BrenTenkage wrote:Chickengames wrote:All this time, Kyrie was focused on keeping the shields up with all the asteroids pummeling them. She was vaguely aware of sounds of fighting somewhere in the ship. As soon as the slug ship was hit with a rather large asteroid, she breathed out a sigh of relief. I think I'm starting to like this space stuff.
As she sat back, there was mostly silence, except for the noise of a door opening. Kyrie looked to the side and saw the shield room door close. That was weird... She glanced around the room again, but saw nothing. As she turned back to the console, a hand clamped around her mouth. Immediately she tried to wrench it off, but it wouldn't budge. The hand was human, and it was huge. Another hand twisted her arm behind her back painfully until she let go. "That's better." The voice was human too. The hand around her mouth was replaced with a gag, and her other arm was pulled around, where it was tied to the other.
Kyrie had been to scared to say anything until now. "Who are you?" It was barely understandable through the gag. The voice answered: "That doesn't matter. Here's what's going to happen. We're going to go out that door and up to the cockpit. If you scream or resist, you'll lose a finger." The man lifted a knife in front of her face. "Understand?" Kyrie nodded, eyes wide and shaking.
"Good. Let's go." The man put his hand on the back of her neck and pushed her toward the door. They walked out of the room, him very close behind her. Kyrie could feel the guy against her, and that he was a huge guy. They walked up the ship to the cockpit and stopped outside. The man put away his knife and pulled out a gun, pressing the barrel against Kyrie's head. Then, they stepped closer and the door opened, revealing Bren sitting in the pilot's chair.
"Alright did you deal with the intrud-" he turned and then saw the man and his hostage
"Shit...I see..." he said calmly, "So what now?" he asked, "You want this ship and my crew?" he asked calmly, trying to come up with a plan, but he had nothing (yeah I'm not gonna get out of this, I've done enough control of Ruwen being a badass, someone else should have a turn being a badass LOL)
Eyesight Technology wrote:Did someone say badass?
Jake dropped out of an incredibly smooth FTL Jump. He immediately brought the shields up, including the temporary Purple Shield layer. "You said sensors picked up high energy particles?" He asked the AI... Sarah.
"Yes. I just did a sensor update - high energy particles. The only reason I could identify them was because energy interference was so low in this asteroid field. Any energy signatures stand out immediately!"
"These damm asteroids! I can't dodge them!" Jake shouted as a rock grazed the Purple Shield, decreasing its power.
"Would you mind allowing me to pilot? No offence, but a computer program generally has much better reaction time." She smiled, somewhat embarresed at the comment.
"Uh, sure!" Jake said. He was feeling quite awkward alone with a sentient computer program.
"You don't have to be embarrassed around me Jake. If you would like me to end my Avatar to make you feel more comfortable, and go to audio only... Or, no Audio at all. I could just pilot without a UI (User interface)" She said, kindly.
Jake laughed nervously "You can read my thoughts... right... No, it's fine. It'll just take some getting used too."
"No, really, it's OK. I'll deactivate the holographic emitters" Sarah said, obviously feeling hurt and dejected.
"No please, really! Sarah, it's fine-" Jake started but she disappeared, without another word. Suddenly, the helm stopped responding. A new message appeared on the screen.
>Piloting Interface transferred to available AI Entity. Resume manual control? (y/n)
Jake sighed. I can't belive I just offended a computer program.... He thought. But then she remembered she could hear that. Oops
With piloting under control, Jake headed to weapons room. He was terrible at weapons, but he needed to try. He managed to power on 2 of the 3 weapons (3 weapons I guess... IDK.Two are powerful laser weapons and one is a missile.
He watched on the front sensors as they reached a ship - some sort of Slug Cruiser. And the good ol' Robin A. It was not under attack, there seemed to be a ceasefire. Jake wondered why. He took a scan of the Robin, to see general damage. Onboard, there were two Slugs, as well as an unidentified human, and the rest of the crew.
Jake waited for a few rocks to knock down the shields of the Slug Cruiser, and opened fire with the 2 (laser) weapons available. The Slug ship took extreme damage. With the barrage of shots from both laser weapons, the Slug hull literally crumpled. Multiple breeches and fires appeared. The ship was down to a single hull point. A nearby rock flew at the cruiser and it was torn apart.
These weapons... Jake thought as he analyzed the sensor data. One of the weapons broke down the molecules of whatever it touched. The others sent waves of energy reverberating through the hull metal, uprooting anything in its path.
Jake hailed the Robin. "This is Captain Jake Collins calling the intruders of the Robin A. While I would normally order you to withdrawal back to your ship, I have already ripped it to shreds."
Jake forcefully docked this ship with the Robin, and grabbed an energy rifle from the airlock. He burned open the door with a lazer knife, and clambered onto his old ship. He used his special code to open the internal airlock, and hopped into the hall. He went straight to the Piloting deck, and opened the door. He stayed back as the door slid open - for as soon as the door opened a shot flew through the doorway.
Before the intruders' gun had time to reload, he bust in and shot the intruder straight in the head.
"Prepare to be boarded," He said, smiling.
Suddenly, Lux and WOL burst through the door, and Lux tackled Jake to the floor, almost decapitating him with the Mantis blade.
Eyesight Technology wrote:Did someone say badass?
Jake dropped out of an incredibly smooth FTL Jump. He immediately brought the shields up, including the temporary Purple Shield layer. "You said sensors picked up high energy particles?" He asked the AI... Sarah.
"Yes. I just did a sensor update - high energy particles. The only reason I could identify them was because energy interference was so low in this asteroid field. Any energy signatures stand out immediately!"
"These damm asteroids! I can't dodge them!" Jake shouted as a rock grazed the Purple Shield, decreasing its power.
"Would you mind allowing me to pilot? No offence, but a computer program generally has much better reaction time." She smiled, somewhat embarresed at the comment.
"Uh, sure!" Jake said. He was feeling quite awkward alone with a sentient computer program.
"You don't have to be embarrassed around me Jake. If you would like me to end my Avatar to make you feel more comfortable, and go to audio only... Or, no Audio at all. I could just pilot without a UI (User interface)" She said, kindly.
Jake laughed nervously "You can read my thoughts... right... No, it's fine. It'll just take some getting used too."
"No, really, it's OK. I'll deactivate the holographic emitters" Sarah said, obviously feeling hurt and dejected.
"No please, really! Sarah, it's fine-" Jake started but she disappeared, without another word. Suddenly, the helm stopped responding. A new message appeared on the screen.
>Piloting Interface transferred to available AI Entity. Resume manual control? (y/n)
Jake sighed. I can't belive I just offended a computer program.... He thought. But then he remembered she could hear that. Oops
With piloting under control, Jake headed to weapons room. He was terrible at weapons, but he needed to try. He managed to power on 2 of the 3 weapons (3 weapons I guess... IDK.Two are powerful laser weapons and one missile.
He watched on the front sensors as they reached a ship - some sort of Slug Cruiser. And the good ol' Robin A. It was not under attack, there seemed to be a ceasefire. Jake wondered why. He took a scan of the Robin, to see general damage. Onboard, there were two Slugs, as well as an unidentified human, and the rest of the crew.
Jake waited for a few rocks to knock down the shields of the Slug Cruiser, and opened fire with the 2 (laser) weapons available. The Slug ship took extreme damage. With the barrage of shots from both laser weapons, the Slug hull literally crumpled. Multiple breeches and fires appeared. The ship was down to a single hull point. A nearby rock flew at the cruiser and it was torn apart.
These weapons... Jake thought as he analyzed the sensor data. One of the weapons broke down the molecules of whatever it touched. The others sent waves of energy reverberating through the hull metal, uprooting anything in its path.
Jake hailed the Robin. "This is Captain Jake Collins calling the intruders of the Robin A. While I would normally order you to withdrawal back to your ship, I have already ripped it to shreds."
Jake forcefully docked this ship with the Robin, and grabbed an energy rifle from the airlock. He burned open the door with a lazer knife, and clambered onto his old ship. He used his special code to open the internal airlock, and hopped into the hall. He went straight to the Piloting deck, and opened the door. He stayed back as the door slid open - for as soon as the door opened, a shot flew through the doorway.
Before the intruders' gun had time to reload, Jake burst in and shot the intruder straight in the head.
"Prepare to be boarded," Jake said, smiling.
Suddenly, Lux and WOL burst through the door, and Lux tackled Jake to the floor, almost decapitating him with the Mantis blade.
