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LANCER: BATTLEGROUP - To Kill the Worthy King
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<blockquote data-quote="Tun Kai Poh" data-source="post: 8526047" data-attributes="member: 6761960"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">Bootprints, Part 1</span></strong></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">The long, mournful tones of the assembly call sound out through the vast hangar of the Shamokin Rising.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Hundreds of crew representatives from across the combined Union-Mirrorsmoke fleet are gathered here, standing ready, solemn. For some junior crew, this was their first service for the fallen. Before the service, there was some whispering among them, curiosity and a bit of a jittery mood. But their seniors quickly hushed them up. As for the mercenaries, who had seen their share of death, even the unruly Mirrorsmoke marines knew to keep quiet.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">The assembly horn plays.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">In predetermined spaces across the hangar deck, alongside the rows of standing crew, the holographic lights light up. The bootprints of hundreds of their dead, here for one last assembly. The living blink back tears, or sob loudly, as is permitted by naval tradition.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Assembly plays out in full, as it has across Union space for thousands of years. Then comes the peals of the ship's bell.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">CSO Gbeho reads the roll of the fallen: Union and Mirrorsmoke alike, not separated, but instead algorithmically mixed together in death. His deep voice echoes across the decks of every ship in the fleet, from the mighty Bukharin to the tiny Undine. Crew on watch, crew at rest: They all stop what they're doing and bear witness to the lives of those who have been lost.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Each battlegroup commander now will speak in honour of the fallen. First Captain Caspian Var, then Major Mahayhay on behalf of the Mirrorsmokes, then Line Commander Saint-Germaine.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Caspian stands solemnly in full dress as he addresses the assembly, "We are gathered here today to remember the fallen who gave their lives in the line of duty. Fortune takes whom she pleases without care or reason, but that is what we do. Ours is the lot of placing ourselves at her mercy and though we may nudge the dice, she has the final say.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">"But pride and honor kindle what fickle fortune would put out. We are gathered here not just to remember the fallen but to receive the mantle of their noble sacrifice, of their determination in the face of the Titania and their triumph on board the Hannibal. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">"Though they have fallen, their memory - their legacy - lives on with those of us who stand here. Their comrades in arms and especially those who proudly bear the names of their units. Mirrorsmokes, Fool's Gold, heirs to a legacy of victory against the odds and never backing down from a fight. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">"So remember, and bear that legacy with honor and pride."</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tun Kai Poh, post: 8526047, member: 6761960"] [B][SIZE=5]Bootprints, Part 1[/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=4] The long, mournful tones of the assembly call sound out through the vast hangar of the Shamokin Rising. Hundreds of crew representatives from across the combined Union-Mirrorsmoke fleet are gathered here, standing ready, solemn. For some junior crew, this was their first service for the fallen. Before the service, there was some whispering among them, curiosity and a bit of a jittery mood. But their seniors quickly hushed them up. As for the mercenaries, who had seen their share of death, even the unruly Mirrorsmoke marines knew to keep quiet. The assembly horn plays. In predetermined spaces across the hangar deck, alongside the rows of standing crew, the holographic lights light up. The bootprints of hundreds of their dead, here for one last assembly. The living blink back tears, or sob loudly, as is permitted by naval tradition. Assembly plays out in full, as it has across Union space for thousands of years. Then comes the peals of the ship's bell. CSO Gbeho reads the roll of the fallen: Union and Mirrorsmoke alike, not separated, but instead algorithmically mixed together in death. His deep voice echoes across the decks of every ship in the fleet, from the mighty Bukharin to the tiny Undine. Crew on watch, crew at rest: They all stop what they're doing and bear witness to the lives of those who have been lost. Each battlegroup commander now will speak in honour of the fallen. First Captain Caspian Var, then Major Mahayhay on behalf of the Mirrorsmokes, then Line Commander Saint-Germaine. Caspian stands solemnly in full dress as he addresses the assembly, "We are gathered here today to remember the fallen who gave their lives in the line of duty. Fortune takes whom she pleases without care or reason, but that is what we do. Ours is the lot of placing ourselves at her mercy and though we may nudge the dice, she has the final say. "But pride and honor kindle what fickle fortune would put out. We are gathered here not just to remember the fallen but to receive the mantle of their noble sacrifice, of their determination in the face of the Titania and their triumph on board the Hannibal. "Though they have fallen, their memory - their legacy - lives on with those of us who stand here. Their comrades in arms and especially those who proudly bear the names of their units. Mirrorsmokes, Fool's Gold, heirs to a legacy of victory against the odds and never backing down from a fight. "So remember, and bear that legacy with honor and pride."[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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