I'll weave Caellath into the plot somehow, soon enough. I'll try to roll twice today.
Roll 4Aldarist secretly activated his rifle's safety, then instructed Gideon where to move. He and Max followed, and Aldarist, enjoying his higher authority, repeatedly poked Gideon in the back with the barrel of the weapon.
At the bar, Gideon continued to plead about food, [4] and finally Aldarist pulled out a metal coin, inserted it into a vending machine in the bar, and pulled out an Omni-Bar for Gideon. He unwrapped it and swallowed it whole.
"Good stuff."Serris departed from them after this, heading back to his station at the medical bay. He had two patients to inspect for trauma, and would likely have more to do after th next threat was dispatched. He couldn't help but feel this next one was going to be different, though.
--
Captain Wallace stepped off of his platform on the bridge and activated the BlueFang transmitter clipped to his ear.
"Jacob, I need you to take the gunner's sea, the actual gunner is on break."It projected a fuzzy voice directly into his ear. It cancelled out the noises from the bridge to make it easier to hear.
"Already there, Captain.""Good, now I want you to fire off two warning shots if they do not respond within ten seconds. I am forwarding the conversation so you can hear it."One of the doors slid open and three people walked in. Two of them were Aldarist and Max. The third was... not a part of the crew.
Gideon explained his situation to the captain. The captain welcomed him on-board, and told him not to worry about the hull damage.
"The company is gaining record profits and we have enough produce stocked for a few weeks. We'll be able to get the deck running again," he had said.
"And you," continued the captain, pointing to Aldarist.
"Do not treat visitors this way. He is not a prisoner, he is an asset in this situation. You are giving Phoenix Engineering a bad name."He stepped back up to the plate and extended the microphone to mouth level.
"Unidentified vessel, greetings. We are mere explorers and have no hostile intentions."He counted to five.
"We are armed for our own safetly and will resort to violence only if you continue on your hostile vector."Wallace had the computer playback his words in a few other known languages.
There was only static.
--
Jacob had his finger on the rail gun's trigger, and had counted to nine, before he heard a old, male voice respond.
"What are we to call you people?"The captain was responding:
"Our ship is called the PXE Sundawn. We recently jumped from Alpha Centauri.""So you're from a corporation?" the voice responded. The accent was something new--Jacob had never heard anyone talk like this.
"Phoenix Engineering.""Sounds good.""Excuse me? Please disengage."Jacob counted to ten again. [6] Instead of firing a warning shot, he determined that these people were hostile, since that was the only way to explain how no explorers have actually returned from the system. It made sense now.
Jacob designated the ship as a target, set the fire mode to constant, and pulled the engagement switch.
--
The ship's main turret--a dual-barreled rail gun--fired off twelve rounds in quick succession, jettisoning the now-contorted rails from the back of the weapon. The bullets left the barrel along with a plume of white-hot plasma, twice the length of the ship. In the distance, the projectiles--followed by the ship's camera tracking system and displayed on all of the major viewscreens around the ship's hallways--met with the enemy vessel in the distance, only to disappear in a flash of light before hitting the ship.
--
Suddenly, something breached the hull on Deck 3.
Name: Gideon (100/100hp) (+12 Psi)
Stats: STR: 5 | AGI: 2 | INT: 10
Skills: Berserker [3]
Armor User [3]
Space/Time Manipulation [4]
Abilities:TimelockInfinity BladesMild ClairvoyanceInventory(3/7): -
Metal Gloves (Equpped)
-Small Bible
-Keychain Rabbit
Name: Aldarist Geuria (120/120hp) (+7 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]
-
Explosives Satchel [10/10]
Name: Serris Omali (80/80hp) (+12 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)
--
Field Dressing [8/8]
--
Auto-Tourniquet--
Antibiotics [7/7]
-
Psychokinetic Stabilizer Name: Maximilian de Verath (90/90hp) (+8 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 (110/110hp) (+11 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-
Retrieval Claw-
Sugi-Tan F3 Shotgun [16/16]
-Gunner pod keys (weightless)