29.10.07

In my sights....

When I think of guns I automatically think of the awesome C2-Sniper and the deadly RK-14A Sniper. These rifles are the pride and joy of one Jaster Mereel. Well that and his ship and his other guns and his armor and his other armor and his mech and his knives and his sword and his jetpack and his cool artifact that he has no clue what is does and I'm done.

Anyhoo, I got some more story information. It's on a group of people who started the whole thing.

The 12

The 12 are a secret group of highly placed individuals who originally planned the Terran Civil War, the fall of the Empire of Order, and the birth of the United Terran Republic. The 12 actually began as The 6. At the Terran Order’s Academy for intelligent children, 6 students who had been taught secretly by their parents to undermine the Order and help restore freedom to the people decided that the time had come to plan a “reordering” of things that included the utter destruction of the Empire of Order. They came up with numerous ideas but dared not share them with anyone else. The fear of losing their lives for thinking against the Order, made the 6 swear by a code, that no one could know about their plans without the others consent. The 6 came to the conclusion that the only way to defeat the Empire was to attack from the outside and inside at the same time. After scheming for years and avoiding the secret police’s investigators (who are placed at schools to stop the chance of rebellion fermenting with the brightest of students), the 6 graduated top of their respective classes and joined organizations best suited for their coming role in the galaxy. The original 6 were Ivente Helos, Ithany Nova, Kel Arkan, Greken Cassius, Jace Cassius, and Vessen Tacitus. They were later joined by Kenso Auriss, Herran Kast, Marto Randon, Jaggel Von Kellor, Zek Terol, and Char Anvale. By the time the gathering of the 12 was complete the Civil War was in full swing.

The 6’s plan was simple and complex at the same time. Kel Arkan would secede from the Order with his loyal men and found the Arkan Freedom Federation in an attempt to start a war of attrition with the Empire of Order. Ivente Helos, Lord Marshal of the Order, would order troops to attack pre arranged locations and would fight using strategies that both he and Arkan conceived earlier to draw the war out. Grand Admiral Ithany Nova was charged with leading, mostly reining in, the brutal and bloodthirsty Death Head’s Legion, the most feared independent Imperial fleet. Greken and Jace Cassius were charged with possibly the most difficult mission of all; take charge of the Emperor’s private weapons research and development system, Kron, and use the new technologies to help the 6. Finally, Vessen Tacitus used his family’s already considerable wealth and prestige to begin forming an economic powerhouse whose main business was constructing starships. The 6 hoped that the war would unite people who wanted change and kill off the hardliners who would never stop believing in the Empire.

Some civilians immediately saw what was happening and secretly tried to contact General Arkan. The first successful civilian contact was Herran Kast. Herran Kast became a member of the 12 after he was successful in starting a group of insurgents, known as “The Kast’s Dozen”, that would start inciting rebellion on worlds all across the Empire. Another civilian contact who became a member of the 12 was Kenso Auriss. Auriss was brought in by Jace Cassius after the two designed and built the Ventross Prototype War Suit. Auriss was told that he needed to use his companies massive financial reserve to aid the 12 and he secretly arranged for the transfer of the money himself. Civilians weren’t the only ones chosen by the 6 to help them realize their plans. Three military officers were brought in by Ivente Helos and Kel Arkan over a period of two years. The first and probably most important was High Admiral Jaggel Von Kellor. Kellor was convinced by Helos after Kellor discovered that the tactics Helos was employing were being read by Arkan and vice versa. Von Kellor approached the Lord Marshal and demanded an explanation. In light of the demand for more information, Ivente Helos broke the Code and told Kellor their entire plan. Helos knew that the risk was huge but the payoff was even larger. The High Admiral agreed and became part of the 12. Von Kellor’s task was similar to Helo’s own, he had to help plan strategies and battles that would keep both sides in a deadlock until the final preparations had been made. The next member had a tragic event happen to him. Captain Marto Randon was commanding his ship, the Implacable, when he learned that his wife of 10 years had died in an operation mishap by the Order’s supposed top doctors. Marto, furious at the Order, swore vengeance and secretly contacted Kel Arkan. Arkan accepted his offer to spy and helped Marto eventually defect with his whole squadron of ships. He was brought into the 12 after the defection and was given the task of using his squadron to pirate enemy cargo and supply ships.

The last military member to join was Colonel Zek “The Terror” Terol. Terol is the best friend and personal advisor to Ivente’s son Peren Jace Helos. Zek was brought into the 12 after discovering their plans on his own. He confronted Peren who contacted his father and together they convinced Terol of the right in their plan. Terol agreed and was tasked with guarding both Helos and acting as a personal messenger between the 12. Last and certainly not the least is Char Anvale. Char was born on Kron V in an experimental cloning vat that was bombarded with Willpower energies during all phases of growth. He is the first of the two surviving brothers of the ill fated Anvale Experiment. The Willpower energy and advanced experimental training that Anvale continued to receive until his growing ended at 18 left the scientists with an incredibly powerful and unpredictable being who resented being raised the way he had. With the special training that Greken Cassius instructed him with, Char knew that the Empire had to fall. When the Emperor came to visit his two new warriors, Char sensed a powerful evil conscience dwelling in the back of the Emperor’s mind and it had an incredibly strong Willpower presence. Since the scientists limited knowledge of Willpower couldn’t help explain the feeling, Char decided that the only way to stop the evil that lurked in that mind was to kill the Emperor himself. After Greken and Jace Cassius explained to Anvale the 12’s plan, Char agreed that it was the only sensible solution to the problem that was the Order. Char was tasked with taking the Kron system and using its resources to destroy the Emperor.

27.10.07

Dancing the forms...

In the words of the immortal Robert Jordan....

Cat Crosses the Courtyard turns into Emptiness; Plucking the Low-hanging Apple becomes the Leopard's Caress; Parting the Silk launches into the Dove Takes Flight, countered with Kingfisher Circles the Pond....
Thus the opponents dance the forms around each other, swords glinting and clashing in the moonlight.

Mr. Jordan's words are the best I can come up with to describe my "Most Memorable Weapon" experience.

Savara and Bar`a had been taking willpower lessons from Zead Dahl (I know, INSANE!) and he took us to a shadowy courtyard on Ardalon 7, in DRE territory, in the middle of the night. We were only allowed to bring my sword, and his battle axe, fondly called the Doorbell.
We had no idea what was coming... we waited for a while in the dim moonlight, then out of the shadows stepped a very strong willpower user (Shadowwire can tell you who it was, my notes are rather vague...) and a gajillion warriors. Okay, so it was only about forty, but the odds were a little uneven. Bar`a and I took care of half, and Zead Dahl took care of the other half and the willpower user. At least I think that's what happened; I was too busy dancing the forms to count. The most important fact is we won against incredible odds; and survived having Zead Dahl as an instuctor.

Now, as to my most favorite weapon, it has to be my T6-G heavy laser cannon. It helped turn the tide of the battle when our compound was being attacked.
But then, I also like my CX laser Battery, my Rs252 rifles, my .... how's a girl to choose?

25.10.07

The Kiss of the Devil's Bane.


Or as I like to call it, "How I learned to use my new robotic left arm".

And so I bring to the table, as my most "memorable" weapon, the Devil's Bane. I am choosing this not because it's my favorite weapon, or because it's incredibly powerfull. It's mainly because I was one of the first M.O.A.G.ers to feel it's wonderful effects, ie. to get shot by one.

It happened on my first official mission with Atrius Preim. The Preim group was sent down to earth to clear out some small "rogue elements" before "The Hunt" began. Little did we know that the "rogue elements" where a full squadron of Klisk Battle Armor, waiting for us. Needless to say, Conara battle armor doesn't hold up too well to a Devil's Bane from 15 feet. I'd tell the whole story, but it's actually being written down at the moment, Bot has inspired me to continue my journeys with Atrius, so this short summary will have to do for now. Well, when I came to I was in the bottom of an elevator shaft of an abandoned building somewhere in Florida. I had survived the encounter, but had my left arm broken and the muscles and tendons shredded by the Klisk heavy cannon. I eventually had the arm amputated, and a kind Macaneon, "The Guru" gave me the robotic implant while I was in Miami waiting to be picked up by any passing ship.

So there it is. The Kiss of the Devil's Bane. While i've felt the kiss and lived to tell the tale, I'd rather not like to try it again.

Topic of Discussion 1: Favorite M.O.A.G. Weapon & a memory to go along with it.

Well, we're going to try this out and see what people do with it. Out first Topic of Discussion is Favorite M.O.A.G. weapon and give us a memory you have of that weapon. Please make all responses to the Topic as a new blog, that way everyone will be able to see it, instead of having to search for it in the comments area! Have fun with it people!!!

Post away, Moagers!!!

P.S. To those none Moagers in our midst, I would still like to hear from you. Give us an example of a real weapon you like.

24.10.07

Caught red-handed with the mistress...



Hello,

My name is Salvaggio, and I'm... well I'm... (sigh) I'm a TF2-a-holic. It's been a good 30 minutes since my last game, and frankly, your all nutters if you think I'm going to give it up. I know MOAG is what this blog is about, and I know that I started the dang blog in the first place, so I should have to suck it up and keep the topics related to MOAG, BUT COME ON!!! HAVE YOU SEEN TEAM FORTRESS 2? HAVE YOU?

Sorry, let me regroup here... talk amongst yourselves... okay, okay, I'm back. First off, just look at the picture above. See the Pyro? You can see him smiling through his gas mask. And let me tell you, when you light somebody on fire, you smile too. He's my favorite. And while I'm still not too good at the online multi-player thing, it's one of the most addictive games I've ever played. Let's just put it this way, NCAA football 2008 can't get me to turn from the screen.

So I cheated on MOAG. There. I said it. That's right, I went there. But you have to see it from my side! MOAG is always going over to Shadowwire's house for game night, but does she even call me? No. And you can't tell me that Shadowwire doesn't have a thing for MOAG, so I know there's something going on there. Besides, I live like 4 hours away, and she never comes to visit me. So just back off okay?

(Sigh) I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said that. MOAG has been nothing but good to me, and has been there for me when I needed to game. Maybe a guy can play two games? Is that so wrong? I mean, they're not even the same genre, so maybe they can co-exist?

Or maybe not. That's probably why I'm here. I need some sort of 12 step program to get me straightened out. Do we have one of those? No? Huh. Oh well, I tried. Back to the servers!

Oh, if you do get TF2, or the Orange Box (which is probably the best video game value you'll ever see), create a SteamID and look for Salvaggio there, and I'll see you at 2 Fort.

Okay, now that I've taken care of that, where are the doughnuts?

23.10.07

It's time for the feminine touch...

Hey, guys...
How come I haven't heard about this before? I mean, I see most of you on a weekly basis in the moag universe (miss you Salvaggio!), so why the secret? Kang, its been too long; you need to grace our weekly sessions with your presence once in a millenia.
Anyhoo... the cat's out of the bag (thanks for the invite, Bot), and if I can wrestle computer time away from others who tend to hog it, I'll add a thing or two from time to time.
So, until next time,


Let The Ladies of Chaos..... Blog!

I'm feeling vaclempt, talk amongst yourself

I, Bot Boi the 1th, have had an amazing idea...... Okay, so I think that I am reiterating an idea I heard from the Great Salvaggio, BUT I am tweeking it a bit. I think why people don't post as much as they could is because they really don't know what to talk about..... Well, I know some of you are thinking of course we know what to write about... MOAG, duh! But obviously some of us (including myself) are having a hard time with this new found freedom.

I think what we need are Topics to Discuss. Something like Attributes in the MOAG world and how they affect character play, or What is your favorite weapon and the memories that go along with it, or How did your character get in THAT situation? Remember that blog posts don't have to be novels, we can just write a few lines for people to read and get ideas for more blogs.

Well, I would like input! Tell me what you think!