Old Cult-territory (2)

Alpha

Drakador_Chaos The two orcs were very sad now, no grog could hide their disappointment. But still they did not give up:

"We should move on and see if we can find something else" Golm says.

"Yes, we cannot return with empty hands."

The Afterburner continues it's quest to find loot in the territory.

Drakador_Chaos

Alpha
...after the leaving the seemingly empty cave the Afterburner ventured further into the territory, for a long time nothing of interest passed by them, occasional groups of asteroids, barren planets, that is until a lifesign showed up on the sensors, which wasn´t the issue by itself, however, the lifesign had the size of a spaceship...
Which also made them remember the rather odd lifesigns in the asteroidfield...something was definitely off here...

Alpha

Drakador_Chaos
"That thing looks big..." Golm says while looking at the sensors.

"And that is why we will take a look from a safe distance, I do not want to be dinner for a space-monster."

The Afterburner moves towards the lifeform, keeping a safe distance.

Catplayz

Drakador_Chaos
Kelran appears to be calming down and sits in the center of his cell in a meditative pose.
I do understand. Even my kind has countless secrets, which we would defend with our lives if we had to. Currently there is no reason for me to report even the slightest hint of your existence should i return.
He goes silent for a while.
I could also help you mop up these Bloodwraiths that your people have been talking about.

Drakador_Chaos

Catplayz
...the creature laughed...
"Mop them up he says..." ...he sighed...
"...if things would be that easy, wouldn´t you think a race of genetically altered partial psionics would not have solved this issue by now? To our knowledge the Bloodwraiths have shown to be impervious to weapons and psionics...let me tell you, the first group still hasn´t recovered...the two that survived of the initial 30 of the scouting party that is. What we would currently need is a lifebait." ...he shrugged...
"If you are up for that, that is...however the other option would be...you might remember the ship that was following you? It was piloted by a young Vitreus that is in search of a proper enemy for his ascendance, it would be a fight to the death."

Drakador_Chaos

Alpha
...as they reached a safe distance they started watching the sensors, what they saw was...unsettling...
It seems a large living creature was moving through space, it apparently hadn´t noticed them yet, luckily for them as it seemed considerably armed...
It´s hull seemed to be covered in a sort of disturbing flesh, likewise covered with veins, flexible, pulsating, raw yet solid...
Additionally to it´s already rather disturbing looks, it emanated a slight feeling of dread, it was apaprently headed towards somewhere further inside the territory...
Hunt

Catplayz

Drakador_Chaos
Kelran still just sits there, not moving a muscle.
I guess you hold all the cards currently so whatever happens is up to you.

Alpha

Drakador_Chaos

"Shrakh, I heard tales of these things."

"What are they Grisha?"

"Did you ever hear of the Bloodcult, Golm?"

"No."

"They say it is a cult of living ships. Made of flesh, not metal. No crew, but blood. So, this means we are in their territory..."

"So, we follow it, but once it gets too dangerous, we get the shrakh out of here."

"Sounds like a good plan Golm, I like it."

They decide to follow the living ship from a distance. Never in the last three thousand years, an uruk has been this careful.

Drakador_Chaos

Catplayz
..."Well, theoretically yes. But I´m giving you the choice which of the two you would prefer. Serving as lifebait for raiding the archives, or fighting a Vitreus, while the second one would porbably yield a higher chance of survival, it won´t solve the issue with teh Archives regardless."
...he looked at a device on one of his arms, then he sighed...
"I shall grant you an hour to think about your decision, unless you already have decided."

Catplayz

Drakador_Chaos
After thinking for a few moments Kelran starts to speak again:
I think i will help you out with clearing the archives.

Drakador_Chaos

Catplayz
...the mothman shrugged, "A decision as good as any other, very well, follow me, we have to make preparations...and I´ll have to explain to an angry Vitreus why I walk off with his target."
...he knocked on one of the teeth and they retracted into the flesh, opening the cell, he turned around and began moving down one of the corridors, not watching his former prisoner anymore, apparently leaving himself wide open for a potential attack...

Drakador_Chaos

Alpha
...as they carefully went after the beast, space around them seemed to feel...alive, as if it was reacting to the beasts presence, though the feeling was so subtle it was difficult to grasp, after a while, neither Grisha nor Golm were sure how long it had been, they passed by a debris-field...unlike the asteroid field they came through it didn´t seem to block their sensors, it´s structure seemed to be biological, a dark nearly black red, the surface similar to the beast they were following...was this...remnants of a massive Cultbeast? from amongst the wreckage several smaller beasts seemed to emerge, formerly unseen by the sensors as the lifesigns slowly popped up on the screen, they seemed to align their course with the one of the first beast apparently meeting up with it, heading into the same direction...
Align

Catplayz

Drakador_Chaos
Kelran followed him without attacking him. Though he was slightly tempted he understood that escaping these beings forcefully would be possibly more dangerous than what he was going to do now.

Alpha

Drakador_Chaos
"Look! It's a pack! How cute!"

"Golm, how many times must I repeat this: These things will pop our heads off once they get the chance. They are NOT cute! Please stop annoying me with your idiot words."

"Alright, Grisha, alright. But we will follow them, right?"

"Yes, but you must from now on watch the sensors while I fly. I don't want these things tot catch me by surprise."

Drakador_Chaos

Catplayz
...several minutes through the corridor the creature...giggled?
"A wise choice...well depends on wether you´ll survive or not I guess." ...he had apparently done this on purpose...
...a few minutes later they reached a tall room, it seemed to be somewhat spherical, this must be the center of the structure, stairs going up infront of them thoughmost of the rest of the room was covered in darkness...
...at the top another one like him seemed to be waiting...
"...wait here for a moment."
...he did not wait for his answer and just moved towards the other one, who seemd to be nearly half a meter shorter than him...
Kelran quickly regained his psionic capabilities now aswell...

Drakador_Chaos

Alpha
...the next few hours of travel went by oddly silent, only the occassional noises of the sensors and the sound of the reactors and engines...
Then the beasts suddenly stopped, for brief moment it looked as if they were...shaking? ...twitching?...somewhere to the far right there seemed to be a massive, planet-sized lifeform on the sensors, the beasts turned and started heading towards it, following the path like hypnotized...something about this was off...
Despite that, they seemed to have went considerably further into Cult territory by now, ahead of the Afterburner the glow seemed to be brighter than where they currently were...

Dumb

Drakador_Chaos Brera decide to search the crash site of the ship,while record the location of the unknown structures for future exploration

Drakador_Chaos

Dumb
...it appears the ship had crashed down here not too long ago, the internal systems were apparently still active, but considering the weight it was hopelessly overloaded, on the outside there was a small text "Property of Jake, New Scavangers" ...whoever that might be...

Catplayz

Drakador_Chaos
Kelran waited as he was told, observing what would happen next.

Alpha

Drakador_Chaos
"Why did we take this terrible mission again? I feel stressed."

"It's not that terrible, look at those cute beasties we are following."

"Golm!"

"Alright Grisha, alright. Yes, you said they will try to pop our heads off, but don't you like their beautiful reddish skin?"

"No I don't, they give me the creeps."

"Sigh..."

The fellowship of the two orcs continues to follow the Bloodcult-pack.

Dumb

Drakador_Chaos Brera leaves his fighter and enters the unknown ship,hoping to recover the ship or,in worst case scenerio,scrap down whats left of the ship
(so......anything happens to the Battle Galaxy other than it keeps on noving forward in the seemingly endless asteroid?)
(sry for the late response,got muh school work)

Drakador_Chaos

Catplayz
...the two seemed to be arguing about something, though he was too far away to understand what they were talking about, after about five minutes it ended with a sentence of the taller one followed by the smaller one smashing his fist into one of the nearby pillars, apparently in anger...
...the taller one returned to him while the other one moved up the stairs...
"Very well, now that this is out of the way, we can move on."
...he now as well started going up the stairs whichc seemed to end in another room in the center of the larger room...

Drakador_Chaos

Alpha
...as they went closer they started noticing the surface of the planet seemed to be littered with Cultbeasts, though nowhere in scanner range seemed to be any lifesigns apart of the Cultbeasts they were following and the celestial body further ahead, which would mean... all those beasts on the surface seemed to be dead? Whatever this thing was it seemed to either drag in or attract the Cultbeasts...