Raging Crimson was the captain of the recommissioned UFS Baron which was renamed the CTS Baron, which stood for Crimson Tide Ship Baron. He had won command of his ship and crew by defeating the last captain in a dual to the death, as is the custom among ship captains in the Crimson Tide. If you killed your captain you could take command, and if you win a dual against another captain you could take their ship and put your own subordinate in charge.
The Crimson Tide was an alliance, but they were pirates first and foremost, meaning they''d have no problem turning against each other to gain more power. The whole idea was good in theory, but not in practice. It did have its advantages though like the infamy that came with being a member of the fleet, and they had a neutral zone where fights were forbidden between the different groups. All of this made it worthwhile to stay with the Crimson Tide.
Raging Crimson had spent ten years working under his predecessor, but three years ago he rallied enough support among his fellow crewmen and challenged his captain to a dual for command. Although all kelafi were capable of using psionic powers very few developed them enough to be considered true threats with them. Raging Crimson was one of the few who had become a powerful psionic and that''s how he was able to easily defeat his captain and take command of the CTS Baron.
Throughout the entire assault up until now Raging Crimson stood on the bridge maintaining contact with the different patrols on the Baron, but now that chaos had spread to multiple sections of the ship, he decided it was time to take matters into his own hands.
“All of you, follow me,” Raging Crimson said as he passed by a patrol.
His first goal was to deal with the three intruders trapped in the common area, then go to the engine room to re-establish order. The Appalachia was last on his agenda because he believed that either his boarding team would break into it, or the turrets would destroy it if they tried to escape.
He walked into the hall that paralleled the common area and saw several of his subordinates just waiting around. Some of them were wounded, but the rest were just waiting for there to be room. There wasn''t a lot of cover in the mess hall, so they were afraid to all go in there and get torn apart by random laser fire.
Raging Crimson established a psychic link with all of his subordinates and began chewing them at. “There are over a dozen of you here, and another dozen on the other side, but you can manage to smoke out three lossy merc''s! Those of you who are just waiting out here, go to the turrets!”
About half a dozen of them ran off down the hall, and Raging Crimson joined the fight in the common area. "I''ll kill these intruders myself."
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Raging Crimson put up a psionic force field that surrounded him up to five feet on all sides as he walked into the common area. The force field looked like a thin gray distortion of air that surrounded his body, and the crew of the Appalachia began to worry once Raging crimson entered the fight.
He was a red kelafi with black eyes, and wore a long black coat, black trousers, red shirt, and a trifold hat that screamed pirate captain. He also had a large black revolver with a wooden grip, and a photon saber on his hip.
“You remind me of Earth roaches. Troublesome, ugly, and annoying. But you will be crushed beneath my book just like any other bug.” Raging Crimson used his psionic powers to toss the chairs and tables that were scattered around the room with just a few waves of his hands.
A couple of pirates tried to rush in, but were gunned down by Morgan.
Raging Crimson tossed their bodies aside with his psionic powers. "Don''t charge in, you fools. I''ll capture the captain, then you can sweep up the other two."
This whole time Captain Starforged and Rodriguez tried to shoot at Raging Crimson, but his psionic field took every shot without any issues. Raging Crimson held out his hand and pushed Rodriguez back against the wall with his psionics. He then held out his other hand and pulled Captain Starforged toward him, and choked him using psionic powers.
Captain Starforged struggled and managed to grab Raging Crimson’s head and pressed into his eyes.
Ahg! Raging Crimson grunted and used his psionic powers to toss Captain Starforged back into the kitchen, knocking the wind out of him.
Morgan and Rodriguez tried shooting several times, but they still couldn''t penetrate his psionic force field.
Seeing Captain Starforged was vulnerable, another pirate tried getting close to shoot him. However, Captain Starforged got up in time, pulled a snub nose revolver out of his coat pocket, and shot the pirate. Captain Starforged shook his hand because of the pain from the guns recoil while rolling over behind the wall to get into cover.
Captain Starforged noticed that Raging Crimson recovered and fired a couple more times. “Blackbird, Harpy take cover.”
Rodriguez and Morgan followed his suggestion. They were trying to stay out of his direct line of sight with the hopes of luring him in. They knew that if they got within five feet of him they be on the other side of his psionic field, and would easily be able to take him out.
Raging Crimson didn’t fall for their ploy, and telepathically communicated with one of his subordinates. “Shoot them on my signal.”
Raging Crimson then threw them into the kitchen faster than Captain Starforged and the Rodr8guez could react. The pirate floated in the air toward Morgan and managed to shoot Rodriguez in the shoulder. However, Morgan killed them before they could shoot again.
Raging Crimson yelled in fury. “Fine, we’ll just wait them out. They’ll get more tired, and more desperate. We’ll be able to capitalize on their mistakes to finish them off.”
After only a few moments of waiting, a voice familiar to the crew of the Appalachia spoke over the UFS Baron’s intercoms. "This is Captain Lich of the AGIS Gomorrah. Surrender, or we''ll blow your ship away, and all of you into the void with it."