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Post by Ranger on Aug 30, 2003 18:07:27 GMT -5
Ranger was sleeping in his main quarters where he had galactic sallock, which was basically like television on Earth. He had been watching a death arena fight and been bored to the point of sleep. He was dreaming of white. It was a grand blizzard everywhere he looked he walked a few more steps and saw a large structure. He began to walk towards it and then woke to the sound of an incoming call. He walked calmly into the cockpit and sat down in his main chair. He pushed a button under the flashing red light and on the screen appeared a blue liquid. Inside it were floating eyes of purple. Ranger flipped on the translators.
“For what reason do you interrupt my slumber Calraneg?”
“Slumber? Deeply sorry to pull you from your dreams, but I thought you might like to get paid for once.”
“For what reason do you interrupt my slumber Calraneg?” Ranger repeated impatiently.
“I interrupt it to give you a job. 1000 credits for you to complete it. If you would rather sleep though I could always give it to someone else.”
“3/4 up front You know that is my deal. Argue and I disagree and may do something against your wants.”
“Might I remind you that you are speaking to the Crime Lord Calraneg and that I could come after you.”
“Might I remind you that I am Ranger Cline one of the top 5 bounty hunters of the Universe right now and that you should watch carefully whom you threaten for I could easily penetrate your establishment and kill you and your little crime ring.”
“Deeply sorry for the threat. Fine 750 creds up front.”
“What is the job?”
“You are to deliver a capsule for me to this creature.
*A picture of a short green kidlike alien with a large tentacle protuding from its head appears*
My delivery boy is this Ralc.”
*A picture of a brown scarred man with insect like wings and two antennae appears under the kid*
“He is still serving as your lackey how sad I am for him he really should just overthrow you already.”
“What was that?”
“Nothing I will give the kid my regards.”
“Fine. He will have your initial payment. You will be off to Snaresnap 2 to meet the creature. Oh and his name is Traleck. Don’t mess this up or you and your ship may run into little accidents on your travels.”
“MUST I REMIND YOU NOT TO THREATEN ME! I will come after you if you don’t stop. I will do this, but after I shall not do another job for you.”
“My deepest apologies Ranger. I shall send over Ralnec with the capsule at once.”
Ranger turned off the comscreen at that moment. He went back to the other room with the sallock and watched until he fell asleep again and went back to the white blizzard. Why was he dreaming this again?…
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Post by Ranger on Aug 30, 2003 18:25:52 GMT -5
Ranger woke not remembering what he was dreaming. Ralnec and requested docking priveledges from him. Ranger went into the cockpit and hit the dock engage switch. He also turned on the comscreen and began to talk to Ralnec.
“How nice to see you again good friend. Why do you still serve that scum Calraneg. You really should just kill him and start your life as a bounty hunter.”
“As tempting as it is Ranger I can’t do that yet. I still owe some of my honor to that scum. He did spare me from death during the great raid of Snalg 5”
“True. Come board and we shall get our affairs dealt with.”
Ranger turned off the comscreen again and went to the docking area. He met with Ralnec there and a slight transaction was made to Ranger.
“So, what is it supposed to be that it’s so important that I need to handle it.”
“It isn’t the capsule or the thing inside that is special. It is the person you are meeting. He has a great strength and you are being used because you react well to the strong.”
“You mean cause I can deliver and protect myself at the same time. That’s earning bonus points for Calraneg, huh?”
“Yes, I must ask you to take care of yourself out there Ranger. I want to see you return to your line of duty safely.”
“Do not worry Ralnec my friend. If anyone should be worried about death or injury it is Traleck.”
Ranger and Ralnec talked breifly about what had been going on with them and then Ralnec left for his lackey position again. Ranger quietly walked back to the cockpit with a grin on his face. This kid was supposed to be strong. He was finally going to get to test his skills again. Too much weakness was in the universe. He set his navigation for Snaresnap 2 and went to prepare for the journey.
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Post by Ranger on Sept 7, 2003 4:30:41 GMT -5
5 hours after he had entertained his friend Ralnec he landed quietly on Snaresnap 2. It was a widely known planet of crime. Ranger usually started here if he was looking for someone. He made his way to the city where he was to meet Traleck. He was due to the meeting place in 2 hours and he would have plenty of time to do a little wandering first.
An hour later Ranger arrived at the city. He knew how to get to the meeting place quickly enough so he began wandering listening to the stories of local people. He came upon a fairly sized alien creature. He spoke of a temple surrounded by changing weather, on a nearby thrillseeker’s planet. It was known for the weather being unpredictable. One moment could bring torrential floods and the next it could be raining fire and brimstone.
He spoke of a great amount of treasure that was supposed to be inside this temple. He also said that no one had returned from it. This didn’t surprise Ranger because most that built things with treasure in them also had traps in them. With a galaxy as weak as the one he made home in it wouldn’t surprise him to hear that all had tripped and fell to die there. He listened some more as he spoke of an odd thing that guarded the treasure. There were rumored to be 5 guardians with in the temple. All had a unique trait that made them stronger than most things in the galaxy. The 5th was supposedly known by all who trespassed at the temple if they were any bit wise of the ways of fighting.
Ranger had no more time for the story and moved on to his meeting. He quickly made his way to a pub nearby. He saw Traleck in the corner of the pub with a drink in front of him. Ranger walked in and sat with him.
“Here is the capsule I have been told to deliver. If you see Calraneg tell him his time draws near,” Ranger said emotionlessly.
“Why leave so soon? We haven’t even been formally introduced.”
“We don’t want to be. I may look weak, but I am one of the strongest beings in the galaxy.”
“That’s not saying much with the galaxy we live in.”
“Very true. What do you wish to know?”
“How you fight. Meet me in a half hour on the edge of town.”
“Maybe. Goodbye.”
Ranger walked silently from the pub and made his way to the edge of town he called The Undead to the place where they were to meet. He didn’t care if it was seen or not. It would only bring the tales of his captures back to the surface of the town. He wanted Traleck to know who he was before they fought.
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Post by Ranger on Dec 7, 2003 4:51:50 GMT -5
Ranger let his ship down just outside of the area they were to meet and expected Traleck to be there already. He arrived to an empty area and was very upset at this. He checked his weapons over quickly and then got ready to fight. He came to the center of the area they were to meet and sat crosslegged on the ground in silence.
*1 hour later at the scheduled time*
Ranger awoke as a presence approached him. He stood up and greeted Traleck just as he got to him.
"Shall we have a most honorable fight here Traleck."
"Yes, Ranger may everyone have a honorable fight."
With that they ran to the opposite ends of the arena as both of them activated holo arenas. It was common for these fighters to have half a circle of their personal terrain that they programmed. Then they would both project their environments over their half of the circle. Ranger's was much like a forest only it was of pipes and catwalks. Tralecks represented moutainous terrain. Ranger took this in and measured what kind of fighter he must be.
"Lot of great stories goin around about you right now Ranger. Everyone saw your ship and instantly remembered a little rumour or legend about you. Not that I needed to gather them, I already knew them. I bet you didn't even know why that lowly scum ball really sent you out here huh. You were sent to be my prey. I have studied you for a long time Ranger. I hope you are ready. for your final fight." Traleck's voice sounded mockingly all over the holo-arena.
Ranger listened in annoyance at the tone of voice. He had come out here for a good fight and that tone was just sending him berserk. He hated those who mocked him. That slimeball of a crimelord would pay after this.
Ranger readied his callisto and a grappling shot on his bounty hunting suit's wrist. Using his helmet he quickly found the source of the voice jumping about him on the catwalks. He pointed at Traleck who looked pleased at this. Then the grappling hook shot out and he dodged it. Ranger was drawn into the catwalks and was already blasting at the fleeing figure. He would have his fight now and not later.
Ranger pursued him and quickly found himself surrounded by rocks. He had followed him into his holo-arena now. He was no longer on home turf, but his home turf was made only to confuse others. His turf was his enemies turf. He had trained on many things prior to his bounty hunting and was more than ready for holo-arena battle should he have been faced with it. He scouted ledges to be ambushed from and rocks to hide behind. A spray of fire came out from his left and he dodged to his right. He rolled behind a rock and took cover getting ready to return the shots right through the wall of cover.
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