The Last Outpost

The Persian Empire has taken over the central Alliance Command without any resistance. General Poseidon has declared Martial Law, and the 9 Satellites in Alliance Space are all commanded by Officers hand picked by Poseidon Himself...

Death Squads have been formed on Alliance Colonies, pulling seemingly random people out of their homes, and killing them on the streets. At present, the purpose behind this whole ordeal remains a mystery - Why these certain people? What's special about them - or is there any real reason at all?

Meanwhile, on an Asteroid Base (Wreck is a more appropriate term) The crew of the Hercules, and eight other Alliance ships arrive to meet with the command structure of the Rebels - and rather quickly, things start to become apparent - The Officers loyal to the Alliance ideals are officers who were loyal to Peirce. Poseidon is attempting to destroy any and all ties to Walter Peirce - by destroying the last "grandfather of the alliance", Poseidon hopes to solidify his claim to command, and weed out any resistance.

This doesn't sit well with the Rebels, and so they hash out a plan - they must call upon their allies for aid - without the help of their closest ally, the Valkyr - the Rebellion will certainly be crushed in under 2 weeks. General Athena sends the Hercules, under the command of Freya, to get the aid they so desperately need, but will the Valkyr be willing to offer it?

For more than 12 centuries, the Valkyr have lived in peace on the "Mortal Plane". Protected by an impenetrable nebula called "The Shroud of Loki", The Valkyr lie safe and secluded from the dangers of the outside, only intervening when they deem it necessary.

Now The Hercules has been sent out on a mission of Life and death, to call upon the Valkyr for Aid against the combined forces of the Persian Empire and Poseidon. With only an estimated one week before the Rebel Base falls from a coming siege, time is critical - Can Freya convince her people to intervene - again?

Hercules (https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=590AA12A10C33722!148&authkey=!AIlUDHRWjkmdDSE&ithint=file%2c.pk3)

It should be noted that this week's episode, and next week's episode will determine the fate of many a crewman.

I will be using these episodes as a plot device to kill off inactive crew - SO, IF you want to keep your position in BI, please PLEASE PLEASE either show up, or let me know that you can't show up BEFORE the RP commences.

Also, please - take some time and really read the episode Information - I'll be making posts in the shout box, and doing a whole song an dance over the next week to make sure you DO - because if you DON'T - you will be lost in the story.

One last note - to anyone who has watched BI closely but never really jumped in because of various reasons (like the apparent lack of a senior position on the roster) never fear - because these next couple weeks will fix that, and will make for a great place to jump into the story - lots of explaining, re-evaluating, and reveals coming your way during these next couple weeks!

I haven't been on lately, but I plan on attending, if I don't, don't kill me off XD

One more thing I forgot!

This episode will be hosted on the RPG-XEF 2.3 server

NOT the old Enhanced Server...

If you have any problems getting set up to the 2.3 upgrade, please let me know - or refer to this topic: HERE'S A LINK! (http://www.last-outpost.net/forum/index.php/topic,6511.0.html)

Reminder: This is SUNDAY!

I'm gonna miss this. My shift at work tomorrow has been changed from 7:00 AM to 14:00 PM GMT. To 14:00 GMT to 21:00 GMT...:'(
I can't change the shift, sorry :/
I will be there in spirit.

So with that - I shall need to do a writing shift....


Alliance Regulation 47-19J sub paragraph 1: In the event that the Officer in Command is incapacitated, or otherwise unfit/absent for duty, Command falls on the officer bearing the most command experience, regardless of rank or position. (Almost as if Peirce KNEW that Sergeant Major Krex would need to take command at some point in time :P

One more reminder - This will take place on the SPICY server (2.3) NOT the old Enhanced Server

A quick update - due to an apparent bug in RPGXEF2.3 (and a patch that has been released today, but not put on the server yet - and probably not downloaded by any of you) This episode will be swapped back to the Original Enhanced Server

I apologize for any confusion on this point

Next week, we'll go to spicy

Also - that patch update for the spicy server can be found here: http://www.last-outpost.net/forum/index.php/topic,6725.0/topicseen.html (You WILL need this in the very near future!)