[FTL RP, WE'RE BACK, REBOOTED!] The Rogue Cadets

[BrenTenkage]

Back when the Pelican had been contracted by the Federation to transport virus samples from the quarantine zone, they were one of the fastest cargo haulers out there. Times had changed however and newer engines reached the market... the crew had been fortunate to have been refitted a few weeks ago with a powerful aftermarket cargo hauler drive.
As the black hole formed nearby to the station and ships began frantically escaping, the Pelican engaged the thrusters, moving away quickly from the black hole.

"We can't keep at maximum thrust forever" the Chief Engineer reported to Eden.
"Don't worry, we won't. But if we don't get the coordinates quickly, we will be doing a blind jump"
"A blind jump?" Lux asked. She knew that if a ship didn't have a beacon locked in or couldn't find one, they could engage the engines and end up stranded in space, or worse.
Like when you ride a bike off the path and into the arboretum, she thought to herself, You end up damaging yourself, the bike and attract the attention of some very angry gardeners.

Then the co-ordinates came in. Eden pressed the "Jump" button on the console and the cargo hauler shot off into hyperspace, away from the event horizon of the black hole - just in time too. "We're reporting light spaghettification on the rearward thrusters. Nothing a good multitool can't fix though" the Chief Engineer said once the ship arrived at the next beacon.
We made it... but where's Jake's ship? Shouldn't he be here waiting for us with all that fancy equipment? Lux thought to herself, looking at the Robin.

Fun fact, spaghettification is an actual scientific term

The robin had entered the space at around the time of the Pelican...

"ugh, not fun, no idea where we are" Bren muttered smacking the terminal a bit, the map was blinking in and out, might have been the black hole or something that scout had.

"Calling on all frequencies, anyone here?" he hailed

'I am fine, no damage to our ship I can see" Ruwen said after looking around

[JakeCollins]

Jake had it. The shield bubble was elongated, being pulled into the black hole. Jake barely remembered this from a physics seminar he fell asleep in, but shields can create slight gravitational drag in the presence of strong gravitation.

Normally, the shields would've collapsed, like the Robin and Pelican. But the Purple Shield, oh, the Purple Shield, held the shields together any way it could. So, in this extreme example, the Purple Shield prevented the shields from collapsing, adding gravitational drag to the spacecraft. The super shields were preventing the ship from establishing a stable jump field!

"Cut all shields. I repeat. Cut all shields immidiatly!" Jake shouted, as a piece of the station tore off and flew at them, grazing the shield layer.

[TheLonelyAI]

Jake noticed the Robins engines were charged. He transmitted the coordinates of the destination, as he watched the Robin slowly sink into the Black Hole. It was halfway into the Event Horizon when he watched the ship just barely manage to jump into Hyperspace, to safety.

They were not so lucky. For whatever reason, the Jump Sequence was frozen, unable to charge. Just like the Robin, the new ship was falling into the black hole, using all of its thrust to keep it away from the brink of destruction. They were sinking slower than the Robin, because the new ship had more advanced thrusters. An unlucky Slug cruiser flew past, tumbling into the abyss below.

The shields were up, and falling debris rattled like hail against the shield bubble. Jake saw pieces of shrapnel fly at the windshield, only to be blocked by a purplish pulse of light, a few meters away. He saw on the scanner that the shield bubble was elongated, as it too was being dragged into the hole.

"Engine room! Report! Why can't we jump!?" Jake shouted into the comm as a Rock ship tumbled past.

WOL hadn't found anything of interest within the station, so, he returned to the ship and waited until they were ready to leave. Once preparations were made, they were ready to leave, until...
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"Behold the power of the Rebel Empire" was the last thing WOL heard before all hell broke loose. Everyone, and everything was enveloped by the black hole's gravitational pull. Some fought, others fled, it didn't matter, they still ended up dead in the end. WOL had refused to accept this fate, he knew that if they died now, the war would be lost.

The ship's Engines charged quickly, with this new technology, they stood a chance at defying fate. But fate was a cruel Mistress. The FTL drive was full. They could jump now, but they didn't. Why? Jake's voice came out of the intercom, asking what was wrong. WOL didn't know what to say, until realization struck him. He responded in a mortified tone. "The gravitational pull is too strong. Nothing can escape a black hole. Not even light. Jake... We're dead." He ended in a resigned tone.

[JakeCollins]

Jake noticed the Robins engines were charged. He transmitted the coordinates of the destination, as he watched the Robin slowly sink into the Black Hole. It was halfway into the Event Horizon when he watched the ship just barely manage to jump into Hyperspace, to safety.

They were not so lucky. For whatever reason, the Jump Sequence was frozen, unable to charge. Just like the Robin, the new ship was falling into the black hole, using all of its thrust to keep it away from the brink of destruction. They were sinking slower than the Robin, because the new ship had more advanced thrusters. An unlucky Slug cruiser flew past, tumbling into the abyss below.

The shields were up, and falling debris rattled like hail against the shield bubble. Jake saw pieces of shrapnel fly at the windshield, only to be blocked by a purplish pulse of light, a few meters away. He saw on the scanner that the shield bubble was elongated, as it too was being dragged into the hole.

"Engine room! Report! Why can't we jump!?" Jake shouted into the comm as a Rock ship tumbled past.

WOL hadn't found anything of interest within the station, so, he returned to the ship and waited until they were ready to leave. Once preparations were made, they were ready to leave, until...
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"Behold the power of the Rebel Empire" was the last thing WOL heard before all hell broke loose. Everyone, and everything was enveloped by the black hole's gravitational pull. Some fought, others fled, it didn't matter, they still ended up dead in the end. WOL had refused to accept this fate, he knew that if they died now, the war would be lost.

The ship's Engines charged quickly, with this new technology, they stood a chance at defying fate. But fate was a cruel Mistress. The FTL drive was full. They could jump now, but they didn't. Why? Jake's voice came out of the intercom, asking what was wrong. WOL didn't know what to say, until realization struck him. He responded in a mortified tone. "The gravitational pull is too strong. Nothing can escape a black hole. Not even light. Jake... We're dead." He ended in a resigned tone.

"Uh, excuse me. But the whole point of having a "Faster Than Light Drive" is to go Faster Than Light! (Role FTL credits!) Kyrie! Cut those shields!" Jake shouted, desperate to prove WOL wrong.

[stylesrj]

From visionary directors Ridley Scott and Michael Bay comes...
"Nothing can escape a black hole! Not even light!"
"That is why we must go... Faster Than Light!"

Full trailer pending. Movie also pending.

"Pelican here" Eden said in response to which then Lux added "And I'm fine too Bren. Looks like the Rebels are expanding their influence."
Eden sighed "You can say that again. I thought I had seen enough atrocities at the quarantine zone when they glassed major population centres"

Lux looked at the footage being played back to the crew of the Pelican (and transmitted to the Robin in case they did not get any telemetry or wanted a different angle).
"I think the Rebels are taunting us. Why waste such a powerful weapon on a space station?" Lux asked "Why not a Federation-controlled planet?"
"Because you can't exactly resettle a spaghettified world?" Eden suggested "Whereas a space station can be destroyed and replaced within a day or two."
Come on Jake, you can do this! Lux thought to herself.

[Chickengames]

Kyrie frantically searched the display for what she had done just moments before. She found the right slider and reduced power to zero, and the shields went offline. She looked out the window and saw the light and matter being stretched and pulled beside them. "They're down! Jump!"

[BrenTenkage]

From visionary directors Ridley Scott and Michael Bay comes...
"Nothing can escape a black hole! Not even light!"
"That is why we must go... Faster Than Light!"

Full trailer pending. Movie also pending.

"Pelican here" Eden said in response to which then Lux added "And I'm fine too Bren. Looks like the Rebels are expanding their influence."
Eden sighed "You can say that again. I thought I had seen enough atrocities at the quarantine zone when they glassed major population centres"

Lux looked at the footage being played back to the crew of the Pelican (and transmitted to the Robin in case they did not get any telemetry or wanted a different angle).
"I think the Rebels are taunting us. Why waste such a powerful weapon on a space station?" Lux asked "Why not a Federation-controlled planet?"
"Because you can't exactly resettle a spaghettified world?" Eden suggested "Whereas a space station can be destroyed and replaced within a day or two."
Come on Jake, you can do this! Lux thought to herself.

"Wait they glassed population centers, I thought both sides had a non agression treaties on non combatives" Bren said checking the systems on his terminal, the engines were a bit overworked, so gonna be a bit before he could jump again. He mentally made a note to improve his engines next time he had a chance.

[stylesrj]

Eden laughed at the Zoltan's idealism "Typical Zoltan. You think your treaties are your bond and cannot fathom anyone breaking them."
"The Rebellion looks at those with The Gift as a bunch of crazy, diseased cannibals" she continued "In a sense, receiving The Gift on the Pelican was a greater blessing than receiving it on a planet. In the Zone, you're too busy trying to survive for food to even think about space travel... so if the Rebellion decides to bombard your planet from orbit, no one's going to complain. The whole sector is quarantined anyway."

[JakeCollins]

The ship rattled violently as the very fabric of space began contorting on the edges of Jakes window. Finally, the shields dropped.

Fragments of broken ships began pelting the ship, sounding exactly like a hail storm. Just moments later the "Jump" light went on, and Jake jumped.

There was a low streching sound as the ship slowly rose into hyperspace. The engines began drawing massive amounts of energy. Jake directed all power to engines, even simple subsystems like lighting.

Everything was black, minus the light shining through the window. The light of stars being bent and contorted. At this point, Jake could barely make out the station, stuggling high "above" them, doomed to fall. The other light was from the red, blinking siren signifying red alert.

They were almost completely in the black hole, but not REALLY. The jump sequence got them caught between Hyper and Normal space. They were slowly "acending" into Hyperspace, but the black hole held them back.

"You can do it..." Jake said to no one. Sparks flew everywhere. The hull plating was peeling back. The whole ship shuddered like it was riding a cloud of intimate thunder. Jake saw breeches forming as tears developed from stress on the ship. The glass of the windshield was cracking,accompanied by a symphony of screeching metal.

All the sounds fell away. The siren blaring, the screeching metal, the hull being pelted. Everything seemed to slow down, and Jake squeezed his eyes shut, as his ship- his glorious ship- crumbled around him.

And then, with a final ROAR from the engine, there was a flash of light, and they were free.

[TheLonelyAI]

Jake noticed the Robins engines were charged. He transmitted the coordinates of the destination, as he watched the Robin slowly sink into the Black Hole. It was halfway into the Event Horizon when he watched the ship just barely manage to jump into Hyperspace, to safety.

They were not so lucky. For whatever reason, the Jump Sequence was frozen, unable to charge. Just like the Robin, the new ship was falling into the black hole, using all of its thrust to keep it away from the brink of destruction. They were sinking slower than the Robin, because the new ship had more advanced thrusters. An unlucky Slug cruiser flew past, tumbling into the abyss below.

The shields were up, and falling debris rattled like hail against the shield bubble. Jake saw pieces of shrapnel fly at the windshield, only to be blocked by a purplish pulse of light, a few meters away. He saw on the scanner that the shield bubble was elongated, as it too was being dragged into the hole.

"Engine room! Report! Why can't we jump!?" Jake shouted into the comm as a Rock ship tumbled past.

WOL hadn't found anything of interest within the station, so, he returned to the ship and waited until they were ready to leave. Once preparations were made, they were ready to leave, until...
===============================================
"Behold the power of the Rebel Empire" was the last thing WOL heard before all hell broke loose. Everyone, and everything was enveloped by the black hole's gravitational pull. Some fought, others fled, it didn't matter, they still ended up dead in the end. WOL had refused to accept this fate, he knew that if they died now, the war would be lost.

The ship's Engines charged quickly, with this new technology, they stood a chance at defying fate. But fate was a cruel Mistress. The FTL drive was full. They could jump now, but they didn't. Why? Jake's voice came out of the intercom, asking what was wrong. WOL didn't know what to say, until realization struck him. He responded in a mortified tone. "The gravitational pull is too strong. Nothing can escape a black hole. Not even light. Jake... We're dead." He ended in a resigned tone.

"Uh, excuse me. But the whole point of having a "Faster Than Light Drive" is to go Faster Than Light! (Role FTL credits!) Kyrie! Cut those shields!" Jake shouted, desperate to prove WOL wrong.

"What am I saying?" Added WOL. "To hell with it, throughout this journey, I've witnessed almost nothing but close calls, somehow, I've ended up escaping everytime. I've gotten this far, I'll be damned if I give up now." Said WOL, completely betraying his previous mindset.

"Captain, wherever you go, I'll follow. To the ends of the Galaxy, and back" he said in a resolute tone.

"Besides, I look damn good. How would the universe ever cope if it lost me?" WOL said somewhat playfully.

WOL cut off the transmission. Whatever plan jake had in mind, he was willing to follow.
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The ship rattled violently as the very fabric of space began contorting on the edges of Jakes window. Finally, the shields dropped.

Fragments of broken ships began pelting the ship, sounding exactly like a hail storm. Just moments later the "Jump" light went on, and Jake jumped.

There was a low streching sound as the ship slowly rose into hyperspace. The engines began drawing massive amounts of energy. Jake directed all power to engines, even simple subsystems like lighting.

Everything was black, minus the light shining through the window. The light of stars being bent and contorted. At this point, Jake could barely make out the station, stuggling high "above" them, doomed to fall. The other light was from the red, blinking siren signifying red alert.

They were almost completely in the black hole, but not REALLY. The jump sequence got them caught between Hyper and Normal space. They were slowly "acending" into Hyperspace, but the black hole held them back.

"You can do it..." Jake said to no one. Sparks flew everywhere. The hull plating was peeling back. The whole ship shuddered like it was riding a cloud of intimate thunder. Jake saw breeches forming as tears developed from stress on the ship. The glass of the windshield was cracking,accompanied by a symphony of screeching metal.

All the sounds fell away. The siren blaring, the screeching metal, the hull being pelted. Everything seemed to slow down, and Jake squeezed his eyes shut, as his ship- his glorious ship- crumbled around him.

And then, with a final ROAR from the engine, there was a flash of light, and they were free.

WOL could feel the gravity getting stronger. He adapted his body to cope with the sudden increase, but it still felt as if he was being crushed by a hydraulic press. Still he resisted, he resisted the urge to give up. He could hear the hull plates being pried loose. Large cracks appeared on the wall, ceiling, and floor. Even small cracks appeared on his face.

He could feel death coming close. A few moments more, and they'd be turned into nothing. A fading memory, scattered along the winds of change. WOL continued to resist, if this really was his time, then he would delay it as much as possible.

He was literally being torn apart, body becoming undone. He could see the light, it was bright, it was so bright, it was-.....