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==ORDO IMPERIALIS== - = BLOOD TIES = - --PART 1-- By Ryk The blood trickled drop by drop from the end of his charcoal wet nose. The sum of all his fears, passions and hatred burning in his eye's as he choked the life out of the hapless stranger. He had only ever met her one time face to face and that was to congratulate this young soldier for graduating the basic training academy. And now he had his hands gripped tightly around her throat with the desire to kill. The room was silent, not even breathing could be heard from the praetorian guard that encompassed the outer diameter of the room, shock or pure fear had moved them to silence, or maybe it was just the sight of their noble imperator taking it upon himself to outright murder this soldier. "You betrayed us!, you worthless filth, you don't deserve to live for what you did!" Aryte looked deep into the eye's of a dying woman, a woman who only had seconds to live and as Aryte choked the life out of her, the sounds of words the soldier tried to make just came across as half grunting noises, but stranger still not making any attempt to try to fight back or escape, she had the aura of a woman resigned to her fate, and just before she could even think of drawing her terminal breath Aryte slammed her hard against the metal panels that made up the floor. Aryte wasn't very tall by human standards, if anything he was quite average in height but when he stood over the soldier who by this time was gasping for breath and clutching at the air to draw some life back into her body, Aryte loomed over her with a menacing stature. "You made an oath to uphold and protect, not just me, or the people around you who called you sister! but all of Titan!...all of TITAN!". Aryte stood motionless for what seemed like an eternity before he turned and wiped the blood staining his maw, he looked at the guards and just nodded before walking out of the room. The moment the door closed behind the Imperator the guards quickly filled in hauling the soldier to her feet and dragging her out of the room, leaving a trail of blood and dirt behind. The central command and database interface "MERCURY" didn't speak often, but when it came to the Imperator sometimes he wished she would just shut up. As he walked into the chamber that housed Mercury, she started "So what's this ? No wait let me guess its either a sloppy supper or you have been bobbing for razor blades ?". Aryte just shot her a dirty glance and slumped down onto the floor stretching out. "If it makes you feel any better my dear, I just had to deal with a traitor". Mercury just shrugged as she did "Feelings ? what feelings ? I'm a machine...remember....little girl couldn't of hit you that! hard....could she ?". Aryte just stared blankly into space as he replayed the events in his mind, then he said on a hushed whisper "No she didn't....she didn't hit me at all...it's almost as if she wanted to.......", now it was mercury who had the blank stare, not that she had any other sort of expression "She wanted to....what ?". Aryte cocked his head to the side and looked up at mercury "it's as if she wanted to take a beating, there was no recoil no retaliation.....but why ?", and before mercury could rebuttal Aryte was to his feet and striding out of the door. "Well say Bye then, you may be the Imperator but a little manners wont.....* the door slammed shut behind him "....hurt you know!... unlike your bloody nose" and she allowed herself a giggle before her stone face expression returned and her mind went back to the streams of data coursing through her body. Aryte had gone to his office to wash his maw clean of the traitors blood and pick a fresh uniform, and as he stood looking in the mirror to make sure the last of the blood was gone there was a knock at the door. "Yes!", the door slid open and a rather nervous looking Huttser stood with a report pad, Aryte could understand why he was nervous, news had obviously gotten around "Yes what is it ?", Huttser took a step and and proceeded to read the report. Everything was fine until he got the the final line "And the traitor took it upon herself to take her own life....some sort of toxin". Aryte grabbed the nearest thing he could and through it against the window splintering it, and turned back in a fit of rage and punched the mirror hard shattering it on impact. "Get! Out! Now!" The hours passed, the messages on his machine mounted and the knocks at the door went unanswered. Aryte was just slumped in his chair as the service record of the traitor rolled passed on his screen. Line after line, word after word all seemed to just blur and congeal into a mess. An antique clock that hung on the wall behind him started to chime its indication of another hour passed and Aryte just turned his head slightly and looked before letting go of a heavy deep sigh and with that he shut down his console, turned off the lights and made his way out to the street to board his personal transport to head home. ==48 Hours Earlier== " Im impressed, the new hand guns are performing perfectly, As soon as the final stages are complete and the documentation from munitorium lands on curia's desk, have the new weapons issued to all personnel", Aryte wasn't known for smiling allot but in this instance he couldn't stop even if he wanted to. There was something about the new version of the Five-Seven that just seem to caress his ego and the Militaristic side of his character. All around him and the R&D team were other soldiers on the range honing their aiming skills with various weapons, and as Aryte looked around he couldn't help but continue to smile. It was after all a perfect day, and there wasn't many of them on Titan. "Excuse me sir, you have a 15:30 appointment with Ethan Schuman in Astra Command" the young soldier handed the Imperator a notebook and saluted promptly, and the Imperator returned the honour before saying "Thank you Legionaris, you may go back to your duties", the soldier nodded and turned on his heels and walked away. "Well if you will excuse me gentlemen I have to talk to Mr Schuman, Good Day to you" he didn't bother to salute this time, instead he just turned and headed to a waiting liberator and climbed on board. He always thought Titan looked better from the air, something about the way the city was constructed gave it an illustrious aura, one of hope and freedom, and on a day like today it was no different. The liberator touched down with a hard thud onto the concrete and a row of pilots saluted in unison as their noble Imperator stepped off the transport, and that's when the explosion rocked the city.

Actually, not to nit pick but Halo 2 was a PC release ;) As for the other Microsoft stated that the graphics engines for the following Halo series was for the 360 only and coul not be reproduced with any decency to PC.....personally I think thats BS considering some of the games that are currently out on PC beat the 360 on graphics and play ability, its simply microsoft not wanting to bleach the waters with cross 360 and PC gamming because they are making more money by keeping it Console only *le sigh*

I know people have been waiting for this and allot of you have asked me about it in world, but due to events not to far in the past concerning a certain now ex member of the Imperialis and how closely the events in the story mirrored the actions of this person it was decided by me not to put it up out of respect for those that were involved. I am however working on a little something new that should be along soon ^>^

Video says it all.... />http://e3.gamespot.com/video/6318246/ Comments ?

YW Kaska ^.^ remember to check back soon for the rest... oh and your Character Wallpaper too

Hi all, Here is the first few in what will be a long line of graphics for the lovable Kaska. With so many good images of every ones favourite teacher I could not limit the graphics to just one or two, so I am going to do them them all and turn them into usable forum sigs :) Here is the first two, which are on the basic side, and as each new one comes along they will get progressively more flashy :P , it will also show you how my own personal works develop into the final flashy stuff you see me do ^.^ Kaska 1 Kaska 2 Check back often to see the new ones ^.^

Farewell...and good luck in future endevours...you shall be missed

Hiya All, O.k so there I was going through the long list of e-mails I have daily when I stumbled across one from a friend of mine who decided it would be great to forward this to me, as I at the moment am in the process of renewing my passport, and OMG I laughed so hard that I thought I would share...to not to would be criminal :P ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> Dear Sirs, > >> I'm in the process of renewing my passport, and still cannot believe this. > >> > >> How is it that Sky Television has my address and telephone number and knows that I bought a > >> bloody satellite dish from them back in 1977, and yet, the Government is still asking me where I > >> was bloody born and on what date. > >> > >> For goodness sake, do you guys do this by hand? My birth date you have on my pension book, > >> and it is on all the income tax forms I've filed for the past 30 years. It is on my National Health card, > >> my driving license, my car insurance, on the last eight damn passports I've had, on all those stupid > >> customs declaration forms I've had to fill out before being allowed off the plane over the last 25yrs > >> and all those insufferable census forms. > >> > >> Would somebody please take note, once and for all, that my mother's name is Mary Anne, my father's > >> name is Robert and I'd be abso- fucking-lutely astounded if that ever changed between now and when I > >> die!!!!!! > >> > >> I apologise, I'm really pissed off this morning. Between you and me, I've had enough of this bullshit! > >> You send the application to my house, then you ask me for my bloody address !!!! > >> > >> What is going on? Do you have a gang of Neanderthal arseholes workin' there? Look at my picture - > >> Do I look like Bin Laden? > >> > >> I don't want to dig up Yasser Arafat, for christs sakes. > >> > >> I just want to go and park my arse on some sandy beach somewhere. And would someone please tell me, > >> why would you give a shit whether I plan on visiting a farm in the next 15 days? > >> If I ever got the urge to do something weird to a chicken or a goat, believe you me, you'd be the last bloody > >> people I'd want to tell! > >> > >> Well, I have to go now, 'cause I have to go to the other end of the poxy city to get another fucking copy of my birth > >> certificate, to the tune of £30. > >> Would it be so complicated to have all the services in the same spot to assist in the issuance of a new passport on > >> the same day?? > >> > >> Nooooooooooooo, that'd be too damn easy and maybe makes sense. > >> > >> You'd rather have us running all over the fuckin' place like chickens with our heads cut off, then have to find some > >> arsehole to confirm that it's really me on the damn picture - you know, the one where we're not allowed to smile?!!! > >> Hey, do you know why we couldn't smile if we wanted to? Because we're totally pissed off!!!!!! > >> > >> Signed > >> > >> An Irate Citizen. > >> > >> P.S. Remember what I said above, about the picture and getting someone to confirm that it's me? > >> Well, my family has been in this country since 1776 ........ I have served in the military for something > >> over 30 years and have had full security clearances over 25 of those years enabling me to undertake > >> highly secretive missions all over the world. > >> ........ However, I have to get someone ' important ' to verify who I am - you know, someone like my doctor... > >> WHO WAS BORN AND RAISED IN FUCKING PAKISTAN ! > >> > >> Sincerely, > >> > >> from You Sure The Hell Should Know Who.

welcome ^.^

thats because "little's" dont get enough attention or use :P

While taking a break from decorating my horrid little apartment, my stupid little desktop told me it was time to finally update my graphics card drivers, and during the install i noticed an interesting little message: "EA Games "Play4Free" So out of curiosity I decided to have a look...and was plesantly suprised. EA games is hosting a series of games that is free to play online through your web browser, and these games are : Battlefield Play4Free EA Sports Play4Free Games (Madden Sperstars, PGA Gold Challenge, World Series superstars, Fifa Superstars & Tiger woods world challenge) Battlefield Heroes Dragon Age Legends Fancy Pants Adventures Need for Speed World BattleForge Lord of Ultima Tiger Woods PGA TOUR Online Rhythm Dragon Age Journeys Mirror's Edge 2D Zarkhator's Meteor Defense (Spore Heroes) Mirror's Edge 2D Meejee's Target Practice (Spore Heroes) CONNECT FOUR MONOPOLY NERF N-STRIKE So with plenty to offer in their "Play 4 Free" section, i guess it is worth trying a few out, if you would like to...follow the link EA Games Play4Free Happy Gaming ^.^

Easily done ;) just hit me up when you see me online later today :P

Mabye i should of phrased that a little better, I should of put "Each time I have been Online, and on the front line in defence of Titan, it has never fallen" ....but no matter how the fat is trimmed, the point still stands, i personally think people have just become to settled in the status quo, and these training excersises are just what we need to shake us up a little

Welcome to the O.I, look forward to gunning down a few lone wolfer's with you in the future ;) :P

ZOMG! I luvs Arokh he not only has a mean ass desktop he is also using one of my wallpapers...YAY!.........god i didnt think any of you guys actually used them lol

You know what, in my opinion Kishoshima said all that needed to be said. What is the point in being Second Life's best and most superior military force if we don't have the stones to back it up ? Sure we get to flex our muscles and show our skill against the lonewalfer's who show up, and the full group raids or when we raid them, but at the end of the day when we go in or defend as a superior force you need to ask yourself "is this really helping me to improve ?", the problem is people are getting to complacent in being apart of a "superior" force who....since I have been in Ordo.... has NEVER lost titan from a defence standpoint. And I think that the training exercise pointed that out in a big way....we are getting to complacent...and this was the wake up call. I can honestly say I have never fought such an adrenaline fought battle ever in my short time in the O.I...and I mean EVER!! and you know what.... I enjoyed the hell out of myself, it didn't matter if i was getting my ass handed to me on a plate on the ground, the lag as it got progressively worse...or when i was the only Astra pilot in the air for the last hour getting my ass handed to me again and again and again by Scarlet, because at the end of the day it made me realise "I am not as good as I think I am, I need to improve, I need to work harder". And it has also gone to prove that communication no matter if it is through IM's, World Chat or Vent is seriously poor and lacking in oh so many areas, it annoyed me to the point where I have to admit I got seriously frustrated because i had several different orders for air support in different locations while I was trying to keep the air clear, and it wasn't until I lost my cool and said ....rather bluntly..."Hey I am only one person, I cant handle it all myself so give me a single order and stick to it!!".... of course I feel badly about it now, but when you have so much unneeded chatter going on it is going to create a seriously stressful environment to work in...which is only adding to the problem. So basically this is what I'm saying ...... It is a great thing that the Guard is holding this training sessions, it is showing all the cracks that need to be repaired rather than smoothed over. It is showing us that we are vulnerable and not as superior as we have come to think, and it is forcing us out of our happy little dream world of "oh we are the best we cant loose"....and we probably cant, but if we keep going at this rate it wont be the enemy that defeats us through skill or might...we will be handing them the victory because of an internal breakdown. We are the Ordo Imperialis, Astra, Terra, the Guard... it doesn't matter we are a single fighting, living, breathing organisation.....we need each other, we need to rely on each other to do the jobs we are meant to do. Well Done to everyone in the Guard, Well done to every one on the defence (despite obvious problems)....... and my last message to everyone in the Guard ..... ..... Thank you for showing me where and what I need to improve on, and for forcing me to realise I am not "Hot Stuff" and that I can be better...*Salutes every member of the guard*

....Has Something all ready happened ? or is something waiting to happen ? find out soon ......

The Hand of Revenge **Comming April 10th 2011**

Will do boss

Just a quick reminder for all those in the GMT 0 Time Zone (London, Lisbon ect) that Daylight Savings time comes into effect on Sunday 27th, so dont forget to put those clocks forward an hour which will then.....and REMEMBER... put us back to being 8 Hours ahead of SLT instead of the +7 we are at now. from Ryk

[15:35:43] (COM): Ookamiwulf Lemton: need about minim 5 volenteers maxaum 10 [15:35:46] (COM): Arch Graves: I would like to join. [15:35:49] (COM): Kaine Petrovic: I want to go [15:35:50] (COM): Jeffery Worbridge: I. [15:35:50] (COM): Vinnie Lei: volunteers :D [15:35:53] (COM): Mercury SecretSpy: =] [15:36:02] (COM): Trinity Heckroth: mercury is going [15:36:11] (COM): Xiolin Furlough: Stay in your box Mercury! >:l

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Ive decided to try something new, a little experiment i stumbled upon while playing with layer mask's, the eraser tool and just plain black and white brushes which lead onto the following result, so as from that and depending on how well recieved i might start doing custom Ordo Character wallpapers for who ever wants them. This is my human version of me Character Wallapaper - Rykiana Ferina -