arrest you, and I must obey him." "The universe told me of your need, Tovol. I am already on my way to see you. To forgive you. Lord Goss is an evil man who has broken your will. I will help free you from him. The ancient prophet taught us to be forgiving and help our fellow man." "The ancient prophet did not have my father," Lord Tovol says. [b]INT. SAME[/b] Conflict, Pali. Tovol flips off the communicator. Lord Goss approaches from the shadows. "I heard you speaking to the Pali! Are you listening to his lies again?" "I am not so sure he is the one who speaks lies." "I order you to arrest him!" "You cannot speak to me this way. I am Forged Lord, and I take orders from no man." "I speak with the authority of your father, the Duke! Do as I command!" Before Tovol can answer, glass shatters behind Lord Goss. A teenage boy threw himself through the window, screaming: "For the Pali!" His body is strapped with explosives, and he pulls out a detonator. Lord Goss' bright mark flares and the boy collapses on the ground. He turns to Lord Tovol. "You see what your hesitation has caused?" [b]EXT. TEMPLE OF THE MUNDUS HUMANITUS[/b] Same. An explosion rocks the temple's outer wall as a wave of the Pali's teenage fanatics throw themselves forward. Behind them, the Pali walks, flanked by Brother Lintor, Bortei, and twelve men in Anvil armour. A Sodalis-Captain in the rear of the compound radios Lord Goss. "They've broken through, Lord Inquisitor. Your orders?" "Pin them down!" Lord Goss shouts. The Sodalis-Captain nods. "Brothers! The Wheel burns for us today! Lay down suppressing fire, hold them back!" Lasers rip through child army and they scatter for cover. [b]INT. TEMPLE - MAIN HALL[/b] Same. Lord Goss looks through the broken window. "Lord Tovol! Get your Anvil squad ready!" Lord Tovol runs through the temple, heading for his shuttle. He does not notice Kadaath and a handful of his infiltrators slip in through another window, murder in mind. [b]EXT. TEMPLE GROUNDS[/b] Same. The Sodalites continue fire at the children. "Brothers! To the temple and Lord Goss!" They break from position under covering fire. The Pali turns to his Anvil. "Those Sodalites - do not let them get to Lord Goss. Keep them pinned down so Kadaath can do his work." The Anvil captain nods. They direct a wave of fire at the sodalites, halting their advance. We zoom the camera in on the fire support team - two men with a Fusor. One aims while the other holds the massive weapon steady. A targetting scope appears and focuses in on the sodalites. "Opening fire!" he shouts, and a massive beam of energy streaks through the air. The Sodalites - and their barracks behind them - are turned into dust. [b]INT. TEMPLE - MAIN HALL[/b] Same. Lord Goss watches his Sodalites fall. He breaks and runs for Lord Tovol's shuttle - and as he round the corner, lasers flash out at him. He spies Kadaath and ducks behind cover. Lord Goss leans against the wall and pulls out a pistol. Breathing heavily, he turns the corner - and a beam hits him in the face. Lord Goss falls down. Across the hall, Kadaath blows on his CEBW. [b]EXT. TEMPLE GROUNDS[/b] Same. Kadaath and his men sack the temple. Lord Tovol stands with his anvil bodyguards, watching. The Pali exits the temple. Kaeli is at his side. She looks at Lord Tovol. He returns her gaze. She turns her back to him, and leaves with the Pali. [b]EXT. THE CREVASSE AT WORLD'S END[/b] Kofer Pyatt, Interstitial. From within the crevasee, we see a thin rust-coloured sliver of daylight. A grav sled arcs through our vision. A Vaylen-engineered sentry blinks. [b]EXT. CREVASSE - HIDDEN DOOR[/b] Same. Kofer Pyatt, dressed in Iron with his PaC in his hands, stands with the Vaylen doctor in front of a hidden door. "Our secrets," he says. Kofer Pyatt enters the Vaylen's hidden base. Red lights flash on in succession, revealing a massive hangar. [b]EXT. AHOYDIA - GATES TO THE ANVIL GARRISON[/b] Kofer Pyatt, Building. The massive gates to the anvil garrison creak open, and Kofer Pyatt's army marches out. The ground rumbles under their footsteps. Grav sleds race by overhead. Ground cars loaded down with artillery drive out. [b]EXT. AHOYDIA - MONTAGE[/b] Same. A montage of the army crossing across Boldaq: - From the gates of Ahoydia, through the marshes and the villages built on stilts above them. A woman picks up her crying child and holds him close to her breast as the army passes by. - Across the blasted badlands, the army marches on, watched by marsh rats and ghazi on their shaggy I-as Patuns. - Finally, into the mountains the army snakes its way through the mountain roads, reaching the base of the mountain the Pali claims as his fiefdom. There, they set up camp, laying siege. [b]INT. PLANET ZAGAS - DUKE VON ZAGAS' OFFICES[/b] Duke von Zagas, Building. A runner approaches the Black Duke. "Lord Goss has been killed. Lord Tovol was seen, letting the assassins go." "I must speak with my son! Ready the Precipitator!" [b]INT. SPACE STATION - COMM ROOM[/b] Same. Lord Tovol enters the comm room. His father's image appears. "Your Majesty, you wanted to speak with me?" "You let Lord Goss die. I am not amused." "I did the best I could, my Liege." "You had your chance to take the Pali, but you failed. I have ordered Lord Anvil Kofer Pyatt to lay assault to his mountain fortress. If you wish to stay in my favour, aid him. Otherwise, I will be forced to pay you a visit." "Very well." [b]MANEUVER:[/b] Vaylen Gambit vs. Human Take Action. [/QUOTE]
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