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Bren was relaxing in his seat when he noticed something, outside of the satalite base he could see Captain Obsideons Cruiser going to intercept the new ship.


(and I will be playing his final moments, all you have to do Eye is repell his attack and finish him off, have fun ^_^)

"This is Captain Obsidian, all rebel classed ships are to leave this beacon, or you will be fired on and scrapped"

The Autoscout obviously did not answer, no it was scanning the enemy ship, chance of victory, 99.99 Percent (with a .01 margin of error)

"Fine be that way, FIRE EVERYTHING!"

Bren was smiling when he saw the mighty macross missile attack was launched...however....

"Thanks Sarah. I'll just take the next opportunity to tell them I guess." Sarah had to go talk to Jake, who had boarded on the other side. Kyrie got up from the airlock and walked to the shields station, feeling a little better. Jake then came over the comms, describing the situation with Lux and the cannibals. Cannibals? I must have missed a lot wandering around. She thought back to when Lux had told her about the Pelican. So Lux is involved with canibals now? I guess I missed a lot wandering around

Kyrie was trying to focus on how the new shield system worked, but kept being distracted by her shirt rubbing on the still sensitive tat on her back. This in turn reminded her of her father and brothers, a subject she was trying to forget for now. The ship suddenly went into red alert, the sensors showing a rebel scout with the new weapon nearby. Shit, I wasn't expecting us to see one of these so soon. She quickly brought up the shields as the ship undocked.

stylesrj wrote:Lux became a doctor because she wanted to cure things like her mother. That wasn't a lie. Just that her mother didn't actually provide a proper cure, more like a suppressor because seriously, if any old starship with a Level 3 medbay could cure a plague...

Oh ok. It's fixed now.

Naturally only having recently become "allies" the information about the Black Hole weapon was kept secret from the Pelican's crew.
Lux said "Looks like Jake's ship is preparing to leave" as she received a comm message from the AI Sarah about the threat. "I think there's something up about that Rebel Scout that they don't want to stick around for"
"All hands to stations" Eden replied, sitting at the helm and adjusting her seat to be closer to the console. "We are leaving"
She looked to Lux "We've rigged the cargo teleporter as a boarding system. Captain Obsidian can handle the scout. We're not equipped for combat operations against them."
"No doubt. I saw a Dual Laser and a Mk.I Burst Laser" Lux commented.
"You can tell the difference between the two just by looking at them?" Eden asked, mildly impressed.
"The Jensen Family have a long history of being laser weapon aficionados" Lux laughed "My grandfather flew the Red-Tail back in the Mantis/Federation War..."
And then it was used as Captain Awesome's starship, the Red-Hawk, she thought to herself.

Ever noticed how the Dual Laser and the Burst Laser Mk.I look identical? Well maybe they just use the same casing and only someone who knows their laser guns can tell the subtle differences.

stylesrj wrote:Naturally only having recently become "allies" the information about the Black Hole weapon was kept secret from the Pelican's crew.
Lux said "Looks like Jake's ship is preparing to leave" as she received a comm message from the AI Sarah about the threat. "I think there's something up about that Rebel Scout that they don't want to stick around for"
"All hands to stations" Eden replied, sitting at the helm and adjusting her seat to be closer to the console. "We are leaving"
She looked to Lux "We've rigged the cargo teleporter as a boarding system. Captain Obsidian can handle the scout. We're not equipped for combat operations against them."
"No doubt. I saw a Dual Laser and a Mk.I Burst Laser" Lux commented.
"You can tell the difference between the two just by looking at them?" Eden asked, mildly impressed.
"The Jensen Family have a long history of being laser weapon aficionados" Lux laughed "My grandfather flew the Red-Tail back in the Mantis/Federation War..."
And then it was used as Captain Awesome's starship, the Red-Hawk, she thought to herself.

Ever noticed how the Dual Laser and the Burst Laser Mk.I look identical? Well maybe they just use the same casing and only someone who knows their laser guns can tell the subtle differences.

(Maybe same manufacturer, so similar casing or even the dual laser was first and the Burst Lasers came later using the same tech)

Sarah monitored the sensors closely. A strange looking weapon unfolded from the bottom of the scout, which was unusual, considering most weapons were mounted on the sides of ships.

It was jet black, to match the rest of the auto scout. The black cylinder was attached to the craft by a retractable black arm. The end of the weapon was not a typical laser point, but rather a cluster of 5 orange coils of wires.

The sensors showed that the coils were building up energy, eventually reaching a peak. After a few seconds at peak energy, there was a massive dip in energy. And a spatial disturbance - a Black Hole - was formed. This black hole was super-compacted, sensors showed it was trying desperately to expand into a normal size. But it was held in place by some kind of intense energy field.

Ships were allready breaking away from the station and jumping away, but the fleets' FTL had not charged yet. Suddenly, the auto scout broadcasted a message on all frequencies, in the standard robotic tone.

"Induction field will intentionally release. Black hole is expected to expand rapidly. Behold the power of the Rebel Empire."

To Sarah's horror, the field holding the black hole in place collapsed. The black hole rapidly expanding, engulfing the Rebel scout first. The horizon of the black hole rushed forward, consuming a nearby Mantis fighter. It didn't stop there. The station itself began firing huge retro thrusters, slowly moving away from impending doom. But it was too slow, and the black hole began pulling the station twoards it. The station desperately fired thrusters, yet slowly but surely, it sunk into darkness.

The fleet all began turning away and firing engines, attempting to keep away from the hole long enough to jump away.

Eyesight Technology wrote:Sarah monitored the sensors closely. A strange looking weapon unfolded from the bottom of the scout, which was unusual, considering most weapons were mounted on the sides of ships.

It was jet black, to match the rest of the auto scout. The black cylinder was attached to the craft by a retractable black arm. The end of the weapon was not a typical laser point, but rather a cluster of 5 orange coils of wires.

The sensors showed that the coils were building up energy, eventually reaching a peak. After a few seconds at peak energy, there was a massive dip in energy. And a spatial disturbance - a Black Hole - was formed. This black hole was super-compacted, sensors showed it was trying desperately to expand into a normal size. But it was held in place by some kind of intense energy field.

Ships were allready breaking away from the station and jumping away, but the fleets' FTL had not charged yet. Suddenly, the auto scout broadcasted a message on all frequencies, in the standard robotic tone.

"Induction field will intentionally release. Black hole is expected to expand rapidly. Behold the power of the Rebel Empire."

To Sarah's horror, the field holding the black hole in place collapsed. The black hole rapidly expanding, engulfing the Rebel scout first. The horizon of the black hole rushed forward, consuming a nearby Mantis fighter. It didn't stop there. The station itself began firing huge retro thrusters, slowly moving away from impending doom. But it was too slow, and the black hole began pulling the station twoards it. The station desperately fired thrusters, yet slowly but surely, it sunk into darkness.

The fleet all began turning away and firing engines, attempting to keep away from the hole long enough to jump away.

Captain Obsidean watched in horror as all his missiles were devoured, un able to get past the black hole

"Damn it, RETREAT ALL HANDS REREAT!" he called out on all frequencies, Bren didn't waste time and boosted out of the hanger, nearly getting side swiped by a panicking pirate scout ship.

"Shit shit shit" Bren muttered, "alright gotta warp, Captain give me the cords, where we going? because I do not want us seperated!" he called out as he watched the giant rock cruiser slowly get away from the black hole continuing to fire missiles.

"Everyone, it was an honor to fight for you all"

It was the Captain

Bren went onto the frequency, "You need to get out of here, you can fight another day, we can beat them, we just need more forces, and if you die out here, then it will be for nothing" Bren declared

There was a pause, and sadly Bren never got the response, he got too far away from the coms, and he was also too far to now see the cruiser or get a read on it. (Meaning he could come back in the future or he might have died due to the Black hole weapon)

"Captain the jump cords, I can't stay here and dodge these asteroids and panicking ships forever!" he called out beinging to panic himself

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.

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