General Netan's Story

General Netan remained silent for a moment, as the Soldiers escorted Guatrau out of the courtroom, through the doors as they kept his head down. This was now between Netan and Lebrun, as Netan was to remain for a moment and ensure the rest of the Hadante contingent got out. They moved, each and every soldier, and those with Hostages ushered their captives outside the courtroom.

"General, one of the Cheops escorts is headed to your location, they will hover above the building and ring you aboard." Anatao said on the earpiece, as Netan backed up with his Zat pointed at Lebrun. "I'm not going to risk my leader to a rigged court." He then discharged his zat once at one of the NPA Agents who got too close, it was like a taser, the agent was greeted with immense pain before likely passing out from the pain. A Second shot would kill the man most likely, the Zat was then pointed to Lebrun. "Let's go, get up." Netan demanded.

growled. "Silence." He said, waving his Zat. "The Solace will not engage ships with Terrans on them." He said, waving his Zat for Lebrun to lead him out. "We will leave, and you will go with us, you will go with us until we leave the system, and then you will be provided a cargo ship to return to your wretched planet." He said, shoving Lebrun forward. "How many Terrans will die to apprehend our leader? I wonder." He said, leading them through the halls as a Cheops class ship descended over the courthouse. The massive floating pyramid hovered there, causing the ground to shudder and shake. Guatrau and his hostages were already outside, Hadante soldiers allowed Fazekas to stand with Lampkin under the massive ship, before a light shone down upon them, Drulovic was also forced with the group at Zat point. Fazekas spoke up.

"Your world has been reluctant to agree with anything, choosing only to subjugate and threaten." As the light shone a set of rings came down from the base of the Cheops class ship, and surrounded them, engulfing them in a blinding white light. Drulovic would find herself in a gaudy golden room lined with hieroglyphs, and Hadante soldiers aiming staff weapons to her. "Step away from the President." One demanded.

Netan, with Lebrun were some of the last groups out of the courtroom, and Netan would rendezvous with the remaining Hadante soldiers.

"Step into the light." Netan demanded.

When they were both into the light, another set of rings would bring them aboard the Cheops class ship.

The Ha'tak outside the city would also spring to life, emitting a massive dust cloud from all directions, it began it's ascent, engines full power to lift the ship up into the skies.

General Netan motioned to Lebrun to follow Drulovic to the Pel'tak of the ship, before sending a transmission to Anateo. "Ensure we are not impeded." He said calmly, as the Cheops class ships reached Terra's upper atmosphere and soon low orbit.

"General, we'll be able to enter Hyperspace in fifteen minutes, we'll reach Hadante in twenty hours."

Anateo on the other hand patched his Ha'tak to send a transmission to the Solace, Terra, and the Coalition assets mobilizing on the outskirts of the system.

"This is Commander Anateo, of the Ha'tak Osiris, we have hostages on board, if you engage we will kill each and every one of them, do not impede our escape, and Terran officials will be returned to your world, unharmed."

General Netan reached the Pel'tak with the group, the large window showing Terra below, and the Solace banking towards them slowly, the ship then turned away, and began to rise further, weapons crews, and other officers quickly worked the controls of the Goa'uld ship, the Ha'tak seen below heading directly towards the Reverence II, intent on engaging it.

"Anateo is going to keep the Reverence busy, the Cheops will act as Decoys, one will proceed out of the system while we enter Hyperspace." He said, looking to a helm officer. "How much longer do we have until hyperspace?" The Officer then replied. "Three minutes. We need to be beyond the jammer's reach."

General Netan eyed the controls as a helm officer spoke up. "We're clear of the Planck, and have coordinates locked and we're making the jump... now." He said, and Netan nodded as the ship lurched forward into hyperspace, the blue temporal distortions enveloping the two Cheops class ships, and the Ha'tak which was heading towards the Reverence maintained it's course.

Anateo readied the controls, ready to face off with the single most powerful ship in the Aschen Confederation. Silently he kissed the symbol of the sword around his neck, and eased the controls forward.

General Netan nodded, then spoke with a loud voice. "Arianne Drulovic, you are charged with Violating Hadante's economic security, threatening our humble leader, and conspiring to bring great suffering on Hadante's people. How do you plead!"

spoke up. "You are charged with violating the sovereignty of Hadante, and Violating the honor and lordship of President Fazekas, how do you plead!"

General Netan Netan nodded, and two Hadante soldiers grabbed the man and began to escort him out of the room, slowly and methodically, while Netan pointed to Lebrun. "For his ignorance and his arrogance, My Lord I request that he be placed in my service, I need to replace my last slave, whom valiantly earned his freedom to challenge the Tal'dorians." He said aloud, as he turned back to the crowd. "How does it feel to be put on display and humiliated! Who wants to be crucified! Come on!? Any takers?"

The remainder of the group were promptly judged and sentenced, all of them were to be condemned to crucifixion on Hadante, to freeze and die slowly and painfully on the desolate planet on the outer rim of the Galaxy. The Cheops class ships had effectively vacated Sol system and were en-route to Hadante. Drulovic was left up there for Guatrau's amusement, even after everyone else had been condemned to the slave pens to await their execution. The remaining Terrans were given a lottery ticket, roughly five would be allowed to return back to Terra, while a few more were to be enslaved, and the rest were to be killed by crucifixion. Guatrau would rely on Hadante's defense network and fleet of eight-hundred various vessels to keep out any unwanted guests. It would take a full combined-arms assault to liberate the prisoners.

General Netan spoke. "My Lord, it's smooth sailing like usual." He said confidently, before he turned to a pair of Soldiers. "The high profile Terrans are being escorted out of the slave pens for crucifixion." He explained.

The Government Agents being held in the Slave Pens, and a handful of high profile civilians, including Chumlecky, Feneydouran(sp?) And the others, were crucified in the main hangar bay with Lebrun, and the others slated for enslavement were forced to watch. The Lottery was also called, four Terran civilians were allowed to go free, most of them Jurors, and public people seeing the proceedings.

"You four are lucky, you won the Lottery, and we'll be taking you back home to Terra, be sure to tell the Terrans what awaits anyone who challenges us." He said with a grin.

The Democratic Coalition that lay attack to the two MAC Platforms were met with a barrage of Kinetic Energy shots designed as point defense, twin High-caliber railguns began to pepper the oncoming fighters with high-explosive flak rounds, while the anti-matter shots played havoc on the shields, which glowed brightly, with resonated photonic energy absorbing and dispersing the anti-matter. This would force the DC To use conventional weaponry, not before the two Cannons hurled two more 3,000 ton ferric-tungsten slugs at 120,000 kilometers per second at the nearest DC Vessel, it was a one-hit kill scenario.

In the panic, the condemned were promptly crucified, despite the sobs the chosen few were placed up on their crosses and they were left there for the Guatrau to inspect later. The room was heavy with suffering, as Hadante soldiers whipped those that made noises of sobs and whatnot, to illicit further cries of agony from them. The men laughed and enjoyed every moment of the torture, whipping and prodding their prisoners.

Once everyone was crucified, Netan paced back and fourth on the line of crosses that seemed to be lined up with each of the condemned suspended from the crosses. "You are not all so high and mighty now are you?" He said aloud as he paced back and fourth. "You will all suffer for your crimes, and right now it's Winter on Hadante, it's orbit further from the sun. I hear that freezing to death is very unpleasent."

General Netan looked up at Juliana, laughing. "You challenged President Fazekas and so you are paying for it." He said before he took a cat o'nine and lashed it across the young woman. "Payback's a bitch isn't it?" Netan said, laughing. "You're going to die on Hadante, and then what's left of your bodies will be picked at by buzzards when the summer comes back around." He said flatly, looking over to Drulovic through the doorway. "We will film your slow agonizing deaths and send the footage back to Terra."

One of the two MAC installations that had been laying seige to Terra finally managed to shudder under the constant Democratic Coalition bombardment. Without power supplied from the planet's surface, they were not as lethal as they could be should they be in orbit above a planet. The two MACs closed in, with one of them reporting to the other, that main fire control was offline, then it began to pull back and away, it's FTL Drives engaging in the middle of the strike. After several moments, it flickered out from view. The second MAC Pushing forward under heavy fire. "Bring the main guns to bear." One of the Hadante Officers spoke, targeting another DC Battleship as the installation shuddered and groaned under the fire it was enduring, powerful shields and thick armor plating waning and giving way to anti-matter, ion and other fire. Then it lanced through another DC Battleship like a hot knife through butter, before positioning it's main gun on the Harbinger. "Take it out." The MAC Commander ordered, before targeting computers began to lock on with super-max range.

Having Hadante soldiers drilled into knowing how Guatrau traveled assisted in the fact they could pick up on the intruders. There wouldn't be so much as a warning as Hadante's grid of twenty Geosynch MAC Guns began to move into alignment towards the approaching thirteen ships. "Use proximity rounds, put up a flak field so thick they won't be able to get through." A Hadante Defense officer nodded. "All MAC Guns have aligned themselves, they're all chambering anti-fighter screen rounds for a proximity burst." Another officer said. "Main and Auxillary show clear, power grid is full and online, all defensive ships prepare to intercept."

Several more officers positioned their guns, and Hadante was ready for war as the geosynch battle clusters aligned and prepared for engagement, with orbital missile bastions, and orbital ECM Jammers prepared. "Prepare... let them come, wipe them out as they come in." An officer said, as a message was broadcast.

"Attention, you are in violation of the Hadante Sovereignty, prepare to be engaged or flee."

One of the officers in charge of the MAC Platforms recieved a message from Guatrau. "I don't normally give warnings, but I'm feeling generous, you will leave now, or we will destroy you." He said this time much more sternly, as the Hadante fleet began to approach.

"You have no reason to approach us, continue to approach, and Guatrau will kill the hostages, starting with Drulovic, additionally we will engage, our leader desires nothing from you, you will not speak to him, now leave or we will fire." He ordered, while a Lieutenant spoke.

"They're fanning out, our MAC Grid has aligned to compensate... General Netan will be joining us in battle shortly." The Commander nodded. "Scatter-nuke rounds have been loaded?" The Lieutenant replied. "Aye, sir."

The Defense grid continued to watch the ships as they moved away, one soldier turned to the readout on the Planck packs installed on Hadante, smuggled in from sources in the Confederation. These packs produced a superstable quantum state to prevent things like teleportation and the use of Bifrost, after-all Guatrau didn't want something to come in from Langara and overthrow his hold on Hadante.

is present, representing the Ha'la'tha.

General Netan is present, representing the Ha'la'tha.

General Netan pushed the door open in his full Hadante Military uniform, a pixelated camouflage alien outfit that denoted his status as a military commander of some kind. Netan was a middle aged man himself, half Tauron, and half Gemonese. He was one of the hardest runners in the Ha'la'tha and since Hadante's rebellion, Lord General of the Hadante Army. Though the recently freed prison world had been quiet as of late, it's operations on this world were ever so present.

"The Gambino syndicate, one of the long standing organizations in the city, what do you think we should do, Sam?" He said into his phone, before receiving his orders and allowing his gaze to fall on the bloated mobster.

"I.. think I found him." For all intents and purposes, Netan looked more like a costumed freak than the Lord General of Hadante's armies. Given the nature of his uniform.