In the plane known as Hyperspace, where atomic physics are warped beyond comprehension, there was a man called Gideon. His body was in temporal stasis, brought about by his own Psionic control. Like this he spent eight hundred years as a disembodied mind, watching over his body, waiting for an exit.
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Somewhere in the Oort cloud, about a thousand AU's from Sol, a vessel began to phase back in from Hyperspace, appearing to slow down, from a hypothetical observer's viewpoint. The ship--a Barreleye class exploration frigate--was called the PXE Sundawn. On board resided a crew of 31 from Epsilon Eridani and neighboring stars, aside from four individuals. Their names were Aldarist Gueria, Serris Omali, Maximilian de Verath, and Jacob Lichen.
Aldarist, or Aldy, as his crewmates called him, was the guard captain. A retired veteran from the Tau Ceti Combine, he had lived on pensions for only a year before departing to look for private employment. He always had a grude against a particular group--those that used magic, or "Psionic manipulators," as they were called. He called them wizards, because he considered them weak without their powers. Aldarist was hired as the guard captain because he knew how to deal with rogue mages, whom most guards were unable to combat.
Serris, also a medic, from Cygni Alpha had a different view of mages. In a maddened frenzy for learning, he often disregarded orders in order to try out new abilities on the field. Eventually, he was discharged from his home military, and set out to work for himself as a doctor. He was hired as the ships only medical officer.
Maximilian was a Psionic assassin from a colony orbiting YZ Canis Minoris. He was hired as a guard, but rarely goes on his assigned patrols. Instead, he frequents the bars and the lounges, not only reclining but reciting tales of his adventures to his crewmates, in an effort to become friends and learn their secrets should they betray the ship.
Jacob was one of the technicians. Though he worked for himself, he was a friend of Pheonix's co-founder, Madeline Winburg. Both he and Winburg hailed from 82 Eridani, albeit from different worlds (he was from Ruberlitus, Winburg was from a moon of Democritus). Jacob had extensive knowledge of the ship's repair drone and weaponry systems, and was the backup gunner in case the current one--Ercole Costello--was injured or otherwise removed from duty.
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Gideon continued drifting through hyperspace. His mind sensed a disturbance around his body. He decided to begin reanimating his visual senses.
[8/24] He felt an immense pain from the center of his nervous system. His body happened to be completely malnourished and dehydrated. Gideon had guessed this would happen if he waited long enough, since he did not maintain full control of things not part of his body, such as food in his stomach, but being disembodied, he lost all sense of time.
The disturbance began to feel greater. He now visualized a large, rectangular mass. There was a large plume of mass behind it--a ship! Travelling through hyperspace? He realized that he had been stranded in hyperspace for a very ong time. Maybe this was his ticket out.
Gideon began to urge the spacetime around his body to contract and expand, pushing his body in the path of the vessel.
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Inside the Sundawn's bridge, buried deep within the hull, Captain Frederick Wallace watched the augmented viewscreen intently. He knew these were charted territories--it was clearly dangerous because nobody ever seemed to return, even though it was an obvious enough location for explorers to go. Something was preventing them from leaving or sending distress messages, so he had taken it to himself to keep watch at all times.
The operator in the sensor room sent a message, which immediately appeared on a console attached to the guard rail. Captain Wallace tapped the screen, bringing up the message.
There's something in front of us. It's mostly flat and might be moving to intercept. I'd reccomend you watch for it, sir.
The captain dismissed the message and looked at the center screen.
There was indeed a black speck visible among the purplish-pink backdrop still visible as the ship phased back into real space. He told the tactician to zoom in, and examine it more closely, eventually revealing that the object was fading in intensity along with the pink backdrop. He opened up the message console and hailed the engine room.
Slow the reentry by a few minutes, there is an object I want to examine as we approach it.
The acknowledgement light ticked on.
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Gideon felt the spacecraft moving closer and closer. As he felt it fade away, he hurried to place himself in its path. It kept moving... closer and closer!
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Captain Wallace continued to watch the object. The ship was approaching it rapidly.
One of the crew shouted, "Sir, we are on a collision course! Shall we arm the point defense system?"
"Proceed," responded the Captain. "Alert the repair crews as well, in case we take any shrapnel. Begin evasive manuvers."
The lights in the hallways brightened to red, and sirens began to sound over the speakers. The entire bridge crew put on their seatbelts.
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Gideon was now directly in the path of the vessel. He noticed smaller objects shooting out toward him. Point defense, he thought. They were trying to shoot him down. That was irrelevant. He would be unaffected.
--
The captain saw the object be hit by the autocannons. It continued on its course, and a split-second later he heard and felt a thud.
We have a hull breach. Closing off the affected areas. No significant structural damage.
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Gideon woke up breathless in a pile of twisted and contorted metal. His stomach stung with the pain of hunger. He felt like he had been asleep for centuries.
He tried to take in a breath, but his lungs did not comply. All of his knowledge came back to him now. He had breached the hull of the ship. It was phasing out of hyperspace. This was his ticket out though, because as the ship slipped back into real space, he was now inside the bubble and would go back with it.
He just needed to do something about the oxygen problem...
Name: Gideon (+11 Psi)
Stats: STR: 5 | AGI: 2 | INT: 10
Skills: Berserker [3]
Armor User [3]
Space/Time Manipulation [4]
Abilities:TimelockMild ClairvoyanceInventory(3/7): -
Metal Gloves (Equpped)
-Small Bible
-Keychain Rabbit
Name: Aldarist Geuria (+3 Psi)
Stats: STR: 7 | AGI: 7 | INT: 3
Skills: Marksman [2]
Gunslinger [2]
Ambusher [2]
Observer [3]
Anti-Magic Shells [1]
Abilities:EmpowerStillshotInventory(3/9): -
L115A3 Rifle [5/5](4/5)
--20x Scope (NV)
--Phoenix Premium Suppressor
--Laser Sight
--Bipod
-Utility Belt (8/8)
--2x .338 5 Round Magazine
--2x .50 ALP 9 Round Magazine (HE)
--1x
.338 5 Round Magazine (HE)--2x
L9A Concussive Pistol [9/9] [9/9] (2/3) (2/3)
---2x Laser Sight
---2x Phoenix Premium Suppressor
--2x .338 5 Round Magazine
--2x Kabari Powered Dagger [120/120] [120/120]
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Explosives Satchel [10/10]
Name: Serris Omali (+4 Psi)
Stats: STR: 3 | AGI: 6 | INT: 8
Skills: Medical Scientist [2]
Spellcrafting [3]
Biokinesis [3]
Plasma Weapons [2]
Abilities: None
Inventory(2/5): -Messenger Bag (3/8)
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Field Dressing [8/8]
--
Auto-Tourniquet--
Antibiotics [7/7]
-Psychokinetic Stabilizer (what is this?)
Name: Maximilian de Verath (+4 Psi)
Stats: STR: 4 | AGI: 9 | INT: 4
Skills: Lasers [5]
Observer [3]
Tinkerer [2]
Abilities: None
Inventory(4/6): -
M165 Blaster Custom [7/7] (0/5)
-Magazine Belt (6/6)
--6x D-F Cartridge
-Lucky Charm
-Backpack (0/20)
Name: Jacob Lichen (+7 Psi)
Stats: STR: 6 | AGI: 4 | INT: 7
Skills: Armor User [3]
Engineer [3[
Pointman [3]
Speechcraft [1]
Abilities: None
Inventory(2/8): -Mark VIII Assault Drone--
Foster Y340 Machine Gun-
Sugi-Tan F3 Shotgun [16/16]
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Topic: Symphony of the Stars - Space Wizards 2.0 (Read 13006 times)