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

[stylesrj]

"There hasn't been an EMP that can fry the systems of this old bird" Eden remarked when Sarah explained the effects of a nuclear weapon on a starship "Cargo ships have some pretty hard systems" Augments discovered: Titanium System Casing and Rock Plating... ok just kidding...

Just then she saw the missile fly through the Mutare's shields. The same sentiment was shared amongst everyone. "I'm spinning up the drives and taking a course out of here..."

Just saying, the biggest threat a nuke would be in space is the explosion. Seriously, military equipment is EMP hardened. Throw it into the future and I'm guessing even civilian ships would have it.
I think ion weapons work on a different capacity and their effects are only temporary anyway rather than crippling.

[epiccuttlefish]

You can salvage a black hole weapon from the wreckage, but all of the data on how to use it was erased by the EMP from the nukes, so you wouldn't be able to use it. Also, the salvage drones probably have some way of communicating with the mystery ship.
Maybe you could try to get it to stop attacking you...

[BrenTenkage]

"There hasn't been an EMP that can fry the systems of this old bird" Eden remarked when Sarah explained the effects of a nuclear weapon on a starship "Cargo ships have some pretty hard systems" Augments discovered: Titanium System Casing and Rock Plating... ok just kidding...

Just then she saw the missile fly through the Mutare's shields. The same sentiment was shared amongst everyone. "I'm spinning up the drives and taking a course out of here..."

Just saying, the biggest threat a nuke would be in space is the explosion. Seriously, military equipment is EMP hardened. Throw it into the future and I'm guessing even civilian ships would have it.
I think ion weapons work on a different capacity and their effects are only temporary anyway rather than crippling.

"I'm with ya on this one, we need to get the hell out of dodge" Bren said trying to impute the jump, but his FTL drive kept lockign up

"Umm guys I think whatever is out there has something to hold us here..." he said realizing how boned they were

[stylesrj]

"Could also be the plasma storm" Lux suggested to Bren "The engines are struggling over here as well; the reactor power has to be reduced in half. You should probably do the same thing Bren before you overload it."

[BrenTenkage]

"Could also be the plasma storm" Lux suggested to Bren "The engines are struggling over here as well; the reactor power has to be reduced in half. You should probably do the same thing Bren before you overload it."

Bren was checking, "Shit your right..." he groaned and disabled power to his shields to add to his engines...

"Fucking Nebulas, just want to put on record I wanted to go to the Mantis Sector"

[JakeCollins]

As the FTL Drive was charging, Sarah appeared behind Jake. "Jake, let the FTL Drive charge, sure, but if you can salvage a Black Hole weapon and immediately jump away..." She said. There was a loud shudder as another missile hit the ship, far behind Jake.

Jake signaled the others. "All ships that are able, charge your FTLs and be ready to jump. Once your FTL is charged and ready for fast-action, we are going into the danger zone. Repeat. Charge your FTLs to be ready for escape, we are going into the danger zone."

Once his FTL drive was charged, Jake shot the Mature forward, weapons blazing at PTs (Federation term for 'Potential Targets') on sensors. All shots were NIC. (Federation term for 'Negative Impact Confirmation' which is a fancy way of saying 'I don't think it hit anything...' I made both of these terms up, BTW)

Jake continued firing, as another self-guided-super-missile rocked the ship. He was almost to the zone of the wreckage, he couldn't back down now!

"This is the Mature to the Pelican" Jake said, barely dodging another missile. It had come from a thicker layer of fog, and Jake barely had any time to compensate. "We are almost to the wreckage. I'm gonna cover you, while you get a Black Hole Induction weapon, or something else useful. Once you've got something, you will jump away, and not wait for me. I'll be right behind you," He cut the transmission before they could respond.

Suddenly, he remembered that there was a defense drone onboard, that he could control with his thoughts. But it's not like any drone could get a weapons lock in fog like this. Plus, communication between the drone and the ship would probably be dysfunctional. But still, worth a shot. In the academy simulators, there was this one game that a young engi had programmed - a game where you collect drones and play with them as pets. There were various activities centered around taking care of your drones. You named your drones, too. So, out of habit Jake decided to name his drone. Allright Sparky, deploy! He thought.

Sparky the drone navigated away from the ship, but its navigation went offline and it spiraled off into the swirling fog, desperately trying to find its way back to the ship. It took less than ten seconds for Sparky to be completely lost in the abyss.

Sorry Sparky... Jake thought.

"External drones are useless in this nebula!" Jake shouted into the radio. "Communication is limited, so stay close. We're almost there!"

[BrenTenkage]

As the FTL Drive was charging, Sarah appeared behind Jake. "Jake, let the FTL Drive charge, sure, but if you can salvage a Black Hole weapon and immediately jump away..." She said. There was a loud shudder as another missile hit the ship, far behind Jake.

Jake signaled the others. "All ships that are able, charge your FTLs and be ready to jump. Once your FTL is charged and ready for fast-action, we are going into the danger zone. Repeat. Charge your FTLs to be ready for escape, we are going into the danger zone."

Once his FTL drive was charged, Jake shot the Mature forward, weapons blazing at PTs (Federation term for 'Potential Targets') on sensors. All shots were NIC. (Federation term for 'Negative Impact Confirmation' which is a fancy way of saying 'I don't think it hit anything...' I made both of these terms up, BTW)

Jake continued firing, as another self-guided-super-missile rocked the ship. He was almost to the zone of the wreckage, he couldn't back down now!

"This is the Mature to the Pelican" Jake said, barely dodging another missile. It had come from a thicker layer of fog, and Jake barely had any time to compensate. "We are almost to the wreckage. I'm gonna cover you, while you get a Black Hole Induction weapon, or something else useful. Once you've got something, you will jump away, and not wait for me. I'll be right behind you," He cut the transmission before they could respond.

Suddenly, he remembered that there was a defense drone onboard, that he could control with his thoughts. But it's not like any drone could get a weapons lock in fog like this. Plus, communication between the drone and the ship would probably be dysfunctional. But still, worth a shot. In the academy simulators, there was this one game that a young engi had programmed - a game where you collect drones and play with them as pets. There were various activities centered around taking care of your drones. You named your drones, too. So, out of habit Jake decided to name his drone. Allright Sparky, deploy! He thought.

Sparky the drone navigated away from the ship, but its navigation went offline and it spiraled off into the swirling fog, desperately trying to find its way back to the ship. It took less than ten seconds for Sparky to be completely lost in the abyss.

Sorry Sparky... Jake thought.

"External drones are useless in this nebula!" Jake shouted into the radio. "Communication is limited, so stay close. We're almost there!"

Bren was working to dodge other wreckage, wondering what was going on, "Why were all these rebels destroyed, thought they were on the same team" he thought

[stylesrj]

Eden made a coughing sound at the suggestion of flying her cargo ship into a guarded area with no ships on screen and probably automated at that too.
She was going to say as much to Jake when he of course went in there like... Like a Federation Cadet... this is why I stuck to being a longshoreman... she thought to herself, reducing power to the inertial dampeners and flying into the danger zone with the engines powered up.

Lux stood at the sensor station, trying to get a read on anything useful. Might as well say that ship scanners are probably just larger versions of medical scanners and thus Lux has cross-training because her skillset as a doctor makes her rather limited.
"Any theories as to why there's a whole bunch of wrecked ships? I'm guessing an accident with containment or something" she asked Bren. Sensors were only picking up vague shapes; the Pelican wasn't going to stop in the middle of the danger zone or linger about for too long before jumping.

[BrenTenkage]

Eden made a coughing sound at the suggestion of flying her cargo ship into a guarded area with no ships on screen and probably automated at that too.
She was going to say as much to Jake when he of course went in there like... Like a Federation Cadet... this is why I stuck to being a longshoreman... she thought to herself, reducing power to the inertial dampeners and flying into the danger zone with the engines powered up.

Lux stood at the sensor station, trying to get a read on anything useful. Might as well say that ship scanners are probably just larger versions of medical scanners and thus Lux has cross-training because her skillset as a doctor makes her rather limited.
"Any theories as to why there's a whole bunch of wrecked ship? I'm guessing an accident with containment or something" she asked Bren. Sensors were only picking up vague shapes; the Pelican wasn't going to stop in the middle of the danger zone or linger about for too long before jumping.

"Maybe AI ship went buggy, or someone wanted to become a pirate, all the wrecks are rebellion, who knows what happened. Not picking up any life signs either, outside of us. But it could be the nebula screwing with that" he said

[epiccuttlefish]

Just a minor thing, but I was imagining the mystery ship to be firing high-velocity kinetic energy rounds (think MACs from Halo), not missiles. If you want it to be firing missiles, I am fine with that. Also, I am noticing that some people want an explanation for the event. The explanation is rather simple. The first part is that the mystery ship is the same ship that destroyed the Rebels, and is not using its nukes for fear of damaging the salvage drones still at work among the wreckage. The second part is that the mystery ship and the salvage drones are not Rebel ships; instead, they are security, protecting the main facility of the most advanced research & development institution in the known galaxy. Also, this R&D institution may be where time travel was/will be invented and where the Mutare was/will be made