Dismay: The Portent

[Ambush Bug]

Well, after much hacking on this thing, and a <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><b> BUNCH</b><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> of help from RedSirus (Thank you VERY much, Red!) I've gotten a big hunk of my next ToB up and ready to go. <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /smile.gif ALT=":)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br><br>You may notice a few extra characters in this besides Red and myself. Rogue, for one. A long time ago, I made a post about who wanted to be in my next ToB, and Rogue was one of the people that replied. Rogue is now an ace pilot and a skilled mechanic in this ToB.<br><br>Then there's Masters, Peterson, and Birt. These three are a group of trainees that study under Bug, primarily as an infiltration and special-ops squad. <br><br>Warren M'Koth is a doctor who has the daunting task of caring for a member of a species for which he has no books. He's been in several other ToB's I've written.<br><br>This ToB is really just a set-up for the stuff I want to do in the future, which are some pretty strenuous battles. You may notice some foreshadowing; it's supposed to be there, and I cut the story off where I did intentionally, just to build a little suspense. <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START ;) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... s/wink.gif ALT=";)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> I promise when you find out what Bug's problem is, you'll like it. <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /smile.gif ALT=":)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br><br>Also, this ToB, while it builds on the Tribes universe, is in <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><b> no</b><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> way attempting to be totally canonical. I can't--Hexabolic has explicitly stated that there are <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><i> NO</i><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> alien species in the Tribes Universe. That's OK... I'm just building on the Tribes Universe, simply because it's a GREAT universe to work with. Plenty of background to draw stuff from, and the tech is pretty impressive as well. I've skipped most of that tech this time--this is strictly a character-building ToB.<br><br>The date is a few years before the 'current' date in T2. Just long enough ago that the new weapons in T2 are still <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><i> new</i><!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->, and the humans haven't yet formed the Pact against the BioDerms.<br><br>I've also made this an RTF file and uploaded to my webspace at Earthlink. I did that for ease of posting, mostly. The thing is 21 pages long, and while I like EZBoard, I'm in no mood to make a 21-page post that will probably lose half the formatting I put into it. You may have the file load with an extremely large font, so feel free to crank down the zoom level in your word processor. If that's the case, I apologize in advance; my vision is bad enough that I find working with a large font helps things out.<br><br>So, without further ado, here's the link!<br><br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://home.earthlink.net/~ambushbugdtm/Dismay.rtf"> Dismay--The Portent</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><br><br> <p><BR><img src=http://home.earthlink.net/~ambushbugdtm/BugSig.jpg align=LEFT><BR>Member: DTM, XMEN, SeXy<BR>The Drunken ArtilleryBug!<BR>"Roj, target is *hic* <b>DAWWWG</b>-meat!"</p><i></i>

[RedSirus]

I haven't actually read all of this yet (so big. But I will!), but I just want to recommend this story in advance. I've read a lot of Bug's shorter pieces, and if this is anything like his others, this puts it in the "Elite" category of ToBs. Download this sucker. <p></p><i></i>

[Scorch]

I read it all and I must say it is very good, the only question that remains is part two as good as part 1? and how long have you been working on this bug? <p><A HREF=mailto:sirscorch@excite.com ></A> <OBJECT classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://active.macromedia.com/flash2/cab ... on=4,0,0,0" ID=Scorch WIDTH=440 HEIGHT=320> <PARAM NAME=movie VALUE="http://www.angelfire.com/games/scorchdtm/Scorch.swf"> <PARAM NAME=quality VALUE=high> <PARAM NAME=bgcolor VALUE=#000000> <EMBED src="Scorch.swf" quality=high bgcolor=#000000 WIDTH=440 HEIGHT=320 TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/dow ... </p><i></i>

[Ambush Bug]

Quite a while now, but it's been interrupted with my RL stuff such as moving. I've had a bunch of time to think about how I want this one to go, and what I want it to do, and I'm hoping to give you all a good tale. <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /smile.gif ALT=":)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <p><BR><img src=http://home.earthlink.net/~ambushbugdtm/BugSig.jpg align=LEFT><BR>Member: DTM, XMEN, SeXy<BR>The Drunken ArtilleryBug!<BR>"Roj, target is *hic* <b>DAWWWG</b>-meat!"</p><i></i>

[Timmain]

LOL<br><br>"Kidneys," huh? Wonder where THAT came from, ROFL!<br><br>(You'd have to have met Bug Sr. to completely understand that one, hahaha!)<br><br>=Timmain <p><img src=http://home.earthlink.net/~ambushbugdtm/timmainsig.jpg align=LEFT>"...the enemy's gate is DOWN."<br>-"Ender" Wiggin<br><font size="2" color="red">"Good, bad... I'm the guy with the gun."<br>-Ashley J. Williams: <i>Army of Darkness</i><font><br><font size="1" color="red">Proud Member of the XMEN Clan</font><br><font size="1" color="green"> Slave of Corporate America</font><br><font size="1" color="yellow">"Cellar Dweller"</font></p><i></i>

[Ambush Bug]

<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START ;) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... s/wink.gif ALT=";)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <p><BR><img src=http://home.earthlink.net/~ambushbugdtm/BugSig.jpg align=LEFT><BR>Member: DTM, XMEN, SeXy<BR>The Drunken ArtilleryBug!<BR>"Roj, target is *hic* <b>DAWWWG</b>-meat!"</p><i></i>

[Timmain]

No worries, I use a lot of Dad's and my own personal sayings in the stuff I write. Still too funny tho, to see it in someone else's work. If I didn't know it was you, I'd be very afraid. <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START ;) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... s/wink.gif ALT=";)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br><br>=Timmain <p><img src=http://home.earthlink.net/~ambushbugdtm/timmainsig.jpg align=LEFT>"...the enemy's gate is DOWN."<br>-"Ender" Wiggin<br><font size="2" color="red">"Good, bad... I'm the guy with the gun."<br>-Ashley J. Williams: <i>Army of Darkness</i><font><br><font size="1" color="red">Proud Member of the XMEN Clan</font><br><font size="1" color="green"> Slave of Corporate America</font><br><font size="1" color="yellow">"Cellar Dweller"</font></p><i></i>

[Ambush Bug]

I'm still working on the story, bit by bit. Writing has been difficult since the 11th, but I'm slowly getting the pieces into place. <p><BR><img src=http://home.earthlink.net/~ambushbugdtm/BugSig.jpg align=LEFT><BR>Member: DTM, XMEN, SeXy<BR>The Drunken ArtilleryBug!<BR>"Roj, target is *hic* <b>DAWWWG</b>-meat!"</p><i></i>

[XMEN Ashaman DTM]

Bump<br><br> <p><br><img src=http://www.xmenclan.org/avatars/ashaman2.jpg width=150 align=left><br><left><a href=http://www.dragontalonmercs.com>Dragon Talon Mercenary</a><br><a href=http://www.xmenclan.org>Member of the XMEN</a><br>Have a Nice Day!<br><br>"Politics, war, martial arts;<br>these are tools to bend the <br>universe to your will."</left></p><i></i>