Blood red summer

[Lux]

This was it: every dream lux had had in his life, besides being and astronaught, was coming true before his very eyes. His child of a merc corp, Dreadnaught, started with him living in his favorite continent, but now. Now it had grown into something larger than life. As he took stage infront of a portable podium with a white back drop, the cameras turned on him, and every eye in the world was watching his actions. Though how could Lux be scared? His small merc group has grown into an army of the toughest men to walk the earth. This was his time to shine, and his comrades in their uniforms stood before him looking for the inspiration a good leader provides. Their cheers rang in his ear, but fell silent when he began to speak. "Today," he paused for effect ",Today is the day we transcend what we were, and become something greater than for what all of us had dared to dream of." The cheers rang out once more, and were hushed just as quickly as they had started. "Today I stand here infront of the world to say that Dreadnaught is no longer a mercenary cooperation, it is no longer a guild of soilders for hire. Today Dreadnaught becomes an ideal, one that rings through the hearts and minds of everyone here today. Today we stand not as soilders but as brothers and sisters under the unifying flag of dreadnaught " As He spoke these words the white back drop behind him dropped away revealing the new flag of a nation.** "These colors unify us here in Australia under the Dreadnaught family." Lux raised a single fist inti the air and those who supported him did the same. "Today is a new beginning, a new dawn for us. A dawn of prosperity, wealth and safety not seen in this part of the world since before the great war that tore our world in two. Today we tear the world into thirds and stand amongst the giants." Lux lst the cheering continue for a moment before continuing. "Today, Dreadnaught becomes the third distinct faction of this war." With that the soilders let out a hoo-ah "Now if any of my Dreads have anything to say?" He asked stepping down from the podium.

[Arratar Tsagarae]

Arratar couldnt resist a chance and stepped forward. at her side was Cupcake as Kel wouldn't be caught dead around non-drow, but the spider was a decent representative, wearing the Dreadnaught uniform's hat on its evil little noggin."Dread class alpha, Araneae Dread. Commander of the airforce. There will be nothing left of my victims but steaming craters and you can COUNT on that!" she exclaimed boasting of her aerial prowess.

[Degaré Laurent]

Degare stood in amongst the crowd of the other Dreadnaughts. He wasn't really here for the speech but he showed up for the moral support of his fellow men and women. The Ifrit cheered when the remainder of the mercs had and fell silent when they did as well. When the speech was all said and done, the fire wielder piped up,"Can we PARTAY, boss? I've got confetti!".

[Jinx]

Jinx wasn't one for speeches, the fact that she even showed up was based on the fact that the man giving the speech would let her blow shit up. She distracted herself from her boredom with a mixture of twirling her 2-shooter and tossing a bomb up and down. However, when someone spoke up about a party she got a bit excited. "Can we party? It'd be fun! I'll bring the fireworks!"

[Lux]

Lux laughed at Degare and smiled. "When Have I ever not given A reason to party until we get shit faced and then party more?. I just need you to drive my car around so we can get the party started my friend." He thought of how fortunate he really was. This wasn't just a company, or a country anymore. It truly was a family, and family was something lux respected. He also respected the fact he had seven elites of the world on his side. That and a couple plague bombs made Dreadnaught possible, but to sustain an army they we're going to have to have a mandatory draft. Give huge benefits to soilders to make it look good and then keep them with a 10 year contract. Simple really, the US did the samething before the war.

[Arratar Tsagarae]

The lady drow shrugged. "I dont mind celebrating our future success but have something decent to drink and some actual music. If yorue going to d it, do it right." the drow replied, standing besides her spider pal.

[Degaré Laurent]

The eccentric mohawked man wove his way out of the large crowd, motioning to Lux,"Ya got it, Bossman. "And Arry, you know I wouldn't let it be an official party without music and booze". He winked at her and laughed."Lookin' good there, Cupcake" he added before holding up his hand to catch Lux's keys. "Jinx, we need more than the alcohol I've got in my Humvee...you game to go with on a boozahol run??". Sure the people he had worked alongside might not have ever paid attention to him, but he still knew their names and treated them as nicely as he could--even Kel got a few hellos from the Ifrit before. It was hard for the Frenchman to not be friendly when he viewed life itself as one big hoorah.

[Jinx]

Jinx grinned at Degare's offer, and even more so that he remembered her name considering the most conversational thing she's ever done with him is give him a small wave from a distance. "Ya got it skull boy! Just give me a sec to get my things!" She called and strapped the bomb she was tossing up to her belt. She made sure all the others were accounted for too before checking to see if her 2-shooter was loaded. "Alright, all ready. Lets go!" She began making her way to Deg, since she had no idea where the car was.