Assault on Vjun

by ErustovinicOrder

Darth Erustacus, after many years of remaining dormant on his remote planet, has been disturbed by a strong ripple in the force. An old brother has returned, a new threat must be faced. However it has been many years since Erustacus has seen battle will he and his men be able to overcome the odds in order to secure their place in the annals of Galactic memory.

1. The Disturbance

The Disturbance:

As the Republic fleet and all those on VJun are made aware of the true power of the Darkside and the manifestation known only as Famine, the shockwaves from the Vortex vacuum sent through the force travel for parsecs across the galaxy stretching far and wide. For those sentinents and weaker minded force-user's their ears begin to bleed from such raw power being telegraphed through the force. But to the trained and masterful ears , this massive disturbance in the norm of the force is a message, a calling, a tasty appetizer of power to behold and it sends an excited shiver down the spines of such seekers of raw , true power. One such being is the ancient lord known as Erustacus. A man who is not known to many in the galaxy, due to only the fact that during Erustacus's youth and early period he left so very few alive in the galaxy to remember him.

Erustacus , an even older manifestation of evil than Famine, witnessed the beginning. The early battles between light and dark only left shades of grey, until the day Famine met up with Erustacus, a chance meeting, Erustacus the lord of plague and decay felt a similar and all powerful aura around the child. He took Famine with him giving him rigorous training , imparted knowledge of pain, physical deprivation and the art of Famine. Erustacus was so proud. He knew Famine to be far beyond himself in power and knowledge, thus he let him go his own path only shortly after the devastation and pillaging of life they had done to the systems. Erustacus knew Famine was his own master the entire time guided by some external force. Erustacus, being a manifestation himself, knew that this external force was the Great Dark. Erustacus remembered the smell, texture of Famine and felt it wash over him once the shockwaves reached his planet.

Deep within the Irguian Rain forest on the planet Abbaji , deep in the outer rim territories, was a temple encrusted with forest life. A pitch black temple lay within the enormous canopy above, the forest around the temple was covered in a thick black fog, caused by whatever was residing within. The few who dared to brave the mists only got a few feet before collapsing and decaying rapidly to a pile of dried up skin and bodily fluids, gruesomely bleeding black ooze from every hole before collapsing. Erustacus would laugh from his throne within the dark temple. But his laughter was interrupted this time by a massive bath of odor-de-Famine . Lord Erustacus simultaneously released a massive amount of thick, black, plague smoke from his body that billowed out of his specialized ancient Sith armour. As black as his soul, the heavy armour was a bold contrast compared to the sharp brightness to the blood red LED's present on his helmet and armor, they brightened as his rage swelled. He knew that Famine was in trouble and had released an immense amount of energy. Erustacus roared and the planet trembled in fear, animals ran, and people bared their doors and windows fearing the ancient lord of the planet had finally snapped and was about to envelope them all in a wave of darkness.

Erustacus looked over from his throne to the smaller sections of his Temple , and called forth his most trusted and feared enforcers. The PLAGUE LEGIONAIRES. A now twisted, corrupted group of 56 warriors that originally fought alongside Erustacus in his very first battle. For their skill in battle they were given the honor and curse of being plagued as Erustacus was, to a minor extent. Black veins, and plague smoke flowing through them , they were diseased catalysts and personal plague bombs if killed. Amplified killing techniques and physical aptitude these men were top notch fighters and wouldn't die less a terminal wound was delivered, such as decapitation or disintegration from explosion. They felt no pain as they were embodiments of Erustacus's disease and made any non-force user crumble beside them from the deadly aura they released. Slowing movement and mental thought and causing physical poisoning of the organs and skin. These were the men Erustacus trusted more than any in the galaxy and he knew he would need them on this most important of missions.

The Plan:

Erustacus gathered with his prime advisors and leaders of the legionnaires. Entropious his promising apprentice and newest addition to the hundreds year old temple and legionnaires, sat beside him and listened to every word. Legionnaire Commander Petrov and special Plague Commando 56 , the last and best installment in the legion, sat across from the Great Lord of Plague and Decay. The entire group convened in the long lost language of Ruskilau , a specialized morgukai-sith dialect imparted upon Erustacus from the Great Dark itself.

Petrov: " My lord the men have waited for a chance like this for centuries, we can expand our numbers and make the galaxy tremble at our might once more, we have relatively modern equipments and weapons to face the republic foe."

56: " I've faced such fools on Ryloth, they are of no concern, their weapons are. We must act quick to grab them and use them to our advantage. We should send more wounded back for the entire galaxy to know who did it, if we just kill the fools we will be forgotten in no time."

Erustacus : " No time for discussion! I am still getting headaches from the shockwaves, when they stop we are too late! We mobilize now! Entropious go to the Sludge lake and prepare the ships for travel and load our weapons with 56 so the legionnaires are ready and prepared to fight. Petrov you and I shall morally prepare the men for battle, there is no doubt it will be a long voyage we must set out immediatly."

After convening and performing the separate duties , the group launched, guided only by Erustacus's knowledge of the force and his headaches that were accompanied with pulsating smoke from his ventulated suit. He knew they would make entry into Vjun's orbit in less than a few hours and decided not to reach out to Famine, thinking Jedi would have been present for Famine to cause such a dramatic ripple. Erustacus broke his thoughts as an old transmission came through from the Republic fleet. They were calling for surrounding local fleets to assist on Vjun, Erustacus sent a phony message stating his fleet would come to reinforce and bolster the Republic troops. Once landed Erustacus would strike like a viper to the stranded Republic forces, catching them off guard and hopefully reaching Famine, Entropious would guide him to the escape ship.