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Everything fell silent, Sediment was unsure of what just happened. Even the beep on his wristband stopped, Wait what? How could it disappear just like, 'All rockman units retreat, RETREAT!' The station started to implode, Sediment heard Jake scream 'RUN' and he did just so. He ran into the Mature, into the cockpit, then he remembered that he wasn't the captain of the ship. He'd been so used to being alone on a ship that he forgot that he was in a ship with an actuall crew. I've got to remember that this isn't The Vortex. Wait, where is the captain? He must still be on the station! 'Jake, your cap...' then he heard the phrase, 'This is Commander Jake Collins.' 'Wait, YOUR THE CAPTIAN? I'm trying to hide from the rockman government and my captain is a KID?' I'm going to die. Plain and simple, I'm going to die.

Bren spoke up, "Captain Bren of Vanguard Scarab, moving out" he said making his way further, as he was the first one out he had the luxery of not having as many people after him or blocking him

When Nicholas saw the station collapse, he makes the run of his life returning to the ship.
Chaos. All ships getting out of here. A rock ship, sure of his plating, rushed through one of the walls , maybe in order to kill the situation quickly.
When he had the Pelican in view, his start humming cold, thick air. Void.
The gravitational module of the station start dying, and Nicholas did an immense jump to rush to the ship
Part and debris of the station were flying in outer space, and one almost hit Nicholas.
A pirate helped him to get aboard the ship in total chaos.

Lux and Eden found their way back to the Pelican during the chaos. Somehow.
"Punch it!" Eden informed her crew as soon as she was past the airlock. The cargo hauler set off explosives on the docking clamps, Always pack those for emergencies when Port Authority couldn't reach you in time Eden thought as the hauler used the momentum and its engines to move as far as possible from the station.
"Remember the SSEP" Lux said to Eden.
"I might not be on speaking terms with that kid but I've already got a plan based on his" Eden grumbled back as she dropped the shields down and then ordered her crew in the shield room to try out an experimental technique they discovered with the shield modulation system. "Nicholas seemed to have done some modifications to the power coils and my crew says it might be a crazy enough plan to work."
"What plan?" Lux asked "I thought he was working on our engines?"
"I'm told a skilled operator can find out ways of making the shields charge faster. Something about focusing the energy where the blast is going to be, so less overall energy is used..." Eden explained to Lux "But these crazy bastards says that the modulators can also be used with our artificial gravity to create a gravity well..."

The shields in the front of the hauler flickered to life and the ship seemed to be pulled forwards much faster than normal; the effect only lasted a second before the shields winked out but Lux found it rather impressive. "We can get a small speed boost at the cost of our shields" Eden remarked "Maybe Nicholas could take a look at it himself once we're out of here and see if he can make this even faster?"

And then of course, this technique is adopted to the Mature and Scarab and other ships for more awesome
I mean why not beat a singularity by creating your own little gravity well?

The Lanius Ships following them made their way out of the Grip of the Black hole to boot, they sent their message translated to "Made it Fleet"

Bren smiled, glad to see that they considered everyone here their Fleet.

"Me and my boys are accounted for, ready for the jump" he said waiting for the corridanate from the boss

So using the shields to create a gravity well Jake thought as the Mature clawed away. I like it...

"Sarah! Do what they just did!" Jake shouted. Sediment looked confused seeing Jake shouting into an empty room. Sarah appeared, and he nearly fell out of his chair.
"Already on it!" Sarah responded. "And with the Purple Shield technology, we can go even faster!"

They activated the shields within the proper modulation, rocketing them forward and incredible speeds - soon zooming past the Pelican which was previously far ahead of them. When the shields dropped, Sarah came in over the comms.

"Let's not do that again. It did plenty of damage to our shield Matrix. I can only imagine how spent the Pelican is right now."

CONGRATS! We discovered a new technology, which might be useful in emergencies but won't really be used cause it rips apart your shield matrix!

Sediment thought Jake was crazy when he was talking at a wall. 'What are yo...' Sediment was then scared out of his rocky skin by Sarah, then he quickly got a hold of himself. 'What is that? It some kind of holographic device. I've never seen something like that, not at this level at least.' So that's how he's still alive, this hologram, thing, is telling him out to stay alive. I knew a kid couldn't be captain of a ship, a fleet no less, without a consolation. Sarah momentarily glared at Sediment sort of offended about what he thought about Jake and then she got back to what she was doing.

The Pelican arrived a few minutes later; the ship didn't look any worse for wear than it normally did. The shield bubble then flickered to life twice to indicate the extent of their damages. Eden suddenly came onto the comms "Pelican reporting in. Looks like someone was a bit too eager to try something new with their girl."
Lux gave a small chuckle at that one "In all seriousness, your shield system doesn't look too good according to the sensors, Jake. You should ease up on the shield modulators next time we're caught in a singularity."

I was thinking of the shield modulation trick as something like you take ion damage to the shields in exchange for a short burst of speed. So you'd be vulnerable to lasers but you might dodge a missile. At least that's how the pelican will roll with it and not damage their shields.

stylesrj wrote:The Pelican arrived a few minutes later; the ship didn't look any worse for wear than it normally did. The shield bubble then flickered to life twice to indicate the extent of their damages. Eden suddenly came onto the comms "Pelican reporting in. Looks like someone was a bit too eager to try something new with their girl."
Lux gave a small chuckle at that one "In all seriousness, your shield system doesn't look too good according to the sensors, Jake. You should ease up on the shield modulators next time we're caught in a singularity."

I was thinking of the shield modulation trick as something like you take ion damage to the shields in exchange for a short burst of speed. So you'd be vulnerable to lasers but you might dodge a missile. At least that's how the pelican will roll with it and not damage their shields.

Well, their has to be a serious drawback to using this technique. Otherwise, it'd be all over the galaxy by now.

Once the fleet had settled at a nearby beacon and repairs were underway, other refugee ships started jumping into view. Jake pulled the fleet aside, into a "huddle" away from other ships. He spun in his chair to face Sediment.

"I am Fleet Commander Jake Collins, Captain of the USS Mature and leader of the United Rogue Union." He said flatly. "Take notes, you're in for a wild tale. I was formerly a cadet in the Federation Academy, training to become a Federation Captain. My friends and I abandoned our training and stole a de-commissioned ship, the USS Robin."

Jake could see a dazed look cross Sediments face. No doubt the hijacking of a Federation museum antique had been great news throughout the galaxy. It's not every day that a museum piece jumps into hyperspace and is used to explore the galaxy.

"After evading multiple Federation units, the Feds deemed us worthy to support them. We are a distinct unit SEPARATE from the United Federation, and we call ourselves the United Rogue Union. The Union is allied with the Feds, but we don't consider ourselves a part of 'em anymore. Anyways, the Feds recruited us with a top-secret mission. I've bet you haven't seen a weapon like that in ya' life." Jake was talking about the Black Hole. "The Rebel Alliance, you've heard of them, is experimenting with Black Hole Induction technology. The ability to create Black Hole Singularities and use them as weapons. Our mission is to find the Rebel's Black Hole research and put a stop to it - the Rebels could take over everything and wipe out entire planets if their tech gets advanced enough. The Robin was later destroyed, but we got some other ships - the Pelican, a crack-pot bunch of insane cannibals, the Scarab, a nice ship, Captained by my buddy Bren from the Academy, a fleet of Lanius, an ancient race of metal-based lifeforms, and this." Jake gestured around him. "The USS Mature. A ship from 400 years in the future."

There was a long pause.

"Any questions?"

PS: My username MIGHT BE CHANGED. If this happens, I will no longer be "Eyesight Technology," I will be "JakeCollins.

So don't be alarmed if suddenly some new guy appears, it's just me.

I requested this change to the Subset Games support because Eyesight Technology is the name of my "bootleg company," and when I first made this account I intended it to be for that usage only. However I find myself using it much more for personal use (cough cough THIS ROLEPLAY cough cough) so I thought a change would be appropriate. Just a heads up!