After Earth - Episode II - Beyond Colonial Space.

[Shayuri]

Mel scratched her cheek as the anomaly loomed large.

"That's a big wedgie," she commented. "Not much we can do about it though. Would you rather take the chance of getting torn apart by that thing, or of getting off the beacons, and starving to death lost in hyperspace for all time? I have no idea which is riskier, so it's basically whichever you feel like ordering."

[Rhun]

"What the hell?" mutters Damon, strapping himself into his seat. "I'm trusting you, Mel. Do it!" He looks back at the others. "Strap yourselves in...its like to be a bumpy ride."

[ethandrew]

"Oh god," Pierce said, looking for the nearest available seat to strap in. He hadn't really forayed into space adventures yet, stuck on Unity for his life, so most of the happenings so far were new to the man. And although he'd never admit to being actually scared or afraid, certain things like being torn apart by a big wedgie did instill a certain sense of nervousness.

[Shayuri]

"Couldn't have said it better myself," Mel mutters as she reaches over to flick a series of switches that then glow ominously red.

"Cnosos, two things. One, *safeties are off, so get your butt strapped into something in five seconds or less. Two, I need you to put everything we've got into the engines. Life support too. If this doesn't work, we're probably dead anyway, and if it does we'll be through it before we can suffocate."

"Gaetanna, if you don't want to be a crimson stain on the wall, get into a chair and strap every last point of the harness. That goes for anyone who hasn't got the point yet too. Strap in. I'm not kidding."

She takes a deep breath then and closes her eyes, one hand resting loosely on the control yoke, the other on the throttle slider. Seconds tick past as she waits for people to get ready. The ship shudders as it starts to slide into the gravitational effect, and shear off away from the beacon path.

Mel opens her eyes and slammed the throttle forward.

Several things happened at once. A titanic roar thundered through the Gold Greed's spaceframe, seeming to shake the very soul of the occupants. As this happened, everyone and everything aboard the ship suddenly weighed several times as much as usual, but that weight was pulling them not to the floor...but to the back wall. And finally, the ship shot forward like a proverbial flying rodent escaping from a mythological plane of punishment, swerving back onto the beacon path and diving straight into the heart of the maelstrom!

(The dreaded Pilot roll gets 31!! That's a 19, ladies and gentlemen!)
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* Engine safeties are automatic software controls embedded into every ship's fly-by-wire operating system. They interact with throttle adjustments, softening accelerations to levels safe for humanoid occupants, and for the physical structure of the spacecraft. Most engines of even human design are capable of accelerations that far exceed those safe levels, at least for periods of time. Flying with safeties off is considered foolhardy, even for experienced pilots, since anyone can make a misjudgement, or accidentally apply more force than needed in the heat of the moment. However, with the safeties off, a spacecraft can achieve performance it would normally not be permitted by the software...though there's no guarantee it will survive it.

[Relique du Madde]

"I was sitting down..." Gaetanna strapped herself in her seat then is sent spinning as it pivoted with the ship's movement. "Ugh! Where's the possition lock on this thing.. I think I'm going to be sick..."

[Rhun]

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[b]OOC: A 33 actually, with Damon's aid another. Probably won't matter much, but hey...let's take it anyway. [/]b

[Rhun]

Damon's eyes remain glued on the sensor displays as he tries to feed all the necessary information to Mel to help her pilot through the hyperspace wedgie.

[Voda Vosa]

Cnosos had just sat back and straped himself to the seat after driving all energy sources to the engines and turning safety off. The tremendous force of the short fly let him wordless.
"..."

"I'll plug safety on when you want."

[Dr Simon]

Solly had watched with mild interest, without comment, as the others had not only revealed the presence of a sophisticated AI on board, but has systematically demolished Gaetanna's self-confidence. Interesting people.

And now this, plunging headlong into a super-charged hyperspace anomaly. This is one situation you can't talk your way out of, Gancz, he told himself, hands clenched on the arm-rests of his acceleration couch so hard it the impression might be there forever. He tries to whistle Lillabulero, finds his mouth is too dry, tries to hum it instead but all he manages is:

"Eep!"

[Blackrat]

The inertial push towards the backwall was too much for the ancient dampeners on your ship but it soon subsided as the gravitic forces on the anomaly started pulling on you. First to the right, then up, then to three different directions at once, feeling like it was trying to rip you apart and it continued like that the whole 10 minutes it took to navigate through the storm. Luckily Mel managed to avoid the strongest vortexes and keep the ship on the beacon eventhough the anomaly tried hard to pull you out of course. Three times a charged shock almost hit the Greed but with fast reflexes and Damon's aid Mel managed to dodge them.

As you near the outer edge of the anomaly, Damon picks a signal on the sensors. There's another ship that has cleared the storm. It seems to have been hit by an energyblast, probably one of the storm's "lightnings" and is slowly drifting out of the beacon range.

[Relique du Madde]

Exausted from the ship's buckling, Gaetanna sunk in her seat. "Is it safe to unbuckle yet?"

[Rhun]

"Not quite yet," mutters Damon, his hands working the console. He directs the ship's sensors to scan the other vessel, looking for life signs and the overall condition of the other ship. "Mel, can you bring us in closer to that ship?"

Computer +10 as needed.

Also, does our ship have grapples or tractor beam or anything?

[ethandrew]

Pierce unlatches his protective belts and straps. He stands, keeping a hand on the seat to support himself in case something crazy happened. "I'm going to the guns, just in case. Yell when you want me to fire, Damon," he makes for the ladder that will lead him to one of the ship's guns.

[Relique du Madde]

"Maybe we should also try hailing them..."Gaetanna quickly tried to link her HUD to the ship's external comm system.

Computers +3

"Hello? Is anyone there?"

OOC

I'm figuring that Gaetanna needs to roll since she only been a ship's passenger, and not a member of it's crew, so her finding the right hailing frequency would be hit and miss.

[Shayuri]

Melara wiped some sweat off her forehead and leaned back in the pilot's seat, taking a second to force her fingers to unclench from the control yoke. Damon's question gets her attention though, and she gives him an irritated look.

"Are you kidding? I just flew us through...of course I can bring us in closer."

The buzz of her accomplishment now thoroughly harshed, Mel flicks the engine safeties back on and jockeys the Gold Greed towards the disabled ship, muttering under her breath.

Not even a 'thank you,' or a 'nice job.' Some days it just didn't pay to get in the chair.

[Blackrat]

Mel takes the Greed closer to the disabled ship which gives Damon a better sensor reading, making it possible for him to recognice the ship as a Syrran, Impaler-class cruiser. Greed's sensors are not good enough to detect lifesigns but Damon can determine that most of the ship's systems are failing, including lifesupport. From the scorchmarks across the hull it is obvious that a huge energy blast has gone through the ship, frying it's engines and other systems.

Gaetanna fails to establish contact, but she's not sure if that's because she's unfamiliar with the comm-system or because no-one is answering.

[OOC]Rhun, yeah Greed has grapplers. Technically, as the Syrran ship is unable to fight back, it is simply a matter of engaging them and you can take the ship on tow if you wish.

[Relique du Madde]

"I'm not getting any responce from that ship... could someone check to see if I'm actually sending them a message?"

[Voda Vosa]

"Yes, let me see...." Cnosos says as he unstraps himself and gets to Gaetanna terminal to check the message

Computer use: +9

[Rhun]

"She's dead in space," says Damon. "Our sensors don't have enough resolution for me to tell if anyone is still alive over there, but all of her primary systems are failing..." He ponders the situation for several moments. "Might be some valuable salvage for us, though."

[ethandrew]

Stopping at the ladder, Pierce looks out the window at the disabled ship, his hands gripping the cold metal leading to the guns. In his head he was silently cursing a missed opportunity to blow things up, but boarding and salvaging a ship was always fun too, or so he imagined.

"What if there are survivors? They won't much like us taking their stuff," the gruff man states as he hocks up phlegm in his throat and considers spitting it before he swallows.