Birth through fire ((OPEN))

[Ryo?]

A large shadow eclipsed the sun over the large forest and wilderness of Essancee. Above them in the stratosphere was the underbelly of the largest imperial star destroyer ever. A Dreadnaught class war ship known as the Executor.

"Send out the channel on all frequencies, I want this televised to the entire world..." Raxus stood in the bridge. The sheer size of the ship was completely staggering as well as intimidating. All around the planet of genesis, radio and televisions, both secured and unsecured suddenly went static before flashing the emblem of the new sith empire. Before Raxus' face appeared all over the world.

"People of Genesis. I am Sith Lord Darth Raxus. And today I lay waste to one of your planet's civilizations." images and videos taken and bounced from various Kari and Isafaro satellites as Raxus gave the command. A large Ion concussion charge was launched from the ship which devastated the central area. the main forest suddenly being ripped apart by the vicious shock wave as the large armament began to churn and fire off.

Essancee was blistered by fire from Over 5,000 turbolaser batteries and ion cannons, 2,000 turbolaser batteries, 2,000, heavy turbolaser batteries, 250 heavy ion cannons, 500 point-defense laser cannons, and 250 heavy concussion missile batteries. All of which were dispensing artillery by hundreds and thousands per second. All of this destruction caught on video and displayed to the entire world. All which soon came to an end the moment the entire area was nothing less than a chard and barren burning wasteland.

"Send in the infantry and lay waste to any surviving inhabitants and creatures. I and my apprentice will follow shortly." The Shock trooper saluted before bowing, "It shall be done my lord." He ran off. Droids were shot down into the hell that was once the forest capitol of the elves as they continued to capture the carnage unfold. 144 various TIE series starfighters flooded the area further destroying what outlying unclaimed land remained as Gamma Class ATR-6 Assualt Transports and Lambda-class T-4a Shuttles began unleashing 38,000 ground troops which instantly began mowing down any opposition that they came across. Dozens of Y-85 Titan Dropships flooded the area with immense numbers of AT-AT's and AT-ST's Just to further state their dominance and lay wreckage to the land.

All this was captured on video and broadcast to the entire planet. "I now claim this land in the name of the Dark Empire. Let any who oppose step forward, and any who wish to join, come forth." His video feed cut to to the video feed of Essancee being mulled over by dozens of Dark Imperial Troopers.

[Saasha]

From the background, Reira materialized from the shadows. They twisted and curled about her, seemingly begging her to not leave their safe embrace as her boot quietly clomped on the floor when her materialization was complete. Patiently, she picked her way over the smooth floor to reach her Master, the full extent of her Force power flexing and seeping out as far as she could reach it. It felt so good to not have a need to have it bottled up anymore- she was free. The siege is going as planned, my lord. We have been met with no resistance as of yet. They were taken completely by surprise."

She reached his side and stared out over the projection of the advance. Creatures scattering over the fallen woods in a panic caused by the metal beasts that scoured the region. Elves fled from their resting places in an attempt to flee their inevitable deaths, "Poor things. Knowing not that they are going to die whether they run or not..." Just on cue, a group of around twenty such creatures encountered a wave of shock troopers and dropped like stones amidst the blaster fire. Reira's eyes narrowed in slight examination. "These soldiers... they are actually trained to aim? That is a refreshing bit of news." She let the claws of her left hand tap slowly upon the hilt of the silver weapon at her side.

Her eyes turned to the Andarian male, glinting and shimmering in the artificial light. Soon... soon his promise would be fulfilled. Well, fulfilled father than she had ever imagined it would be. And what had started long ago would come to fruition. His rightful place would be held and she would be at his side as she had always planned to be. Never had she dreamed of over taking Raxus, not even in the darkest days between the two. She enjoyed him too much. She didn't want to overthrow him. Her slave mentality necessitated one over her. And Raxus had enough power to keep her in her place. She cowered to him and only him. But perhaps 'cowered' wasn't the right word.

She smiled and lightly trailed her fingers over the rough exterior of his clawed hand- a feeling she had always enjoyed. He promised her freedom and power. Those two things rang in her mind as she turned her attentions to the hologram again. The fulfilment of that promised was unfolding before her eyes... "Freedom..." She breathily whispered unknowingly. She had meant for it to be a thought. Oh well. If he heard then he heard, nothing she could do about it now. She simply watched the Shock troopers as they ravaged the land and killed every living thing in their path with a soft, sick watchfulness.

[Ashley]

Ashley watched the slaughter of the Essancee people from her office at City Hall in Xanarnis . Leaning forward in her chair with her elbows up against the surface of her table, hands folded and balancing her chin as her eyes narrowed over the TV sat in front of her. Her advisers in awe at the raw power they were seeing by this new enemy until their President chose to break the silence.

"Deploy our people into the area and rescue as many of the surviving inhabitants as humanly possible."

"But, Madam President, how are we supposed to compete with-"

"Deploy our people at once!"

"Y-yes, Madam President."

"Send Her as well."

"Her!? But we still have no way to fully control-"

"Send Her."

"At once, Madam President."

Armored APC units entered the area deploying a total of 30,000 Xanarnis foot soldiers equipped with 7.62x39 M43 armor-piercing rounds with battle armor and 9mm ankle pieces. The APC units were accompanied by M1A1s, Goliaths and MotoTanks. VTOLs taking to the air to oppose the starfighters and AT-AT's. The foot soldiers moved in searching for any survivors they could find and ducking down under cover when they began to engage the Shock Troops. One of the APC units that came in contained a single, strong presence inside of it that even the Xanarnis forces steered clear from. This Dark Empire wouldn't go unopposed after all.

[Xena]

Xena travels across the unknown continent called Elim led her to see the forest and city of Essancee destroyed from an unknown power up above that turned it into a chard and barren wasteland burning fire. A sight the Warrior Princess was no stranger to but the force behind it was strange and foreign to her. Regardless her first instinct was to infiltrate the destruction and see what was going on, using what little cover the previous blast had left behind and the fire to her advantage. She saw a second force altogether moving in inside more vehicles her eyes has never seen before. So far Elim had shared similarities to her own world's equipment but this? This was a true fish out of water situation for her.

Seeing a small group of elves try to flee from the relentless Shock troops that chased them down across the wasteland Xena moved in to help them. Wishing she had her chakram but the sword and bow and arrows she found would have to suffice for now. Staying hidden, Xena aimed one of the arrows for what looked like the leader of this batch of Shock troops and released the arrow towards his chest. Igniting the arrowhead on the nearby flames to inflict more damage However, as if he sensed a disturbance he moved and the arrow was shot out of the sky by some invisible force. This caused the Shock troops to split up, one following the elves and the others tracking down the cause of the missed arrow. Forcing Xena back for now as the elves had just a little more time to escape their grasp. But if that second force that came in wasn't friendly this was going to be extremely more difficult, if that was even possible with how things looked now.

[Ryo?]

The click and clanks of a garreson of troops marching in from Behind Xena was her only Que that she was spotted as heavy blaster fire began raining upon her. From above, Raxus' features twisted into a smile. "Lay suppression fire and ready the five-hundred and first."

The TiE's met the VTOL's and other aircraft head on in areal combat as the AT-AT's and AT-ST's began on the land vehicles. More TiE's soon came to join the round up which laid cover fire for the ground troops now engaging APC units. This was turning into a bloodied war as The Executor began laying down fire from above with half of their Turbolaser turrets. More than enough to level the area.

[Ashley]

The VTOLs launched missiles towards the TiE's they engaged. A second wave moving in to drop bombs towards the enemy soldiers on the ground to force them back, if not blow them to hell altogether. The tanks began to back away as the AT-ATs and AT-STs moved in. Firing guided missiles towards the larger target and their cannons at the smaller ones. Meanwhile ground troops began leading back elves away from the conflict and the APC units were not entirely helpless as miniguns pulled out of their front and open fired on the soldiers approaching them. The tanks being leveled along with the area when the Turbolasers came raining down as the ground troops barely got away with their lives.

[Legion]

The sound of battle shook the walls of the APC unit that the Xanarnis soldiers have chosen to stay away from. Inside that APC unit was the only thing on this battlefield that Xanarnis feared more than the foreigners that attacked this city with great and unknown power. And those who marched at the drum of the Dark Empire could sense it. They didn't understand it...

But they could still sense it.

The Executor remained true to its name as it released its might upon the surface below. The turboblasters falling... falling... falling...

Gone.

Before they could level the abandoned APC unit they disappeared entirely. Though there was nothing on the ground to hint Xanarnis had a means to stop such a powerful weapon from reaching its target. Mere seconds after the carrier avoided certain destruction the walls collapsed and fell to the ground releasing the monstrosity that lied in wait. Black hair down her neck, pitch black abyssal eyes that made their presence known across the field to the Dark Empire. Pale skin and clad in purple. Around her, an invisible barrier that destroyed anything that past through it. The insects of the ground and birds of the air turned to ash instantly upon crossing the barrier that spread out on the field. Now the Shock troops of the Dark Empire understood what they sensed were far from human and nothing like the soldiers on the ground that opposed them. The thing that opposed them...

Was Death.

[Xena]

Xena managed to avoid the heavy blaster fire not recognizing the lasers from anything she has ever encountered before. As the unknown object released more power into the ground Xena took cover underneath some ruins, thankfully not directly under the blast as something in her gut told her this cover wouldn't have held if that was the case. Hearing the footsteps approach, knowing now that she couldn't sneak up on them as well as take them head on Xena did the only sensible thing available to her. And lured them straight into the Xanarnis troops who had set up an ambush for them.

[Ashley]

At the end of the day it was obvious the Dark Empire had not expected such a well organized resistance to stand against them. Xanarnis was severely outmanned and outgunned and they knew that. Instead of being foolish and trying to overpower the Dark Empire they went for outmaneuvering them. Serving as distractions and laying down their lives giving the ground troops enough time to escape with the survivors. When the APC containing the national trump card was released, and the child step foot on the ruins of the elven city all became quiet back at City Hall. Ashley only being able to look on in intense suspense as her monster has finally been unleashed in battle.

[Legion]

“Run.”

It was all they could do once the child clad in lavender began to move forward across the ruins of Essancee. The ground behind her lifting up rubble and debris, using the Dark Empire's own destruction against them as a tornado of chaos spun behind her devouring the TiE fighters in the air that drifted too close for comfort against the national trump card of President Ashley. As the child walked she raised her hand and turned to the right, sending a wave of debris into nearby enemy soldiers.

The Shock troops on the ground continued to back away, fearing the invisible barrier around the child that could obliterate them if it got close enough. The child was relentless on their march. Backing them into a corner while showing no expression on her face. They attempted to tap into the force, to use it to save their lives but...

“It is not enough...”

She lifted up her arms now that they were cornered, as if to embrace them in a hug and tilted her head as she continued to speak.

“Look...”

“I'm burning.”

And the fire consumed them all.

[Red Queen]

The Executor wouldn't go unopposed in orbit of Genesis as the Novalith Cannon captained by one of the most craziest people in Isafaro set an intercept course for the vessel after receiving their little network channel of the chaos being spread on Elim below. While no one among the Vulture ranks cared what happened to the innocence of the elf village, or the resistance fending off the attack, the Vulture saw and acknowledged the threat this “Dark Empire” posed to them and wanted them taken out immediately. The Executor would detect the ship approaching them on their sensors and began turning their attention towards them just in time for the railgun to charge up and fire a warhead towards them as the battle of Sith versus Vulture began. Zee Captain observed the battle from his captain chair as he raised up his coffee mug and spoke.

“You call this a Dark Empire? This is the worse Dark Empire I've ever seen. Fire the llamas!”

[Xena]

The ambush was successful, proving once again that no challenge was too great if you knew how to approach it. But as soon as one threat was taken care of there was another one. This one carrying about a scent of darkness and death around her form as she attacked the enemy soldiers with the very debris all around them. While not doing anything to make herself an enemy of the other soldiers, they sure didn't act like they were allies as they remained clear of the child's path just as the enemy was failing at doing so. Looking for answers, Xena cornered one of the soldiers that marched beneath the Xanarnis banner and grabbed them.

"What's the deal with the child?"

"I'm not telling you anything."

Well, we'd just have to fix that. Without warning Xena's fingers quickly jabbed the pressure points found on the soldier's neck as he felt himself choking, falling down against his knees as Xena walked around him.

"I just cut off the flow of blood to your brain. You'll be dead in thirty seconds unless I take it off."

"A-all right! The -- the child is a weapon. We were told to stay away from it when it was set loose. That's all I know, I swear!"

"By who?"

"The President!"

"What?"

"Our leader. Her name is Ashley. I-I can't-"

Xena took the pinch off with the same amount of strength and precision it took to put it on in the first place and allowed the soldier to rejoin with his unit. Finding another place to hide and observing the demon child from afar as she made quick work of the soldiers that even gave her a hard time. It didn't seem the other force had any real control over the child which meant if the child turned on them...

What could they do?

[Saasha]

Hundreds upon thousands of gigantic warheads would drop from the sky upon the carnage below in a shower of pure black. Whatever carnage that ensued would happen, but the pair within the bridge of the ship had what they wanted now. Reira's smile faded as she tugged at the seed within her core. Soon, soon it would be time. But until then, she would wait. They had what they needed and now she could use it to her full advantage.

Suddenly, the very space around the pair would fold in around them, taking the troops left on the ground and the artillery and leaving the Executor far behind. Not a trace would be felt of them as they left, no trail left behind, no aura to track, nothing. They had completely and utterly vanished...

They were complete here.

With that, the ship's remaining artillery and explosives all detonated at once within the belly of the spacecraft. A massive explosion that shook the very earth and sent a torrents of fire, debris, and finally a shock wave that tore the very trees from their roots and scorched the entire area with a heat and blaze nearly equal to hellfire itself. Nothing would be left of the ship- and more likely of the area below and the ships above.

[Ashley]

Ashley watched her secret weapon level the ground troops that remained of the Dark Empire before a shower of black came down from the air and into the ground. Destroying several of her VTOLs and catching more soldiers in the blast. 30,000 quickly became 25,000 as the remaining soldiers quickly retreated with the elves that survived the conflict. The rune etched on the back of the child's hand glowing a bright violet and deactivating her barrier allowing for the unmanned APC to pick her up and lock her away until she was needed. Just in time for the torrent of fire that came down as a cause of the attacking ship suddenly exploding. A small group of the escaping soldiers moving over to Xena's position in their APC offering her a pick up as they made their way out of the ruins of the city. All that remained of those who died here after the blast was their burnt ashes and a black spot in the form of their shadows forever etched into the soil.

[Xena]

Xena was forced back into what little cover had survived the previous glassing of the city to the next blast that came from the heavens. At this rate she wasn't going to get the chance to do much else if she intended to stay alive more than a couple of days after coming back to life. One of those strange chariots arrived to her position and offered her a ride. Well, she didn't have much choice in this case, did she? Not putting up a fight, the Warrior Princess stepped up into the chariot and rode out of the city watching the destruction unfold behind them.