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Keep Calm I am The Doctor
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 Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 2:41 pm
Hyperon
Ultra System
Real space
Stratford glanced at the name, then sighed, Skyhawk, this is Hyperon, State your message. Stratfod watched as the bodies on the ship were sucked out, while the ship exploded inside. "Useless bugger. He didn't seal the blast windows." Stratford looked around, seeking another largish ship, "Vector in at a narrow angle on that Naval ship there." Affirmative, The ship replied, spinning suddenly in mid move, using its manouvering thrusters. "Same tactic, lets try and destroy some of that guys anti-ship weapons." Laser fire blasted at the ship, followed by missiles, but both were blocked, "Oh good. Someone who knows that they're doing."
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Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 3:54 am
Skyhawk
Hyperspace
Arianeira was understandably irritated by his heavy-handed way of speaking. She ignored him for several seconds as she had to move to avoid a large burst of laser fire. She headed straight for the enemy ship, in a battle of wills, guns blazing. This was a battle of courage and both knew it. The shields were too strong for the guns and it would be the first one who broke who would end up with laser bursts through their ship's frame. If neither turned, there would be a head-on collision.
She continued and so did the other ship. She could almost sense the other driver weighing up his options, attempting to discern whether she would turn from the movement of her ship. Arianeira increased speed; her ship would tell him nothing. At the last second, the other pilot rolled away, and Arianeira's was now right behind him. The shields flickered from the sudden jerk and Arianeira mercilessly poured a laser burst into the ship from point black range. They were dead as soon as the first one touched the side. Arianeira moved away and turned back to the communications link.
Skyhawk to Hyperon. Stratford, what in Rianna's name are you doing? These are navy servicemen you're shooting and according to the Kariad you've just changed sides. Those men were exspecting your support.
She muted the link while in battle with another ship - her swearing was hardly professional - before turning it up again to hear his response.
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afterdark_angel Vice Captain
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Keep Calm I am The Doctor
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Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 8:18 am
Hyperon
Ultra System
Real space
have females always been so darn nosy? Statford wondered, opening a communications channel. He glanced at the ship, realiing it wasn't firing back. Infact, it was hailing him. Stratford. Is that a way to treat an old friend? "Oh bugger. Tell him we won't attack him, and that after the battle, I'll track him, now lets deal with the nosy pirate." Skyhawk. I fail to see how this is your business, but I'll tell you, if you must know. What the Kariad failed to tell you, is that the Navy tried to trick me into landing on a planet with high radiation levels, and disembark. When I left the planet, they opened fire upon me. Now, are you going to talk to me all day, or fight? Stratford shut the link, waiting for the reply, and swept his ship beside the Naval vessell, peering up for the name "Well... Thats embarrising. Its the No more Mr. Nice guy. Can't kill the guy who saved my arse, can I?" He paused a moment, concidering, then shrugged, "Hyperon, set that ship as friendly, but blow up anything else you want." Affirmativ... Captain. I'm reading a missile lock. "Aim a missile... 2.5837 seconds infront of its current location, then fire a single beam at it. Lets see if a laser can be point defence."
Clearly it could, since the missile blew up, "Now, lets catch the guy who fired that." The ship swerved, racing after a naval fighter. "That admirals better off dead. He launched fighters, for Gods sake."
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Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 9:13 am
Can't argue with that. Arianeira thought with a grin, setting her left view screen to watching him as a burst of cannon fire hit the outside of her laser shield. She shot back at the source as she opened another communication link to the Hyperon.
I'm a woman, I can multi-task. I'm guessing you can't say the same? And it is my business, seeing as I'm currently second-in-command of this unit and we don't want friendly fire if you genuinely are fighting with us.
She left the link open, wondering why he hadn't picked up on her use of his name, unless of course he recognised her. She frowned. He shouldn't have. She always altered her voice subtlely when landed. She dismissed the thought as she swerved between two ships bearing down on her. They only just avoided a collision and one's shield was badly damaged.
She was dimly aware of the ships regrouping and realised they were either going to try a coordinated attack - stupid as they lacked the finesse necessary for such a manoeuvre - or were about to retreat. She looked questioningly to Talon, but his ship hung motionless in midair. Waiting to see then.
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afterdark_angel Vice Captain
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Keep Calm I am The Doctor
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Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 12:40 pm
Hyperon
Ultra System
Real space
Stratford had ignored the name because he didn't care. I multi-task fine. Right now, I'm watching your ships bunch together, talking to you, and counting how long it'll take for the Formour Earth Navy to use a nuke, and set it to explode in the middle of your ships, and destroy most of them, in one hit. If they must do such a thing, may I suggest they atleast turn their sides against the Naval ships, and use the chance and formation for vollys of broadsides against the ship? The line went silent as Stratford stopped talking. His ship rocked as he saw the No More Mr. Nice Guy twist to cover him. No More Mr. Nice Guy, this is Hyperon. If you want to do something heroic, I suggest you get out of here. the ship didn't seem to hear at first, then, with an ironic salute at the Pirates, sped up, and sliped away into Hyperspace. The move brought some of the more scared Naval ships with it. Now on the flank of a ship, whichs name boasted it as being called Death of idiots, Stratford laughed, before saying to himself, "Didn't like the Admiral either, did he? Enough. Hyperon? Give me an angle to allow all 450 Anti-ship cannon's to bare on that ship." There was silence, while the Hyperon tilted slightly. A hum revealed a mass of weaponry on the ship. "Hold fire, switch on infrared fields, on a passive screen." An image of the shield, a warm red, flashed up. Looking at it, Stratford put a hand to his chin, "Riiiight..." he muttered, then pointed at a spot that was warmer than the rest, "See where my finger is? target that spot and keep firing." There was roaring on the ship, as constant streams of white flared out at the ship.
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Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 1:18 pm
((Actually I meant the navy ships, but never mind.))
Talon opened an individual link to each ship in his fleet before blending the links together. He also turned on his viewscreen so that his cheeky grin flashed from ship to ship. "Time to pull out, I think." He said, watching as the chunkier navy ships reordered themselves. "There's nothing there worth taking and frankly, now the numbers are about even, this lot aren't even worth the fight. All in favour?"
The vote was unanimous and the pirate ships began to head out, firing a mock salute at the surviving navy vessels as they did so. Talon always waited until last and Arianeira lagged behind as well, opening one last communication to the Hyperon. Thanks for the advice and I'll repay the favour. I suggest you start rebuilding bridges unless you plan to accompany us through the systems. I'll warn you though, it will not be a pleasant trip once we cross the Dragon's Teeth. Until next time then Captain. She severed the link and followed Talon into hyperspace, wondering whether she managed to irritate the Captain half as successfully as he irritated her.
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afterdark_angel Vice Captain
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Keep Calm I am The Doctor
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Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 1:31 pm
[Oops.]
Hyperon
Ultra System
Real space
The ship glowed under the new locks. "Uh boy. Engage both Hyperspace Engines. Now." It was a dangerous thing to do. It would tear the ship apart if done too much. Luckil this was the first time. The ship seemed to strain, the launched off like an arrow. As both engines were engaged, it raced past the pirate fleet easily. Maybe I'll play with you another time, Kid. Stratford replied, letting his ship go off into hyperspace.
Navy
Ultra System
Real space
The Relámpago Huelga was found, floating in space, and brought abord a big ship.
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Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 1:10 am
Skyhawk
Hyperspace
Arianeira laughed and closed the communications link. She hoped that she'd soon have the opportunity to show him that messing with the pirates was like playing with fire, but she let his quip about her age slide for now. She had a feeling that she was going to end up seeing far more of him than she'd like. He'd cropped up twice recently in inconvenient places and it didn't look like he planned to move on any time soon. She frowned as she thought. He could turn out to be a real hazard in these systems. She thought to herself, He's too much of a stray cannon. She made a mental note to keep a sharp eye out for him and put him from her mind as she followed the rest of the remaining force towards the Pirate Haven - Kyralia.
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afterdark_angel Vice Captain
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Keep Calm I am The Doctor
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Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 9:53 am
Hyperon
Hyperspace
There was a sudden explosion. Not a very exciting sounding one, just a standard explosion.
Unfortunatly, it was in the Hyperdrive engines, which meant it was a bad one since his entire rear end of the ship was in massive flames. As the ship begun to slow in hyperspace, Stratford glanced over at the pirate fleet. He just caught sight of the last one before his ship rocked under another small explosion that threw the ship into real space. "Get that fire out!" Stratford ordered, then nothing else as a large pipe dropped from the ceiling, onto his head, "Da..." Thud.
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Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 11:01 am
She wasn't happy that James dumped her off here. She, in fact, felt the need to kill...Nonnah brought out her gleaming white hypothermya sword out. And then starting to attack ranom navy personel. The navy started ganging up on her, and the forsed the sword out of her hands and slipped them in cuffs. Then, they needed to put some sort of muzzle on her to keep her from biting. Then, they tied her legs...they were aiming at spots you don't want to know. Then, the navy men threw Nonnah in a jail cell and presented her sword to their general, witch, he loved it.
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afterdark_angel Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 11:17 am
Skyhawk
Hyperspace
When the ship in Arianeira's side viewscreen first caught fire, she didn't believe it was really happening. It was several seconds before she realised that an illusion could not also fool the thermodetectors that were flashing red on the screen.
She swore loudly. She put her ship through a 360 turn in under ten seconds and rocketed towards the ship, re-opening the communications link the the Hyperon. Stratford, this is Skyhawk. This isn't funny, you better be in serious trouble... There was no reply except static. She swore again, more savagely this time as she sped towards him. She was nearly there when the ship lost control and blasted through the space fabric to real space. She gasped. There was no way anyone would have done that on purpose. It was foolhardy bordering on suicidal. She bit her lower lip, looking back at Talon's fleet. He had stopped; probably seeing the ship as well. Be right back. She sent, before following Hyperon through the temporary rift it had torn.
She was glad she was wearing her gravity-restraint when the ship was thrown hurling back into real space. She felt slightly sick and made a mental note not to do it again. She looked around for the Hyperon. It looked pretty bad. If Stratford was still alive he wouldn't remain so for long from the look of it.
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Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 3:01 pm
[*whispers so none but black hear* Psst... It'd be captain on a ship, dear. Generals are Army.]
Hyperon
Hyperspace
The ship still spun slightly from the blast, and sat in real space, the vacum of the air putting the fire out, while the internal systems struggled to cut fuel tanks to the affected systems, and to keep air flowing. The Shields flickered on, while a red light flashed overhead, to show an emergency beacon had been activated, calling for help.
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afterdark_angel Vice Captain
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Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 4:08 am
The Skyhawk steadied itself and Arianeira released the gravity-restraint hurriedly, standing up and throwing open an overhead locker in her cabin. She pulled everything out, dumping it on the floor as she rifled through for the items she needed. She pulled out a couple of objects shaped like gum shields which were actually breathing adaptors and a micron line that she would need to cross the ships. There was no way that she'd be able to tow the Hyperon. Not only would it slow down her ship in an area where she was a known pirate, but the damn thing might explode at any point as well.
She steered the Skyhawk as close as possible without endangering it and then shoved the first adaptor in her mouth before opening the first set of vacuum doors on the ship. They were a pain to use and she preferred the single door from the cabin to outside, but leaving the door open for a prolonged perios would destabilise the ship and then she and Stratford would both be stuck here until some official somewhere picked up the wreckage.
She felt a pang of guilt. She knew how gutted she would be if someone left her ship to be picked up like that but she didn't really have much of a choice. They would see the signal and he'd be able to get it back. If there is anything left. She thought, knowing that it would have to have extensive repairs after an explosion like that. She pushed the thought angrily aside. It was none of her business. Rianna knew why she was here anyway.
She clipped her micron line to the niche in the vacuum chamber and pocketed the second adaptor. She sealed the inside doors and checked that she had her 'tools' securely fastened to her belt. She was going to need them to get through the shields. She took a deep breath and released the outside doors, bracing herself against the wall as gravity lessoned and the pressure problems until the chamber evened out. It was unpleasant and her eyes watered from the pain, but she gritted her teeth until the pressure equalised. The pain subsided and she clipped the other end of the wire to her belt. She walked to the doors and looked out at the damaged Hyperon. It was a long way to jump. She took a small tube out of her belt and held it on front of her. It had a field of its own and should mess with the shield's field for long enough to give her access. She hoped so anyway. She held it before her and stepped backwards until she reached the first set of doors. Without pausing to think, she ran forwards until she reached the edge and then leapt out towards the Hyperon, the cable stretching out behind her.
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Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 6:49 am
Hyperon
Hyperspace
The Hyperon hung quietly in space. Outside, the fires had gone out, and the outer casing seemed to be moving, as repair droids, hardly bigger than a hand, swept out and replaced the casing. Inside, smaller ones were dealing with systems. They crawled around the unmoving Stratford, which was being watched by an eye like object. Silently, it had activated a homing beacon in the chip in Stratfords mind, so that as the droids finished the repairs, it could follow. The redlight shut off as the emergency beacon disactivated. The ship threw up a holding field in the main hull, while the docking field degravitised, and the hatch opened. The Hyperon, a well known disliker of females near her captain, was letting in the captain of the Skyhawk.
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afterdark_angel Vice Captain
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Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 7:24 am
Hyperon
Arianeira noticed the hatch opening with surprise. This was going to be a lot easier than she had originally thought. She landed on the hatch in a crouch as the ship's gravity field solidified around her. She straightened up and stepped into the ship warily. This ship was giving her the creeps. She could hear rustling movements as she moved forwards, sacrificing stealth for speed as she made her way towards the cabin.
The ship apparently knew she was there as doors opened before she got there though she couldn't see whatever it was making the noise. She had the disturbing feeling that she was here on sufferance and that the doors were only opened grudgingly. She pressed her back to the wall as she reached the cabin door, not sure she wanted to look. She held the tube in the palm of her hand as the door slid open. If anything mechanical decided to attack her, it would deactiviate around the tube. Again, this was only in theory. She edged around the door and stepped into the room.
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