[21:04] <~VE> 5PREVIOUSLY...
[21:04] <~VE> 5Ranna: 1"Orks? You brought orks here?!"
[21:04] <~VE> 5Lyra: 1"Sure did. Summoned them with my mind."
[21:04] <~VE> 5PRESENTLY...
[21:04] <~VE> 5++15:43 360.837.M41 The Clear, Faldon Kise
[21:04] <~VE> 5Backlit by the sun, black silhouettes of starburst shapes plummet from a burning sky. These brutishly assembled void ships trail kilometers of fiery wreckage. The flickering roar of their massive engines - little more than building-sized thrusters haphazardly stacked together - resembles the drawn out war cry of a titanic beast. Whether by design or the stress of such a disastrous
[21:04] <~VE> 5arrival, you see large sections of the hulls begin to break away. They rush towards the planet's surface like spears thrust from the heavens.
[21:04] <~VE> 5Pure terror throws the merchant caravan into disarray. Cargo haulers each rear-end the ones in front or swerve only to be immediately broadsided. Beasts of burden panic at the sudden sounds and sights of violence in the sky, their riders struggling to rein them in. The air becomes thick with frightened and confused shouting. What was once an orderly procession of riders, beasts and
[21:04] <~VE> 5cargo is now figuratively dead in the water. All the while plumes of wreckage continue to descend.
[21:04] <~VE> 5One massive section of hull lands as close as a hundred meters away. The size of a habstack, its thunderous impact throws flaming wreckage and earth skyward, followed by a shockwave that nearly knocks you off your mounts. They trample and snort in shock, pulling your reins this way and that. You also see brilliant pulses of light in the sky as well as faint outlines. It seems that
[21:05] <~VE> 5while some of these ships translated below the atmosphere, others might have entered in high orbit instead.
[21:05] <~VE> =][=
[21:10] <Adrian> "We really need to get to a Vox."
01[21:11] <Ranna> "We need to get away from here, let the orks stay distracted with these people."
06[21:12] * Camilla nods mutely, no witty quip on her lips now.
06[21:16] * Adrian heads over to one of the mag-haulers and calls to the driver, "DO YOU HAVE A VOX IN THERE?!" He shouts over the sound of war
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[21:35] <~VE> 5Closer to the procession, you see caravanners and mercenaries scrambling to get it moving again. Tires squeel ineffectively against the sand, desperately attempting to untangle the vehicles from collisions and loosened soil. Many stand or sit with jaws agape, stunned faces turned upward.
[21:37] <~VE> 5You see microbeads and handvoxes but no long range casters. Your shouting barely rises over the chaos overtaking the caravan. The driver himself gazes at the sky through his window, struggling to comprehend what's happening.
06[21:41] * Adrian draws his revolver and fires it up into the air to get some attention here.
[21:42] <Camilla> "We might have better luck in Sole Landing, and anyway from any marauders that survived the fall."
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[21:50] <Adrian> "I'd like to at least get them going in the right direction."
01[21:51] <Ranna> "We need to get moving in the right direction."