Note: This takes place a year after the events of the Takrin roleplay already in progress.<br/><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://th04.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2010/336/b/4/tempest3_panel_sample_by_ferres-d343xlv.jpg)</div><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">The Elggur had found Takrin, emerging from the Void in a reaper ship to conquer the planet.  Upon first sighting the massive ship, anyone with transport had fled the planet, leaving only the orbital mass launchers to desperately try and stave off the massive ship.  Lances of ionic energy had swept them away, leaving them open.  Large, bulky harvesters descended into the atmosphere and began to land the cybernetic troops, capturing or killing any in their path.  The battle had gone badly, as the scattered armies of the Nei raced to defend.<br/><br/>Since then, the Elggur had pursued the army as they fled across the deserts.  The Nei, aware that to fight head on with the Elggur was suicidal, had kept the army moving and staging ambushes and guerrilla attacks to throw the Elggur off balance.  The ministers were kept secluded aboard the Royal Airship, while the Nei herself led the army with her Nesstren allies.  Slaves were commandeered from their private owners to tend to the needs of the army, be it medics, armorers, laborers, or lovers.  The Nei sat at the planning table, a paper map laid out showing the nearby terrain with symbols marking where the scouts had spotted the foul Elggur while other symbols represented the bulk of the Nei's armies.  They were nearing the Uuthli Mountains, where they planned to stage an ambush in the narrow passes.<br/><br/>The Elggur were dangerous because they took bodies, whole or not, and used them to extract DNA and any necessary parts.  The results were warriors that were stronger than humans, but slower to react to changing situations.  When an Elggur fell, the parts were recycled and reused, meaning their numbers took time to whittle down to nothing.  Only by destroying the entire body could they be truly destroyed.  Any soldiers on the ground would be staging their ambushes with care, lest they get captured or killed.  The most horrible fate imaginable was to be caught and taken back to their harvesters, where horrible things were done before they were finished and turned against their own friends and family.<br/><br/>"<strong>Pilot says we have twelve hours until the Uuthli Mountains, so we have that long to plan our attack.  I am open to any suggestions, so please don't hesitate to speak up.</strong>"<br/><br/>The Empress looked about the room, at her important advisers and warriors.  Each one wore the form fitting flexi-armor that was semi-transparent, used to deflect kinetic rounds and some knife weapons.  There wasn't any armor capable of withstanding the deadly Elggur energy cannons, but they were so difficult to bring to the front that they were rare to see in combat.  The armored vehicles roaming the deserts harvesting the dead bodies were hard to kill, and so it was only with lightning attacks that they were making any dent in the massive armies of the deadly enemy.</span>