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 Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 2:50 am
Carlyle fired in bursts at the power armor until Isaac and Ty were on it, then watched the floor, ready to fire at the Ghoster if it emerged.
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 10:50 pm
Snkttt.
Isaac moved with mechanical precision, losing himself in his reflexes and training, slicing the prisoner free without so much as grazing his skin.
Snkttt.
Isaac's blades sliced open the joints of the Power Armor, sending it to its knees.
Bam, bam, bam, bam, bam.
Cassandra slid down the panel, putting a row of holes down the side of the black-clad man.
Snkktt.
Isaac's blade sliced open the armor on the back of the neck of the power armor.
Bambambambambambambambambambambambambambam.
Ty pressed his machine pistol into the opening and held the trigger until the man's neck had the consistency of yogurt.
Bambambam, bambambam.
Carlyle fired his Cypher Rifle into the head of the Ghoster as he rose behind Cassandra. The body solidified on death, half in the floor and half out. A shockwave of blood emerged where the torso and the floor attempted to occupy the same space.
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 10:56 pm
Cassandra collapsed onto the corpse - she had won, this day was hers - what was this that was all over her and the floor and the wall and
"s**t," she shouted, scrambling away from the bloodied torso. From head to foot she was soaked, all down her back - she had been lying on her side, and so her face and front were unmarred. "s**t, s**t!" she yelled again, coming from behidn the panel looking a little like the harbinger of doom. Her face looked unhealthily pale, and she collapsed into a sitting position, leaning back on her hands, as soon as she was out from behind the console. She was breathing heavily.
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:13 pm
"Ty, check Cassandra!" Isaac called as he made his way to the now-free prisoner.
"Need a hand?" Isaac said, extending a hand to help the man up. "I'm Isaac Screwstrip, Clockwork Knight. Who might you be? And is there any way I can help you?"
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:20 pm
"Dremmeur Sai. Thanks, mate," the man answered; standing, it now became apparent that the dark-skinned man was around eight feet tall.
A Drakken, then.
"We need to get to the bridge. Did you come onboard to investigate too?" he asked.
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:38 pm
Isaac looked up at him. "A Drakken, huh? Never met one before. Glad to make your acquaintance - and to rescue you." Isaac put out a hand to shake, or slap hands, or whatever.
"We came onto this ship...actually, I'm not sure we can tell you that. You're Confederation, right?" He looked over at Carlyle or Ty for clearance to talk to Dremmeur.
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:41 pm
Dremmeur Sai took Isaac's offer up with his own enormous hand; in a fist, it would've easily been the size of Isaac's skull. "Yup. Proud Outlander to the core. But hell, you're Coven? You guys aren't so bad. Better than the Cabal or Tyrg. 'Specially with those ******** Ghosters." He spat on the Ghoster corpse. "You don't know about this ship then?"
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:44 pm
"Faction pride, I can respect that," Isaac said, withdrawing his half-crushed hand. "What about this ship are you referring to, specifically?"
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:50 pm
"This is the yet-unnamed prototype of the Apocalypse-class Tyrgani cruisers. The newest and biggest, went on a test mission a week ago but began behaving oddly. Something's up here and the Outlander Confederation sent me to figure out what. Well, it was an 'us,' but the rest are dead...." He frowned. "That's why I'm trying to get to the bridge. The problem is there if it's anywhere, I'm sure."
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:51 pm
"What do you mean, 'behaving oddly?' I don't get it," Carlyle replied, safetying his rifle. "And what was that Ghoster talking about doing to you?"
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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 12:10 am
"Irregular deviations from patrol routes, mainly. This ship is supposed to be very, very far from here," Dremmeur Sai replied. "As for the Ghoster, he was going to kill me and feed my energy into the Soulcannon. The Apocs have them, they integrate the Knife of the Silence system their anti-aircraft cannons. That's why there are so many Ghosters onboard."
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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 12:12 am
"There are more Ghosters onboard?" Isaac asked nervously. Shaking his head, he focused. "So, this cannon...it fires the Silence?"
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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 12:15 am
"Kind of. More like it guides and amplifies the Ghoster's ability," Dremmeur Sai replied. "I think this ship had six. My boys and I took out two. You took out a third. That means half are gone."
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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 12:21 am
Isaac nodded. "I see...so do you want to disable all of them, then take the ship? Or what?"
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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 12:23 am
"First, we need to figure out why this thing is acting so weird. Tyrg would never risk it on any real combat, it's just a prototype," Dremmeur Sai mused.
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