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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LostSoul" data-source="post: 4092173" data-attributes="member: 386">INT. KADAATH'S SHUTTLE Kadaath, Building.Kadaath's shudders as it speeds through the atmosphere.  Out the front screen we see the Podalah Palace quickly approaching.  His lieutenant, Ezrun, is sitting in the drop bay watching his hand shake."Alright men," Kadaath shouts above the hum of the engines, "this is it.  Forget what you've heard about the Pali's powers.  There's nothing in this universe that can stand up to a well-placed shot!"The men cheer, but it's forced.  Ezrun's hand still shakes.EXT. PODALAH PALACE - COURTYARDLord Tovol, Firefight.The Pali rushes across the courtyard and joins his anvil bodyguard in the doorway of his palace.  Most of the men are carrying shoulder-mounted missile launchers.The air screams as Lord Tovol's grav sleds tear by overhead.  A quick barrage of cannon fire explodes in the courtyard, blasting stone and whoever was too slow to get undercover.The Vaylen encoder, holding up Kaeli's drugged body, stares at the Pali.  "I hope your friend's shuttle arrives shortly."The Pali stares into the darkening sky.  We see a tiny glint of metal approaching from above.INT. ANVIL ASSAULT SLEDSame.Lord Tovol hovers over the pilots.  "There!" he says, pointing at the signals tower, raised above the palace wall on thin bamboo stilts.  "Make that your primary objective.  Once it's out, we should have comm open again!"EXT. PODALAH PALACESame.One grav sled breaks formation and buzzes the tower.  A beam of energy lances from the sled, cutting the tower's support beams.  It creaks and begins to fall.Bortei flings himself from the tower as it explodes behind him.The grav sled wheels around to join its companions in tight formation.EXT. PODALAH PALACE - COURTYARDSame.Bortei arrives at the Pali's side.  His bright mark lights up, along with the Pali's."Do you feel him, Bortei?""Yes, my Pali.  The lead vessel.""We will make that our primary target."  The Pali turns to his anvil-armoured bodyguards.  "You men!  To the garden!" he commands.  "All others, support them!  Target the lead shuttle - it's Tovol's!"Missiles streak up at Tovol's craft.  Tovol's shuttle jinks to the side, and another is hit, its armour burned and scarred.  Debris falls among the men rushing across the open courtyard.Tovol's shuttles buzz in and strafe the courtyard.  Anvil is no protection against the heavy fusion cannons.  Two are vapourized instantly.The grav sleds turn and form a pinwheel, flying in a circle around the courtyard.  Cannon fire impacts against the old stone fortress.  The Pali stays pinned down in the doorway.INT. KADAATH'S SHUTTLESame.Through the viewscreen, we see the fight raging on.  "There he is!" Kadaath shouts.  "Open the bay doors - we'll swing by and grab him!"A pair of missiles snake through the air at the shuttle.  The pilot has no time to warn the crew - it banks to the side, the missiles streaking by, a near miss."Damn it!"EXT. PODALAH PALACE - COURTYARDSame.A beam of light lances down from orbit, cutting clouds apart.  It hits ground, slicing off a chunk of the mountain.  One of the grav sleds, too close to the blast, tries to dodge.  It is disintegrated."My cousin," the Pali says.  "See - his shuttle approaches!"  The Pali points to another shuttle, racing in from high-atmosphere.The grav sleds tighten their wheel.  Missiles arc up from the ground, causing disarray.  The Pali shouts: "This is our chance!"  He sprints into the courtyard, hoping to board the incoming shuttle.Kadaath's shuttle slips in and hovers a few feet above the ground.  Its hatch opens and lasers strafe the Pali's men, leaving him alone and in the open.Lord Edrus' shuttle lands in the courtyard, cutting the Pali off from his men, Bortei, the Vaylen and Kaeli.Kadaath seizes the opportunity.  He leaps out, grabs the Pali, and boards the shuttle.  It leaps into the sky.The Vaylen carries Kaeli onto Edrus' shuttle.  "Take off!  Now!" he shouts.  Bortei watches Kadaath fly off with the Pali, and at the last moment he jumps into Edrus' shuttle.  The hatch slams shut and races away.EXT. BASE OF MOUNTAINKofer Pyatt, Building.Kofer Pyatt lowers a pair of binoculars.  "Looks like the fight's over.  Captain, target the shuttle heading to Ahoydia.  Don't fire until I get the word.""Yes, sir."Kofer Pyatt grabs a sig man: "Get me a line to that shuttle."Kadaath answers: "What do you want?""You've got the Pali.  I want you to bring him to me.""Or else?""Or else I will shoot you down.""Okay, okay, no need to get cranky.  I was just looking for a bribe."Kadaath's shuttle lands.  The Pali is escorted out.  Kadaath is paid.Kofer Pyatt: "We are both working with the worm.  They have shown me their secrets.  Let me show you."Breathe of the Ahmilak and be changed, as I have been."INT. PLANET ZAGAS - COURT OF DUKE VON ZAGASDuke von Zagas, Interstitial.The Duke sits in his throne.  Vaarda approaches him, still dressed in his dusty Boldaq robe."Your Majesty," Vaarda says."It has been a long time, old friend.  What name does this body have?"MANEUVER: Vaylen Inundate vs. Human Inundate.  Human success; Phase end.</blockquote>

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