Postby phantam23 » Mon Sep 17, 2012 7:56 am
Aisha:
“All crew to stations!”
The human’s voice reverberated through the hull as we prepared for jump. A moment later, the ship shook violently, doors clanging in their places and there was a sudden forward boost, as if a great wind had pushed from the front of the ship. I fell, talons splayed across the hard metal floor. One of the crystal-things, Eckmanis, quickly bent down and grabbed my claw, pulling me to my feet. From the small sensors in the engine room, we could see that the ship had stopped and was hailing another ship. A moment later, the ship shook again, and I fell once more. This human captain’s voice sounded.
“Sorry for the sudden jump, we’ve got a small job to do, we have to take down a rebel ship attacking a small trading post.”
Eckmanis looked at me with a blank stony look.
“The Captain is straying from the desired path to perform favours. At this rate, we will be caught by the rebel fleet.”
I gave him a blank look, mandibles slack and open.
“What fleet?”
He slid out a data tablet, on which there was a picture of a massive fleet, painted orange and blue, at the middle of which there was a massive ship, with multiple triple weapons systems, and something else.
“Why would they chase a single cruiser?”
I inquired, but Eckmanis simply replied.
“We know their secret, they want our heads, it’s simple.”
Before I could inquire further, the human captain opened comms with me.
“Aisha, Eckmanis, go to the teleport bay, Butters, man the engines.”
I leapt up and scurried towards the bay, Eckmanis ponderously following behind.
“Aisha, I want you to rip up their weapons systems and anyone who follows in, understood? Eckmanis will follow you and help.”
I nodded, and waited in the teleport bay for Eckmanis.
“Enemy Sighted, prepare for teleport.”
There was a squelching, as my limbs disintegrated, then my body. I closed my eyes, and then I could no longer feel them. A half second later everything returned and I was standing in a weapons bay. The door opened, and a human walked in. He stopped, dropping the data slate he was carrying and whipped out his blaster, I leapt towards him, talon slashing across his uniformed chest, as blood splurted across. A blaster shot pierced my gut. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Eckmanis wave his hand, crystal forming across the entire room. Two on one it would be then. He fired a burst of crystal from his palm at the man, even as I slashed at him. The human ducked, rolling beneath my feet, his blaster forgotten as he withdrew a plasma cutter and charged at Eckmanis. I lobbed a ball of acid at him, as Eckmanis fashioned a blade of crystal from his arm, Piercing the man’s shoulder. The plasma cutter fell to the ground, along with his arm, and the next strike took his head.
Robert Supulche:
“Hold fire, don’t shoot until we’re sure they are back in.”
Our shields fizzled on and off from the constant laser barrage, my comms buzzed to life, as Reese yelled out.
“Missile Incoming, Brace for Impact.”
The missile impacted with the hull, crystal cracked, as the explosion smashed open our oxygen generator.
“Enzonda get to the O two room.”
I got up, sprinting over to the room, repair tool in hand, when I reached there, the crystal man was already at work, crystal reforming over the cracks in the roof, as I set to work fixing the console.
Aisha:
The crystal wall evaporated, as two more men entered. I turned to Eckmanis, and noticed he was cracked and wounded, a clear liquid leaked from the cracks.
“Run for it, seal one in with us.”
I yelled, sprinting out of the room.
“I don’t have enough power!”
“Run anyway, you’re wounded and I can’t take on two human’s at once.”
Adrian Reese:
“Damn!”
A laser shot smashed into the weapons systems, taking out the sweet sweet burst lasers. I reached for the console, quickly reconfiguring and managing the nanobots to bring the weapons back online. I reached forward, rep-tool pointing at the wires under the console, when a missile crashed into the weapons room, detonating, I raised my arm to shield my face, and the explosion charred my arm slightly. Wincing in pain, I reached down and grabbed my rep-tool with my left hand and resumed work.
Aisha:
We ran down the corridors, in circles, over and over. I could hear the missiles firing and the panicked comm chatter from our ship. I turned, and as the two humans entered the door, I leapt at one. My mandibles clicked into place around his soft sweet flesh, as I ripped out his throat in one bite, Talons scything through his chest. Then the wave of pain hit me. From the corner of my eye I saw Eckmanis stumble back, as blast after blast impacted into his chest. I could see my intestines spilling out of my slashed open abdomen, the dead rebel’s plasma cutter embedded into my thorax. My vision blurred. I opened comms and whispered.
“Boarding failed, get us out.”
There was a squelch…
Robert:
“Aisha, Eck, get to the Medbay immediately, Adrian, halt repairs and fire the heavy crystal gun.”
The massive crystal shard pumped out, and landed, destroying their weapons systems as it punched straight through their hull. A moment later, a missile smashed into the shield control, setting it alight.
“Enzonda, put out that fire, Butters, move to assist, Eckmanis, resume shield duties.”
I issued a string of orders, my heart racing as I spun the ship around to face the enemy. Butters patched through the comms.
“Fire is out, but the progenitor is charred.”
“Enzonda, get to the medbay. And when your healed, follow Aisha to the teleport pad. Robert, fire the Heavy Crystal at their weapons systems.”
The shot fired, and the ship stopped.
“Aisha, get over there.”
Half an hour later, Aisha and Enzonda returned.
“All their crew are dead, we salvaged some fuel and drone bits, and lots of scraps.”
Comms opened, as the trade outpost responded, thanking us and offering us their goods. A few repairs and a drone system to install the Defense drone we had salvaged from the ship earlier, and we were ready to jump.
