the collosus idely floated in farnhams ledged . the last of the squardrons where coming in now , bringing also in the escape pods from the warpath . nothing remained of the warpath . it must have been obliterated . or maybe ...... a even more horrible fate . the collosussuddnely becmae a hive of activity . a sqaurdon of mixed corvettes where closing it . 2 centaurs and 2 dragons . one of the dragons stopped not so far away and sent out its m5 escourt . it quickly reared around and into the brightly lit docking bay . on the deck of OP the vice adimiral of the Sigma Corps battle fleet , Hack Kilbar stood in full uniform saluting . most of the crew where there , dressed similarly saluting . they wher a mix of every race . there was teladi , split , boron (often standing far away from the split ) and paranids , in their own gaggle on the end . with a hiss the airlock opened . amidst all the bright , smart uniforms and the proud salutes walked 5 rather outofplace characters . each one looked like a hardend space drifter and they all carried their guns and ammo with them . the one walking at the front walked to Hack . hack stood up even straighter and almost of exerted himself in the process
"sir , enjoy your flight ? "
the rather dirty looknig man was around his earley 20s , a lot younger than hack and looked pretty rough . he was slightly unshaven , wild black greasy hair obscuring some of his face . his skin was only marginally tanned , he looked as though he'd never even been outside before on a planet surface . he was dressed in a dark brown long coat with tight jeans and a dark stripey polo shirt . pretty out of place in the x universe . he had a bondolier of various small items hanging around his chest and a holstered assault rifle , a energy pistol , the link to the power source unknowen . his hazel eyes where amzingly kind looking but the scar over his left eye suggested overwise .
"it absolutly sucked . and stop calling me sire , it makes my skin crawl . "
"yes grand adimiral ... uh ... i mean .. Mr Drogan."
"justcall me Ace , thats a message to all of ya !"
he took off his coat and continued down the hall . he walked straight through the ship , doors squeking open in his arrival . he continued to the large door at the end off the corridor and jabbed a password into the console braketing the door . the door opened without a squek but more of a groan of squealing metal . he walked in and threw his coat on the endchair . and sat down in it. the other members of his crew follwed him in . and a damm fine crew he had too.he looked to the end and saw Gi shor one of the finest boron gunners ever to come out of the military forces in their territory . he was amazingly hostile for a boron . his eyes where keen and his trigger finger sharp and ready . then there was his second gunner ,Danmaru , a intresting guy . a drifter they picked up near elenas fortune . hed done a bad deal with some pirates they just launched an assualt on and Ace pulled him out of it . ever since he swore an oath to protect him and his friends . he keeps himself to himslef and doesnt really bother the others much with idle chatter . he jsut sits as an outcast . then there was Bix . Bix Bix Bix . he had to be one of the finest students to come out of byndnahs weapons projects a unis and colleges on argon prime . but did he create weapons ? yes , for the sigma corps , did he learn anything else ? yes , a new found talent for hacking every every computer , every ship , every station . this power was pure bliss to him . often when things seemed at their worst in conflicts he would hack into a capital ships mainframe and completely F**K it up . then there was his co-pilot and scout , Karen Oster . she was gobsmackingly hot as ace would put it but he could never work up the curage to ask her out . this was coming from a man who was present at presidents end , who racked up 49 kills at omicron lyrae and , legend has it , took out a whole xenon sector from his caimen . all he'll say of that is ' 800 squash mines really are useful' . her talents her an unmatched navigation skill and precision flying , although she wasnt to hot at fighting. theyall sat and watched all of the top members of the sigma corps come in . there was captains of all of the split pythons except for the 4th captain , sauger who was being treated for burns , the commanders of all 4 of the titans , except for rawk ...... he was MIA much liek the rest of it and then there where the 2 vice adimirals . one the ocmmander of this fine vessel and the other the commander of a split raptor . Ace stood up and looked at the rest of them .
"we have a serious problem here . we have a titan gone , vanished , popped into thin , air whatever and we ... we gotta find it . there are good men on the vessel . "
the adirmiral of the raptor stood up and adressed the others
"while traveling here we got a faint signal from a nearby sector . we belive it was the warpath so we sent out 2 squadrons of jaguars to investigate ."
"and have they reported in ?"quizzed ace
"yes . the saw they saw something resembeling a titan in shape but something was wrong with it , they have to stay as a long range to avoid the scanners of its 'escourts' "
"and anything else ?"
Hack stood up in a salute .
"my scouts found a rogue escape pod clsoe to a abondoned staiton . they report one human lifesign on board but several other unidentified life forms ."
"so we may have some bugs cornered ?"
"possible . my scouts are guiding it to a staion now "
chapter 2 : missing in action
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chapter 2 : missing in action
"now the darkenss is falling , they close in upon us like preadators. only he can stand in thier way , only he can possible halt the tide. but he must do it alone. though his body is broken , his spirit shattered love and vengance will spur him on to the battle"
-ensign Bix Roemann
-ensign Bix Roemann
i didnt think there was a spell shecker on here 
plusi said in my first part of the story plz excuse poor spelling .......
plusi said in my first part of the story plz excuse poor spelling ......."now the darkenss is falling , they close in upon us like preadators. only he can stand in thier way , only he can possible halt the tide. but he must do it alone. though his body is broken , his spirit shattered love and vengance will spur him on to the battle"
-ensign Bix Roemann
-ensign Bix Roemann
Ace walked to the exit of the room and stopped before exiting.
“Hack has a platoon of your men over to the station. We’ll need the support.”
“Okay Ace.”
Ace and his crew exited the briefing room and went back down to the launch deck. It was now completely dead. Most of the ships were out patrolling the sector and sectors close to it for more escape pods. They all managed to fit into the tight jaguar and then disappeared into the airlock. The ship came out of the bay door and back into the docked position on the split dragon .The ship then reared away from the squadron and to a desolate and half destroyed weapons factory. It was dead, almost eerie. The other corvettes began to circle like vultures around it and its debris field. Behind them 4 TP class ships, expresses to be exact where following them in. each one loaded up with 10 to 20 of the most bad ass marines in the sigma corps. They closed in on an open landing deck which was like a graveyard of burnt out ships and destroyed cargos .The dragon closed in and its name plate finally hit a beam of starlight .Sigma. That name put fear into a most pirates and renegades around the x universe. Add corps on the end and they are slightly less worried. Ace gently pushed it in on minimal engines and landed past the oxygen shields and onto the crater scarred plateau .with a hiss the door on the rear of the sigma fell open. Ace came out first, now in a slightly clunky but sleek rustic red battle suit. His assault rifle was fully armed and on full auto. Gi was second brandishing a rather different gun. A slightly smaller mass driver latched not his arm as he lugged it into a firing position behind a group of crates. He then pulled a clip on his chest and the large barrel supplying the monster dropped to the ground with a deafening thud. Danmaru came out dragging a linear rifle behind him and followed by Bix hefting a rather dangerous looking double linear launcher, but more towards him! Finally Karen came out with a riot shield and a laser pistol holstered at her side. They all stood behind a group of crates and aimed their guns at the lifeless escape pod. It was about the size of a TP and pretty similar in most respects. It had absolutely no weapon load outs, some what larger engines and no landing gear. Soon several TP s dropped in, their engines screaming in power.
The last of the marines disembarked and the platoon commander unit had set up a small command post in the shadow of a TP. several marines ran up to the escape pod and began to lash on breaching explosives onto the doors . They quickly retreated as the timer began to tick and strange noises on the other side of the door deterred them from staying any longer. They had surrounded the TP in a semi circle, with enough gunnery to take down a raging herd of argnu cattle. Each marine stared down their sights and visually aids on their eyes and helmets aided them in shooting.
“Breach in 5 ….. 4 ….. 3 ….. 2 ….. 1!”
In a howling crescendo the doors blew off in a spray of meek shrapnel, smoke and sparks. Out of the dark bowels came something so abhorred and indescribable the marines didn’t even bother to analysis it as soon as the first one appeared. Dozens of precise laser shots ripped their way through tough leathery skin and sprayed green blood across the deck. Danmaru’s linear rifle tore into one of the khaak creature’s head and blew most of it and its body away. Bolts of blue light streaked across the deck as Gi continued to rend their bodies apart in an orgy of blood. Bix continued to pound double linear shells into them as the gun simply clicked twice after every shot, released a cloud of steam and blew another line of bodies apart. . Karen patted one down with her riot shield as it emitted a blue glow and filled the creature with a 5GB shields fury. She drew her pistol and fired precise volleys into the oncoming group. Ace was in a crouched position, trying to hobble the beasts rather than killing them outright to try and get a live or partial intact specimen for the argon scientists. A sonic gun round screamed through the enemy ranks. Sonics were still an interesting sight to Ace, even now. A gun cartridge held a huge amount of compressed air and other ….. More interesting molecules that when released form a huge and nigh unstoppable wave of air on release. The sheer force of it was enough to rip holes in bulkheads, and as with sentients you can see the death toll rise. The last thing charged on head long and Ace rose from his cover and began a full auto blast at the beast, riddling it with more that enough laser holes to kill it.
The smoke slowly cleared and ace walked out, his gun sights raised. He walked past several ones still alive and screaming in alien tongues, more than likely screaming some kind of profanity.
Ace turned to the marines and shouted an order “Tag and Bag the live and partially intact suckers …….. Dispose of all the rest of the green crap and the brown leftovers and jettison them into deep space.”
He walked into the ship, assault rifle held out in one hand and a part laser welder part laser knife in the other. He looked to the rear and one of the weirdest and strangest sights he would ever see was etched into his mind.
“Hack has a platoon of your men over to the station. We’ll need the support.”
“Okay Ace.”
Ace and his crew exited the briefing room and went back down to the launch deck. It was now completely dead. Most of the ships were out patrolling the sector and sectors close to it for more escape pods. They all managed to fit into the tight jaguar and then disappeared into the airlock. The ship came out of the bay door and back into the docked position on the split dragon .The ship then reared away from the squadron and to a desolate and half destroyed weapons factory. It was dead, almost eerie. The other corvettes began to circle like vultures around it and its debris field. Behind them 4 TP class ships, expresses to be exact where following them in. each one loaded up with 10 to 20 of the most bad ass marines in the sigma corps. They closed in on an open landing deck which was like a graveyard of burnt out ships and destroyed cargos .The dragon closed in and its name plate finally hit a beam of starlight .Sigma. That name put fear into a most pirates and renegades around the x universe. Add corps on the end and they are slightly less worried. Ace gently pushed it in on minimal engines and landed past the oxygen shields and onto the crater scarred plateau .with a hiss the door on the rear of the sigma fell open. Ace came out first, now in a slightly clunky but sleek rustic red battle suit. His assault rifle was fully armed and on full auto. Gi was second brandishing a rather different gun. A slightly smaller mass driver latched not his arm as he lugged it into a firing position behind a group of crates. He then pulled a clip on his chest and the large barrel supplying the monster dropped to the ground with a deafening thud. Danmaru came out dragging a linear rifle behind him and followed by Bix hefting a rather dangerous looking double linear launcher, but more towards him! Finally Karen came out with a riot shield and a laser pistol holstered at her side. They all stood behind a group of crates and aimed their guns at the lifeless escape pod. It was about the size of a TP and pretty similar in most respects. It had absolutely no weapon load outs, some what larger engines and no landing gear. Soon several TP s dropped in, their engines screaming in power.
The last of the marines disembarked and the platoon commander unit had set up a small command post in the shadow of a TP. several marines ran up to the escape pod and began to lash on breaching explosives onto the doors . They quickly retreated as the timer began to tick and strange noises on the other side of the door deterred them from staying any longer. They had surrounded the TP in a semi circle, with enough gunnery to take down a raging herd of argnu cattle. Each marine stared down their sights and visually aids on their eyes and helmets aided them in shooting.
“Breach in 5 ….. 4 ….. 3 ….. 2 ….. 1!”
In a howling crescendo the doors blew off in a spray of meek shrapnel, smoke and sparks. Out of the dark bowels came something so abhorred and indescribable the marines didn’t even bother to analysis it as soon as the first one appeared. Dozens of precise laser shots ripped their way through tough leathery skin and sprayed green blood across the deck. Danmaru’s linear rifle tore into one of the khaak creature’s head and blew most of it and its body away. Bolts of blue light streaked across the deck as Gi continued to rend their bodies apart in an orgy of blood. Bix continued to pound double linear shells into them as the gun simply clicked twice after every shot, released a cloud of steam and blew another line of bodies apart. . Karen patted one down with her riot shield as it emitted a blue glow and filled the creature with a 5GB shields fury. She drew her pistol and fired precise volleys into the oncoming group. Ace was in a crouched position, trying to hobble the beasts rather than killing them outright to try and get a live or partial intact specimen for the argon scientists. A sonic gun round screamed through the enemy ranks. Sonics were still an interesting sight to Ace, even now. A gun cartridge held a huge amount of compressed air and other ….. More interesting molecules that when released form a huge and nigh unstoppable wave of air on release. The sheer force of it was enough to rip holes in bulkheads, and as with sentients you can see the death toll rise. The last thing charged on head long and Ace rose from his cover and began a full auto blast at the beast, riddling it with more that enough laser holes to kill it.
The smoke slowly cleared and ace walked out, his gun sights raised. He walked past several ones still alive and screaming in alien tongues, more than likely screaming some kind of profanity.
Ace turned to the marines and shouted an order “Tag and Bag the live and partially intact suckers …….. Dispose of all the rest of the green crap and the brown leftovers and jettison them into deep space.”
He walked into the ship, assault rifle held out in one hand and a part laser welder part laser knife in the other. He looked to the rear and one of the weirdest and strangest sights he would ever see was etched into his mind.
"now the darkenss is falling , they close in upon us like preadators. only he can stand in thier way , only he can possible halt the tide. but he must do it alone. though his body is broken , his spirit shattered love and vengance will spur him on to the battle"
-ensign Bix Roemann
-ensign Bix Roemann
Ace stared, perplexed, a young girl was wrapped in some kind of residue from the khaak. He held his hand up to his radio and pressed hard on the comm. button.
“Bix ……. Who and what am I looking at?”
Bix was already at his computer console in the sigma, pressing buttons and searching through the crew and passengers of the Warpath.
“No ID link …. She wasn’t even on the Warpath; I don’t think she’s even in the Argon database.”
“So ……”
“So we pull her out and find out as much as we can….. I’ll guide you from here. Give me a sec and I’ll-”
”what? What’s wrong?”
”Your not alone ……….. There’s another khaak …. In the ship it’s self … it’s … I don’t know …. I’m detecting khaak heavy lasers and movement; get out of there, double timed!”
Ace payed no heed to Bix’s warnings, holstered his assault rifle and drew his laser knife close to where she was. As he did metal squealed as a roof section was peeled away. Something was there, breathing slowly, staring right at the back of his head. A head hung from the roof. It was a bug alright. A bloody ugly one at that. It stared at him, its 7 eyes each blinking separately. He backed away slowly when it something came out of its mouth. It was two fast to see but it lashed out at Ace, only narrowly missing and then ripping into a still wall. It left a green fluid which immediately began to eat away at the metal. He began to slash at the residue holding the girl down and then pulled her out of it, most of it still attached to her. He hoisted her over his shoulder and ran out as the escape pod squealed again; it was being ripped apart by something from the inside. Metal plates flew across the bay as Ace ran out. The marines had loaded up onto their ships and pulled back. Gi was stood just outside the door of the sigma, pummelling mass driver rounds into the thing as it emerged. Ace handed the unconscious youth to Bix and turned. It was fully formed now. It was about twice the size of mercury, its body was covered in Khaak plates, large purple fluorescent triangles, its face spoke of unspeakable horror and its 6 limbs began to extend out. they where long and spindly much like insects but on the end of each huge barbed claws , dripping in the green gunk that almost reduced Ace to a melted mess and several small pink niches in its armour which began to emit that light show of death. Laser beams began to tear across the bay. Crates and wrecks were cleft apart by the brutal beams and several patches on its rear the same colour as the laser niches began to glow a ghastly white-pink colour.
“Start up the engines!”Ace screamed at the top of his voice
He grabbed onto Gi’s ammo drum and dragged him aboard as the engines shrieked into life and the area was bathed in a deep red glow. He rushed in, dropping his equipment as he went and swung into the pilot’s seat next to Karen. He flicked several switches and the Sigma rose into the air and began to lurch towards the bay exit. As the ship began to move towards it at docking speed several lasers strove across the shielding, causing the ship to glow in that oh so familiar way. One of the lasers strove up and hit something just above the bay door. The oxygen and shielding tank containing this area. In an eruption of white hot fire the tank blew, ripping across the deck and destroying the bay exit. Rubble fell as the station was rocked by the explosion. The bay was now a mess; the bug stood their motionless as the smoke cleared. As it did it saw the clear site of girders, pates and other things blocking the exit. But then out of the smoke a slightly blackened split dragon hovered, its gnus charging up. A flurry of alpha PPCs were spit out of the dragon’s nozzle like a real dragon would spit fire. The PPCs closed hard on their enemies chest but as they struck it the simply reflected away. The beast’s army was reflective………
“Let me at him! I’ll rip him apart with my bare teeth!” Gi shouted from the distant gunnery post.”
“Easy Gi lets see how he takes a hornet in the face!”
Ace flicked up a side button on the joystick and pressed down hard on the button. A hornet missile streaked out of the firing tube and into the beast, exploding in a ball of nuclear fire. The sigma reared round the explosion and flew for an open bulkhead and disappeared into a maintenance shaft. It was more or less clear down it.
“Bix , go through the station schematics , plot us a way outta here!” as said quickly as if he turned back for too long he could hit a bit of debris , or worse.
“Accessing schematic, entering station mainframe,”A sudden noise halted him “hacking past defences, entering systems and bingo! We have a route through the reactor ventilation pipes but if one shot goes awry through there we have a mini super nova on our ass.”
“Roger that!”
Suddenly Danmaru’s voice came into the intercom slightly down and depressed “We have a boogie on our tail.”
Karen hammered buttons on the sigma computer and popped open a drop down window from the top monitor. That thing was behind the launching lasers in every direction.
“What does it take to bring it down?” she enquired miserably
“I bet its nothing shot of a hugeeeeeeee explosion!” Gi replied ecstatically
“You’re trying to imply something upon me isn’t you Gi?”Replied Ace with a smile
“Dam right argon boy! I wanna stick a hornet up a reactor shaft!”
“I’m transferring them now.”
Ace never usually trusted Gi with hornets. Last time he did him accidentally hit a station, almost blowing it to kingdoms end.
“You better be clear in mind AND shot!”
“Are you suggestin somethin?”
“No of course not.” replied ace while putting his hand in his mouth to muffle his laughter. Karen put her hand over her mouth and just giggled
There where several clunks as the missiles were reloaded. Ace quickly jerked the ship again to avoid another wrecked girder as the beast continued after them. He took a sharp turn, jamming the joystick like a man on fire to avoid a collision with the tunnel end. He tucked the sigma into the side of a tunnel to avoid a wrecked TP in the middle of the pipe leaving a trail of sparks, and then swerve out the way of the M5 lying destroyed in the way. The khaak simply pounded through, destroying them instantaneously. Bix was transfixed on the schematics and barked out a message to Gi
“We have a ventilation tunnel coming up! It leads straight to the still active core. When I give the message, fire!”
“I don’t need any help; a gunner must rely upon his skills for power!”
He threw off his targeting aider, flicked a switch disabling auto aiming and jammed his gun into upwards position. He sat there, huge globules of sweat throwing them selves down his face, but that was just because he hadn’t yet fully calibrated the environmental systems for his needs yet. It was coming up, a pit of darkness. Time slowed to a crawl as Gi passed it. He was almost past it when he launched. The hornet screamed up the tunnel hitting the side and launching sparks every where. It soon disappeared into the darkness as the sigma screamed down the tunnel. A shudder of the station marked the death throes of the reactor. Karen turned to Bix slightly worried
“Bix …. Cross reference the time this place takes to go critical and the time it takes to for us to escape.” She said in tones of worried ness
“It’ll take the reactor 2 mizures to blow; it’ll take us around 81 sezures to escape.”
”So well make it?” enquired Ace
“No, 96 sezures equal a mizures it’s like you’re from a different galaxy!”
“Maybe I am …”replied Ace downheartedly
As he did this he began to look away and accidentally propel the sigma into a piece of large rubble? At the last second Karen dived for the joystick and wrenched the sigma out of the way. Ace returned to his senses and continued to pilot it with finesse and skill. Ace looked in the rear view monitor and saw the creature closing, propelled by khaak engines jutting out of its spine. Following it though was a wall of fire, burning with the very flames of hell.
“One super nova coming up our rear!!!!!!” shouted Bix.
As the beast closed Danmaru and Gi began to unleash beta and gamma HEPTS upon it, the blasts annoying it and leaving its skin burnt and raw. As an exit began to draw near the beast replied with its own lasers, the beams searching out for a target. And they found one. A random plasma conduit was sticking out of the destroyed pipe wall. The Sigma was wreathed in a ball of green fire as it sent them bouncing around the tunnel , their shields screaming silently out in agony and finding a human voice within the ship
”shields critical!”
Ace jammed on the joystick and stabilized the sigma as the flames drew nearer. He spied something, above the exit door. A cabin or similar which might control the vent door. Ace flipped the ship around and locked into a course and began to fire. Balls of raw energy cascaded with the cabin, destroying it in a shower of energy and sparks. The door on the pipe began to slowly close, and the potential exit disappears. Ace flipped the ship around and then focused carefully, the wrinkle lines on his brow could have been visible a mile off. The door was a fraction of the Sigma’s size but Ace wouldn’t give up. As the sigma went through the exit the door crashed into its keel and ripped away several parts of it in a shower of sparks. The ship was clear and the station began to disappear in a shower of explosions. Victory was theirs! Ace was still pondering though. What of the young girl?
“Bix ……. Who and what am I looking at?”
Bix was already at his computer console in the sigma, pressing buttons and searching through the crew and passengers of the Warpath.
“No ID link …. She wasn’t even on the Warpath; I don’t think she’s even in the Argon database.”
“So ……”
“So we pull her out and find out as much as we can….. I’ll guide you from here. Give me a sec and I’ll-”
”what? What’s wrong?”
”Your not alone ……….. There’s another khaak …. In the ship it’s self … it’s … I don’t know …. I’m detecting khaak heavy lasers and movement; get out of there, double timed!”
Ace payed no heed to Bix’s warnings, holstered his assault rifle and drew his laser knife close to where she was. As he did metal squealed as a roof section was peeled away. Something was there, breathing slowly, staring right at the back of his head. A head hung from the roof. It was a bug alright. A bloody ugly one at that. It stared at him, its 7 eyes each blinking separately. He backed away slowly when it something came out of its mouth. It was two fast to see but it lashed out at Ace, only narrowly missing and then ripping into a still wall. It left a green fluid which immediately began to eat away at the metal. He began to slash at the residue holding the girl down and then pulled her out of it, most of it still attached to her. He hoisted her over his shoulder and ran out as the escape pod squealed again; it was being ripped apart by something from the inside. Metal plates flew across the bay as Ace ran out. The marines had loaded up onto their ships and pulled back. Gi was stood just outside the door of the sigma, pummelling mass driver rounds into the thing as it emerged. Ace handed the unconscious youth to Bix and turned. It was fully formed now. It was about twice the size of mercury, its body was covered in Khaak plates, large purple fluorescent triangles, its face spoke of unspeakable horror and its 6 limbs began to extend out. they where long and spindly much like insects but on the end of each huge barbed claws , dripping in the green gunk that almost reduced Ace to a melted mess and several small pink niches in its armour which began to emit that light show of death. Laser beams began to tear across the bay. Crates and wrecks were cleft apart by the brutal beams and several patches on its rear the same colour as the laser niches began to glow a ghastly white-pink colour.
“Start up the engines!”Ace screamed at the top of his voice
He grabbed onto Gi’s ammo drum and dragged him aboard as the engines shrieked into life and the area was bathed in a deep red glow. He rushed in, dropping his equipment as he went and swung into the pilot’s seat next to Karen. He flicked several switches and the Sigma rose into the air and began to lurch towards the bay exit. As the ship began to move towards it at docking speed several lasers strove across the shielding, causing the ship to glow in that oh so familiar way. One of the lasers strove up and hit something just above the bay door. The oxygen and shielding tank containing this area. In an eruption of white hot fire the tank blew, ripping across the deck and destroying the bay exit. Rubble fell as the station was rocked by the explosion. The bay was now a mess; the bug stood their motionless as the smoke cleared. As it did it saw the clear site of girders, pates and other things blocking the exit. But then out of the smoke a slightly blackened split dragon hovered, its gnus charging up. A flurry of alpha PPCs were spit out of the dragon’s nozzle like a real dragon would spit fire. The PPCs closed hard on their enemies chest but as they struck it the simply reflected away. The beast’s army was reflective………
“Let me at him! I’ll rip him apart with my bare teeth!” Gi shouted from the distant gunnery post.”
“Easy Gi lets see how he takes a hornet in the face!”
Ace flicked up a side button on the joystick and pressed down hard on the button. A hornet missile streaked out of the firing tube and into the beast, exploding in a ball of nuclear fire. The sigma reared round the explosion and flew for an open bulkhead and disappeared into a maintenance shaft. It was more or less clear down it.
“Bix , go through the station schematics , plot us a way outta here!” as said quickly as if he turned back for too long he could hit a bit of debris , or worse.
“Accessing schematic, entering station mainframe,”A sudden noise halted him “hacking past defences, entering systems and bingo! We have a route through the reactor ventilation pipes but if one shot goes awry through there we have a mini super nova on our ass.”
“Roger that!”
Suddenly Danmaru’s voice came into the intercom slightly down and depressed “We have a boogie on our tail.”
Karen hammered buttons on the sigma computer and popped open a drop down window from the top monitor. That thing was behind the launching lasers in every direction.
“What does it take to bring it down?” she enquired miserably
“I bet its nothing shot of a hugeeeeeeee explosion!” Gi replied ecstatically
“You’re trying to imply something upon me isn’t you Gi?”Replied Ace with a smile
“Dam right argon boy! I wanna stick a hornet up a reactor shaft!”
“I’m transferring them now.”
Ace never usually trusted Gi with hornets. Last time he did him accidentally hit a station, almost blowing it to kingdoms end.
“You better be clear in mind AND shot!”
“Are you suggestin somethin?”
“No of course not.” replied ace while putting his hand in his mouth to muffle his laughter. Karen put her hand over her mouth and just giggled
There where several clunks as the missiles were reloaded. Ace quickly jerked the ship again to avoid another wrecked girder as the beast continued after them. He took a sharp turn, jamming the joystick like a man on fire to avoid a collision with the tunnel end. He tucked the sigma into the side of a tunnel to avoid a wrecked TP in the middle of the pipe leaving a trail of sparks, and then swerve out the way of the M5 lying destroyed in the way. The khaak simply pounded through, destroying them instantaneously. Bix was transfixed on the schematics and barked out a message to Gi
“We have a ventilation tunnel coming up! It leads straight to the still active core. When I give the message, fire!”
“I don’t need any help; a gunner must rely upon his skills for power!”
He threw off his targeting aider, flicked a switch disabling auto aiming and jammed his gun into upwards position. He sat there, huge globules of sweat throwing them selves down his face, but that was just because he hadn’t yet fully calibrated the environmental systems for his needs yet. It was coming up, a pit of darkness. Time slowed to a crawl as Gi passed it. He was almost past it when he launched. The hornet screamed up the tunnel hitting the side and launching sparks every where. It soon disappeared into the darkness as the sigma screamed down the tunnel. A shudder of the station marked the death throes of the reactor. Karen turned to Bix slightly worried
“Bix …. Cross reference the time this place takes to go critical and the time it takes to for us to escape.” She said in tones of worried ness
“It’ll take the reactor 2 mizures to blow; it’ll take us around 81 sezures to escape.”
”So well make it?” enquired Ace
“No, 96 sezures equal a mizures it’s like you’re from a different galaxy!”
“Maybe I am …”replied Ace downheartedly
As he did this he began to look away and accidentally propel the sigma into a piece of large rubble? At the last second Karen dived for the joystick and wrenched the sigma out of the way. Ace returned to his senses and continued to pilot it with finesse and skill. Ace looked in the rear view monitor and saw the creature closing, propelled by khaak engines jutting out of its spine. Following it though was a wall of fire, burning with the very flames of hell.
“One super nova coming up our rear!!!!!!” shouted Bix.
As the beast closed Danmaru and Gi began to unleash beta and gamma HEPTS upon it, the blasts annoying it and leaving its skin burnt and raw. As an exit began to draw near the beast replied with its own lasers, the beams searching out for a target. And they found one. A random plasma conduit was sticking out of the destroyed pipe wall. The Sigma was wreathed in a ball of green fire as it sent them bouncing around the tunnel , their shields screaming silently out in agony and finding a human voice within the ship
”shields critical!”
Ace jammed on the joystick and stabilized the sigma as the flames drew nearer. He spied something, above the exit door. A cabin or similar which might control the vent door. Ace flipped the ship around and locked into a course and began to fire. Balls of raw energy cascaded with the cabin, destroying it in a shower of energy and sparks. The door on the pipe began to slowly close, and the potential exit disappears. Ace flipped the ship around and then focused carefully, the wrinkle lines on his brow could have been visible a mile off. The door was a fraction of the Sigma’s size but Ace wouldn’t give up. As the sigma went through the exit the door crashed into its keel and ripped away several parts of it in a shower of sparks. The ship was clear and the station began to disappear in a shower of explosions. Victory was theirs! Ace was still pondering though. What of the young girl?
"now the darkenss is falling , they close in upon us like preadators. only he can stand in thier way , only he can possible halt the tide. but he must do it alone. though his body is broken , his spirit shattered love and vengance will spur him on to the battle"
-ensign Bix Roemann
-ensign Bix Roemann
so waht do u people think of it at the moment ?
"now the darkenss is falling , they close in upon us like preadators. only he can stand in thier way , only he can possible halt the tide. but he must do it alone. though his body is broken , his spirit shattered love and vengance will spur him on to the battle"
-ensign Bix Roemann
-ensign Bix Roemann