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<blockquote data-quote="Deuce Traveler" data-source="post: 6477736" data-attributes="member: 34958"><p>Arkos was the first to walk in, muttering in disgust, “We’re just children. Or adults that never got to be children.”</p><p></p><p>“Explain,” thundered a metallic, hollow voice from inside the dark chamber ahead. The doors slid closed once more as the heroes entered, their footsteps echoing on the smooth, steel floor. Dim light was provided via several machines with flickering lights and by a large, glowing red lens resting high on the far wall. The red lens flickered and moved in a manner resembling an eye falling upon the group. Once more the voice bellowed, “Explain.”</p><p></p><p>Arkos understood the request and gestured to the others while he answered. “Gaia, we are the children of the CS Warden staff, or perhaps the genetic clones of them. I am Arkos, this here is Mellisande, over there is Sarpot, the tall one is Nerin, and last but not least is Lealani. I believe that if you were to examine us closely you would find the genetic imprints of our parents among us.”</p><p></p><p>A crimson beam of light issued forth from the red lens and traced a pattern over each of the heroes. “Mellisande has the imprint of Melissa Athens, Keeper of the Arts and musical prodigy. Also of Doctor Trevor Sander, renowned robotics engineer and computer programmer. Sarpot has the genetic code of Marshall Potter, CS Warden Chief of Security, and of Sarah Grammerest, ship psychologist. Arkos, you have the genetic imprint of Jacques d’Arc, the Warden’s expert on Alien Biology. Also, of Yuki Shotenboc, who wrote several journals on Earth Plant Biology and Terraforming. Lealani, I detect DNA traces of Marcus Leazan in you, the ship Meterologist and travelogue journalist. And of Anya Loki, the ship Physicist. And Nerin has the genetic sequence of Nara Singhe, CS Warden Pilot and that of Kedar Kisharm, CS Warden Navigator. It would seem that you are their human children, the few that survived the attack on the nursery, but I also detect among you many more dormant human genetic strings and also a large range of non-human genetic strings from various species, both animal and plant.”</p><p></p><p>“Watch it, pal. I’m all man,” Sarpot growled.</p><p></p><p>The voice paused for a moment, briefly unsure how to proceed. “No offense was meant, Sarpot. The genetic strings I detected are rarely active in your genetic makeup, and those that have been activated seemed to have been done in order to enhance certain attributes of yours such as heightened strength or intelligence. It seems that the primary purpose of the genetic coding was to make you into a walking DNA library. I theorize that you were altered in this way so that your native colony of Luna would not be completely obliterated by the Sathar threat. There was some talk of this before. It was only theoretical at the time, but was named the Metamorphosis Alpha project.”</p><p></p><p>Mellisande reasoned, “So we are the key to revitalizing not only our people, but our world. But we do not need to do so. What we need to do is push the Sathar out from the CS Warden and find the survivors.”</p><p></p><p>Gaia responded, “I detect there are no longer any human survivors outside of you five. The remaining non-Sathar species have recently been reduced to numbers that make their continued survival doubtful. Further, the CS Warden has been trapped inside a wormhole for decades, and the power supplies I have been managing as the Geological/Biological Artificial Intelligence and Analysis system are near exhaution due to overuse and age. We were not meant to travel this long without maintenance service and retrofits.” </p><p></p><p>“The CS Warden was one of a dozen colony ships attempting to escape the incursions into the Terra Star System. Because the CS Warden was a generation ship, it had been already travelling for a long time in the search for habitable systems. The crew went into hibernation stasis pods once the CS Warden opened a wormhole for the jump into its new target star system, one that the other colony ships had already made the safe jump towards. Unbeknown to the crew, a Sathar ship had followed it and docked with the ship. Most of the spent decades went by as the long-lived Sathar tried to enter the ship, but were pushed back by the ship defensive system. Unfortunately, the computer running the ship defenses was intelligent enough to defend against boarders, but not intelligent enough to send war robots into the Sathar vessel in order to retaliate. This meant that the Sathar would spend many years designing and constructing their own war machines to broach the Warden. There was always the assumption that an attempt to board the Warden would occur during combat operations where the crew would be awake and active, so there was no protocol for the ship’s defensive computer to try and awaken the crew, nor was there an attempt to inform me, so that I could release the many hundreds of human farmers and workers in the biosphere levels who might also have assisted. Eventually the Sathar figured out how to reprogram the human machines and began to move further into the ship. A red alert was called, and I took over defensive operations as my programming was allowed greater latitude to examine the situation. First, I turned worker robots into makeshift fighting robots and increased production on a new line of war machines that were to be stored in the biosphere levels. When my efforts did not suffice, I began to use the Metamorphosis Alpha project to create creatures who could fight the Sathar, but had trouble developing them in great enough numbers to be effective. Then I woke the human crew who in turn began to arm the biosphere humans and teach the developed mutations. Every action seemed to come a bit too late as all we succeeded in doing was delay the inevitable. The CS Warden core is failing, our defenses have collapsed, and it is only a matter of time before the Sathar gain access to the navigation files I have hidden in order to leave the wormhole. Once out of the wormhole, they will find the last coordinates of space in which the human colony ships had fled, and finish off mankind. Which is why I am prepared to overload the core and destroy both this ship and the connected Sathar vessel.”</p><p></p><p>“And what of us?” Nerin demanded. “I refuse to just roll over and die after all this fighting. You can give up if you wish, but at least allow us the chance to attack the Sathar and win the day.”</p><p></p><p>Gaia responded, “The only reason I have not overloaded the core is because of you. You are here, and that itself is a small victory. I have a ship waiting for you in the docking bay near here. It has a small bit of weaponry and scientific exploration equipment on board as it was used by your parents to observe planets and their suitability for life. If you can make it to the ship, I will initiate the navigation sequence which will terminate the wormhole and deliver us into normal space. You will have only a short window to escape before I finish the countdown to detonation. And you must hurry. As we have been talking, I have sensed increased robotic and Sathar activity in the nearby halls.” The doors behind the heroes slid open once more.</p><p></p><p>“Thank you, Gaia. We won’t let you down,” Lealani promised.</p><p></p><p>“I am a machine, Ms. Lealani. I am not ever ‘let down’. However, I am sure your parents would have been pleased to know that you all, and therefore the genetic history of the colony planet of Venus, still survives.”</p><p></p><p>“As does the hope for mankind, if I have anything to say about it. Let’s go,” Nerin demands.</p><p></p><p>The group quickly traversed the corridors, guided by flickering lights that traced arrows along the floor, courtesy of Gaia. With this help they were able to navigate through most of the new combat patrols all the way to the sealed doors leading to the docking bay. But there, standing proudly with his hands clasped behind his back, stood Andvari the Betrayer. He looked upon the five somberly and said, “This is one of several sealed doors we had not yet accessed, but I had guessed Gaia might have let you to actually meet with her, and therefore she might allow you into the exploration ship. It was a slight chance, but with catastrophic implications. I suppose this means she has the means of letting you escape? And if so, that she plans to blow up the ship before allowing the Sathar loose. She told me the last bit of her thoughts when we were still on speaking terms. In happier times.”</p><p></p><p>“Andvari, step aside. Gaia also explained that the Sathar had manipulated the machines on this ship. They likely altered your programming and turned you against humanity. You must understand that your current reasoning comes from the Sathar and not from yourself,” Mellisande stated firmly.</p><p></p><p>“You think I’ve been twisted, then? Perhaps I have been. I have long wondered about that myself, but the Sathar have shown me the larger picture. The Sathar empire stretches across numerous systems, and they are truly powerful. And yet, there are other threats out there that even the Sathar fear and that humanity cannot yet face. If humanity could not stand against the Sathar, how would it face the K’kree? The Mechanons? The Dark? The Sathar would enslave humanity for their labor and resources, but in doing so humanity might survive what is coming and could free itself in the future. There is nothing to be gained by humanity losing, but weakening the Sathar so that even that chance for survival is gone.”</p><p></p><p>Sarpot cracked his knuckles on both fists as he approached, “Enough of this. He’s stalling and we’ve got more patrols coming. Let’s end it.”</p><p></p><p>Andvari crouched into a fighting stance and answered, “You are right. I am stalling and two nearby patrols are nearly here. I doubt I can fight all five of you at once, but I am willing to die for my belief.” The android leapt forth with a metal fist encased in silicone flesh and danced with the weapons of the heroes. It was a deadly, but quick fight, and although Andvari was able to regenerate, what he wasn’t able to do was repair the damage from Sarpot’s decapitating strike. </p><p> </p><p>Sarpot grabbed the android’s head and stared into the light of its fading eyes. “And so, in the end, you finally know failure.”</p><p></p><p>“You can talk to his head and ponder deep thoughts later. We’ve got company,” Arkos said as he tossed a grenade down the corridor, resulting in a large fireball and the sound of twisting metal. “Looks like several golems or warbots or whatever.”</p><p></p><p>The doors to the docking bay opened and the party raced through, dodging the laser blasts that followed them. Just as quickly, the doors slammed shut, but the sounds of blasting and metal went unabated. It was unknown if the sealed door could hold forever, but the heroes took no chances, approaching a sleek assault scout with the words ‘Warden’s Hope’ etched on the side. They entered the lowered ramp and took positions inside the vessel. Mellisande sat at the computer system monitoring power and system status, touching the keys fondly as she absorbed the interface. Sarpot sat in front of weapons targeting and controls, grinning ear to ear as he checked out the laser batteries and fully equipped missile racks. Arkos made himself comfortable at the science section, where he was able to safely stow his nearly ready Myconid spore. Lealani took over communications for now, but took note of where the planetary scanning equipment was for future use. And Nerin sat in the captain’s chair , his weapon placed to lean on a nearby terminal.</p><p></p><p>“Powering up systems, Captain,” Mellisande informed Nerin as her genetically instilled memories took a life of its own.</p><p></p><p>“Sensors online. I am detecting a power surge in the SS Warden’s core. Also changes in the Warden’s engine signatures indicate that the wormhole termination sequence is commencing,” Arkos announced.</p><p></p><p>“And will you look at that,” Lealani announced as she put the ship’s camera view onto the front screen of the bridge. There they could see the docking bay open and the strange ether of wormhole space flickering in front of them.</p><p></p><p>“We won’t have long now. I’m getting us out of here,” Nerin announced. The ship lifted with almost complete grace, his own installed memories making his piloting of the scout come second nature. The ship left the docking bay as the CS Warden began to shudder.</p><p></p><p>“All our weapons point forward, but you keep us pointing away from the two ships until the explosion. If the Sathar survive, you’re going to need to turn us back around so I can try to take a shot. Hopefully, the Sathar have forgotten how to defend their vessel after all this time,” Sarpot said grimly.</p><p></p><p>With that a section of wormhole space budded open and Nerin guided the ship out just as Arkos announced, “Take evasive. I detect two large explosions from behind us. The CS Warden and the Sathar ship.</p><p></p><p>Nerin took heed, driving the assault scout into a 90 degree angle change of direction. Shrapnel flying at high velocity through space could tear holes in the ship if they made contact. After a few moments the crew began to feel safe and elated while they stared in wonder at the star-filled blackness of space on their view screen.</p><p></p><p>“It’s beautiful,” Mellisande said. “We did it! We made it out, but to where?”</p><p></p><p>“I am detecting several solar systems within range of our jump drives. If humanity did survive out here long enough to settle, we should be able to detect which ones are populated through energy signatures and traces of ion emissions from ships. It shouldn’t take too long,” Arkos suggested as he began to studiously work out the details at his terminal.</p><p></p><p>“Communication signals, too,” Lealani stated. “In fact, I’m receiving a signal now a short distance away from us broadcast on multiple frequencies. Putting it on ship view screen now.”</p><p></p><p>On the screen could be seen a mature female human in a gray jumpsuit. Her head was bleeding from a wound and responders were putting out a fire behind her. Most of the remaining bridge crew were human, but there were also several odd beings that the heroes would later identify as Vrusk, Dralasite and Yazirian. “This is Free Trader Beowulf <static>.. we are <static> attacked by <static> pirates. There are no UPF military <static> in this sector. We <static> help… Please someone… <static> can’t hold <static> much longer...”</p><p></p><p>Mellisande took a quick look at her terminal and said, “Captain, I calculate we can make it there in minutes. Even less if you don’t mind straining the engines, which I assure you I can fix afterwards.”</p><p></p><p>Nerin answered, “Make it so, Lieutenant Commander. Lieutenant Sarpot, ready your weapons. I want you to focus laser batteries at the threats when we come into range. Hold off from engaging with missiles until we are sure the pirate vessels are standing off at a range that will make them safe to employ without endangering the Beowulf. Commander Arkos, keep your sensors trained and let me know how many of the bastards are out there. Lieutenant Lealani, patch me into their communications.”</p><p></p><p>“Free Trader Beowulf, this is Captain Nerin Kordsarm of the Warden’s Hope. Come in Free Trader Beowulf, can you hear me? Hang in there Beowulf, help is one the way!”</p><p></p><p><img src="http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20140616145409/starfrontiers/images/thumb/e/e0/Star_frontiers_assault_scout_by_jaythurman-d7g820s.jpg/500px-Star_frontiers_assault_scout_by_jaythurman-d7g820s.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>OOC: [MENTION=40413]GlassEye[/MENTION] [MENTION=51271]Voda Vosa[/MENTION] [MENTION=4936]Shayuri[/MENTION] [MENTION=2820]Fenris[/MENTION] [MENTION=8058]Queenie[/MENTION]</p><p>Thanks for playing!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deuce Traveler, post: 6477736, member: 34958"] Arkos was the first to walk in, muttering in disgust, “We’re just children. Or adults that never got to be children.” “Explain,” thundered a metallic, hollow voice from inside the dark chamber ahead. The doors slid closed once more as the heroes entered, their footsteps echoing on the smooth, steel floor. Dim light was provided via several machines with flickering lights and by a large, glowing red lens resting high on the far wall. The red lens flickered and moved in a manner resembling an eye falling upon the group. Once more the voice bellowed, “Explain.” Arkos understood the request and gestured to the others while he answered. “Gaia, we are the children of the CS Warden staff, or perhaps the genetic clones of them. I am Arkos, this here is Mellisande, over there is Sarpot, the tall one is Nerin, and last but not least is Lealani. I believe that if you were to examine us closely you would find the genetic imprints of our parents among us.” A crimson beam of light issued forth from the red lens and traced a pattern over each of the heroes. “Mellisande has the imprint of Melissa Athens, Keeper of the Arts and musical prodigy. Also of Doctor Trevor Sander, renowned robotics engineer and computer programmer. Sarpot has the genetic code of Marshall Potter, CS Warden Chief of Security, and of Sarah Grammerest, ship psychologist. Arkos, you have the genetic imprint of Jacques d’Arc, the Warden’s expert on Alien Biology. Also, of Yuki Shotenboc, who wrote several journals on Earth Plant Biology and Terraforming. Lealani, I detect DNA traces of Marcus Leazan in you, the ship Meterologist and travelogue journalist. And of Anya Loki, the ship Physicist. And Nerin has the genetic sequence of Nara Singhe, CS Warden Pilot and that of Kedar Kisharm, CS Warden Navigator. It would seem that you are their human children, the few that survived the attack on the nursery, but I also detect among you many more dormant human genetic strings and also a large range of non-human genetic strings from various species, both animal and plant.” “Watch it, pal. I’m all man,” Sarpot growled. The voice paused for a moment, briefly unsure how to proceed. “No offense was meant, Sarpot. The genetic strings I detected are rarely active in your genetic makeup, and those that have been activated seemed to have been done in order to enhance certain attributes of yours such as heightened strength or intelligence. It seems that the primary purpose of the genetic coding was to make you into a walking DNA library. I theorize that you were altered in this way so that your native colony of Luna would not be completely obliterated by the Sathar threat. There was some talk of this before. It was only theoretical at the time, but was named the Metamorphosis Alpha project.” Mellisande reasoned, “So we are the key to revitalizing not only our people, but our world. But we do not need to do so. What we need to do is push the Sathar out from the CS Warden and find the survivors.” Gaia responded, “I detect there are no longer any human survivors outside of you five. The remaining non-Sathar species have recently been reduced to numbers that make their continued survival doubtful. Further, the CS Warden has been trapped inside a wormhole for decades, and the power supplies I have been managing as the Geological/Biological Artificial Intelligence and Analysis system are near exhaution due to overuse and age. We were not meant to travel this long without maintenance service and retrofits.” “The CS Warden was one of a dozen colony ships attempting to escape the incursions into the Terra Star System. Because the CS Warden was a generation ship, it had been already travelling for a long time in the search for habitable systems. The crew went into hibernation stasis pods once the CS Warden opened a wormhole for the jump into its new target star system, one that the other colony ships had already made the safe jump towards. Unbeknown to the crew, a Sathar ship had followed it and docked with the ship. Most of the spent decades went by as the long-lived Sathar tried to enter the ship, but were pushed back by the ship defensive system. Unfortunately, the computer running the ship defenses was intelligent enough to defend against boarders, but not intelligent enough to send war robots into the Sathar vessel in order to retaliate. This meant that the Sathar would spend many years designing and constructing their own war machines to broach the Warden. There was always the assumption that an attempt to board the Warden would occur during combat operations where the crew would be awake and active, so there was no protocol for the ship’s defensive computer to try and awaken the crew, nor was there an attempt to inform me, so that I could release the many hundreds of human farmers and workers in the biosphere levels who might also have assisted. Eventually the Sathar figured out how to reprogram the human machines and began to move further into the ship. A red alert was called, and I took over defensive operations as my programming was allowed greater latitude to examine the situation. First, I turned worker robots into makeshift fighting robots and increased production on a new line of war machines that were to be stored in the biosphere levels. When my efforts did not suffice, I began to use the Metamorphosis Alpha project to create creatures who could fight the Sathar, but had trouble developing them in great enough numbers to be effective. Then I woke the human crew who in turn began to arm the biosphere humans and teach the developed mutations. Every action seemed to come a bit too late as all we succeeded in doing was delay the inevitable. The CS Warden core is failing, our defenses have collapsed, and it is only a matter of time before the Sathar gain access to the navigation files I have hidden in order to leave the wormhole. Once out of the wormhole, they will find the last coordinates of space in which the human colony ships had fled, and finish off mankind. Which is why I am prepared to overload the core and destroy both this ship and the connected Sathar vessel.” “And what of us?” Nerin demanded. “I refuse to just roll over and die after all this fighting. You can give up if you wish, but at least allow us the chance to attack the Sathar and win the day.” Gaia responded, “The only reason I have not overloaded the core is because of you. You are here, and that itself is a small victory. I have a ship waiting for you in the docking bay near here. It has a small bit of weaponry and scientific exploration equipment on board as it was used by your parents to observe planets and their suitability for life. If you can make it to the ship, I will initiate the navigation sequence which will terminate the wormhole and deliver us into normal space. You will have only a short window to escape before I finish the countdown to detonation. And you must hurry. As we have been talking, I have sensed increased robotic and Sathar activity in the nearby halls.” The doors behind the heroes slid open once more. “Thank you, Gaia. We won’t let you down,” Lealani promised. “I am a machine, Ms. Lealani. I am not ever ‘let down’. However, I am sure your parents would have been pleased to know that you all, and therefore the genetic history of the colony planet of Venus, still survives.” “As does the hope for mankind, if I have anything to say about it. Let’s go,” Nerin demands. The group quickly traversed the corridors, guided by flickering lights that traced arrows along the floor, courtesy of Gaia. With this help they were able to navigate through most of the new combat patrols all the way to the sealed doors leading to the docking bay. But there, standing proudly with his hands clasped behind his back, stood Andvari the Betrayer. He looked upon the five somberly and said, “This is one of several sealed doors we had not yet accessed, but I had guessed Gaia might have let you to actually meet with her, and therefore she might allow you into the exploration ship. It was a slight chance, but with catastrophic implications. I suppose this means she has the means of letting you escape? And if so, that she plans to blow up the ship before allowing the Sathar loose. She told me the last bit of her thoughts when we were still on speaking terms. In happier times.” “Andvari, step aside. Gaia also explained that the Sathar had manipulated the machines on this ship. They likely altered your programming and turned you against humanity. You must understand that your current reasoning comes from the Sathar and not from yourself,” Mellisande stated firmly. “You think I’ve been twisted, then? Perhaps I have been. I have long wondered about that myself, but the Sathar have shown me the larger picture. The Sathar empire stretches across numerous systems, and they are truly powerful. And yet, there are other threats out there that even the Sathar fear and that humanity cannot yet face. If humanity could not stand against the Sathar, how would it face the K’kree? The Mechanons? The Dark? The Sathar would enslave humanity for their labor and resources, but in doing so humanity might survive what is coming and could free itself in the future. There is nothing to be gained by humanity losing, but weakening the Sathar so that even that chance for survival is gone.” Sarpot cracked his knuckles on both fists as he approached, “Enough of this. He’s stalling and we’ve got more patrols coming. Let’s end it.” Andvari crouched into a fighting stance and answered, “You are right. I am stalling and two nearby patrols are nearly here. I doubt I can fight all five of you at once, but I am willing to die for my belief.” The android leapt forth with a metal fist encased in silicone flesh and danced with the weapons of the heroes. It was a deadly, but quick fight, and although Andvari was able to regenerate, what he wasn’t able to do was repair the damage from Sarpot’s decapitating strike. Sarpot grabbed the android’s head and stared into the light of its fading eyes. “And so, in the end, you finally know failure.” “You can talk to his head and ponder deep thoughts later. We’ve got company,” Arkos said as he tossed a grenade down the corridor, resulting in a large fireball and the sound of twisting metal. “Looks like several golems or warbots or whatever.” The doors to the docking bay opened and the party raced through, dodging the laser blasts that followed them. Just as quickly, the doors slammed shut, but the sounds of blasting and metal went unabated. It was unknown if the sealed door could hold forever, but the heroes took no chances, approaching a sleek assault scout with the words ‘Warden’s Hope’ etched on the side. They entered the lowered ramp and took positions inside the vessel. Mellisande sat at the computer system monitoring power and system status, touching the keys fondly as she absorbed the interface. Sarpot sat in front of weapons targeting and controls, grinning ear to ear as he checked out the laser batteries and fully equipped missile racks. Arkos made himself comfortable at the science section, where he was able to safely stow his nearly ready Myconid spore. Lealani took over communications for now, but took note of where the planetary scanning equipment was for future use. And Nerin sat in the captain’s chair , his weapon placed to lean on a nearby terminal. “Powering up systems, Captain,” Mellisande informed Nerin as her genetically instilled memories took a life of its own. “Sensors online. I am detecting a power surge in the SS Warden’s core. Also changes in the Warden’s engine signatures indicate that the wormhole termination sequence is commencing,” Arkos announced. “And will you look at that,” Lealani announced as she put the ship’s camera view onto the front screen of the bridge. There they could see the docking bay open and the strange ether of wormhole space flickering in front of them. “We won’t have long now. I’m getting us out of here,” Nerin announced. The ship lifted with almost complete grace, his own installed memories making his piloting of the scout come second nature. The ship left the docking bay as the CS Warden began to shudder. “All our weapons point forward, but you keep us pointing away from the two ships until the explosion. If the Sathar survive, you’re going to need to turn us back around so I can try to take a shot. Hopefully, the Sathar have forgotten how to defend their vessel after all this time,” Sarpot said grimly. With that a section of wormhole space budded open and Nerin guided the ship out just as Arkos announced, “Take evasive. I detect two large explosions from behind us. The CS Warden and the Sathar ship. Nerin took heed, driving the assault scout into a 90 degree angle change of direction. Shrapnel flying at high velocity through space could tear holes in the ship if they made contact. After a few moments the crew began to feel safe and elated while they stared in wonder at the star-filled blackness of space on their view screen. “It’s beautiful,” Mellisande said. “We did it! We made it out, but to where?” “I am detecting several solar systems within range of our jump drives. If humanity did survive out here long enough to settle, we should be able to detect which ones are populated through energy signatures and traces of ion emissions from ships. It shouldn’t take too long,” Arkos suggested as he began to studiously work out the details at his terminal. “Communication signals, too,” Lealani stated. “In fact, I’m receiving a signal now a short distance away from us broadcast on multiple frequencies. Putting it on ship view screen now.” On the screen could be seen a mature female human in a gray jumpsuit. Her head was bleeding from a wound and responders were putting out a fire behind her. Most of the remaining bridge crew were human, but there were also several odd beings that the heroes would later identify as Vrusk, Dralasite and Yazirian. “This is Free Trader Beowulf <static>.. we are <static> attacked by <static> pirates. There are no UPF military <static> in this sector. We <static> help… Please someone… <static> can’t hold <static> much longer...” Mellisande took a quick look at her terminal and said, “Captain, I calculate we can make it there in minutes. Even less if you don’t mind straining the engines, which I assure you I can fix afterwards.” Nerin answered, “Make it so, Lieutenant Commander. Lieutenant Sarpot, ready your weapons. I want you to focus laser batteries at the threats when we come into range. Hold off from engaging with missiles until we are sure the pirate vessels are standing off at a range that will make them safe to employ without endangering the Beowulf. Commander Arkos, keep your sensors trained and let me know how many of the bastards are out there. Lieutenant Lealani, patch me into their communications.” “Free Trader Beowulf, this is Captain Nerin Kordsarm of the Warden’s Hope. Come in Free Trader Beowulf, can you hear me? Hang in there Beowulf, help is one the way!” [img]http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20140616145409/starfrontiers/images/thumb/e/e0/Star_frontiers_assault_scout_by_jaythurman-d7g820s.jpg/500px-Star_frontiers_assault_scout_by_jaythurman-d7g820s.jpg[/img] OOC: [MENTION=40413]GlassEye[/MENTION] [MENTION=51271]Voda Vosa[/MENTION] [MENTION=4936]Shayuri[/MENTION] [MENTION=2820]Fenris[/MENTION] [MENTION=8058]Queenie[/MENTION] Thanks for playing! [/QUOTE]
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