The Sereni-Tree and the Neverending Peril
POSTED BY: TheRealMe
UPDATED: Tuesday, May 9, 2006 03:53
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No, continue hacking, please! Sorry, I need to edit to include that.
And I didn't do anything to Sparky. He's just still dodging Alliance in the Napoleon. I'm sure we'll pick him up.
TheRealMe, First Officer of the Sereni-Tree
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In the ISSCV, Seryn drops into the pilot’s chair. “Hang on guys. I’m used to fighters and shuttles not transports, especially one this old, so this might be a tad bumpy.”
Soul still stands at the open hatch as the ISSCV’s big engines roar to life, lifting the craft to hover about two feet off the ground.
“Soul?” Seryn calls back. The ship lists to one side and Seryn struggles to level it again “Citizen? I could use a hand”
Needy looks around. Again a feeling of helplessness washes over him. He sits at the turret in the back compartment, using the turret’s targeting system as field glasses to watch what was going on outside.
"Come on, Safe," Soul says under his breath. "I don't want to leave you behind."
A metallic voice breaks Souls concentration “Interesting…” There is a slight whirring noise as McQ’s cybernetic eye changes magnification. “Guerilla tactic#2418…”
Soul looks at McQ puzzled. “From the Alliance handbook when dealing with hostiles.” McQ explains “They are not planning on walking away. Their intent is to take out the opposition, thus buying time for our escape.”
Soul snaps his head back towards the scene unfolding on the tarmac. “No! This was supposed to be a clean get away.”
“In a moment, we will have to do our part” McQ states matter of factly.
“Our part??” Soul asks incredulously
“Part of tactic#2418 requires a third party.”
Then it dawns on Soul. Cover fire.
A soldier runs across the tarmac towards the Blue Sun shuttle, yelling and pointing. The soldiers standing with the two Blue Sun executives raise their guns to cover the crew of the Dagger. Grunt and Jennings slowly put their hands in the air as Bear lowers Safe, who continues to play the unconscious bounty, to the ground. As all the soldiers watch the big man straighten back up and raise his hands, Safe rolls over onto his back, both his guns in hand.
“That’s our cue” intones McQ, raising his arm. A panel on his forearm slides back and a miniature rocket launcher rises out of his arm.
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Originally posted by CallMeAth:
*Ath pulls Kelly toward him with the shaking hand and with the other, dunks her.*
"Truce on that!"
Kelly screams as Ath dunks her, winning herself a mouthful of cold water. Her dress swirling angrily around her, Kelly grabs Ath's hand and pulls him down with her. After a brief struggle with each other underwater, they both emerge gasping and giggling.
"'Never truce with Men, for they are easily corrupted,' my father used to say, and he was right! You evil boy!" Kelly laughs, splashing water in Ath's face. Grinning widely, Ath returns the splash, and soon a raucous waterfight ensues.
Maybe the splashing was too loud, or maybe they were too engrossed in their fun, but they missed a familiar voice saying:
Quote:
Originally posted by TheRealMe:
“Ahem! Excuse me!” Still looking away from the couple, he continues, “Uh, would either of you happen to know where we are?”
TheRealMe, First Officer of the Sereni-Tree
Kelly and Ath finally wear themselves out though, and swim towards shore in time to see a flash of light through the trees.
"What was that?" Ath asks.
"I'm not sure. I feel a breath of air that is out of place though. Should we investigate?"
Kelly steps out of the water, oblivious to how her sopping wet dress has clung to her slender form. She wrings her hair and picks up her sword. Turning towards Ath, she sees him quickly shut his mouth.
"What?"
Ath's ears turn pink. "Uh.....nothing. Let's go check out that light."
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*after briefing TRM and watching him dawn the gauntlets, she tightens the last wire screw*
Ooo, that could help. But don't worry about that yet...watch this...
*she fiddles with a few controls*
Right. I've got nav control of the Nelson. Hope SR doesn't freak out that he's lost control...heh. I'll bring him as clsoe as I can. You can take him from there.
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OOC; Damn, sorry.
Orbiting commerce: "I should have visual by now." SR thinks to himself as he approaches the rendevous point. "Blody gorram hell I must be homing in on a crybaby. This can't be good. It must have been set up recently or the bad guys would have sussed it out all ready. If the Tree is flying with a SEP field they are probably very close. Either closing fast, in front of me or passed by and heading down stream away from me. I'm going to take a chance on the former. If they really are in between me and the crybay it might just work."
SR lowers the landing gear on the shuttle and prepares for a double blind barn swallow in orbit.
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Quincey gets the hang of the controls while the Sereni-Tree operates on her reactionless drive. The control is not quite so precise, but the ride is much smoother.
Her monitors and surrounding holographic imaging show the Admiral Nelson coming up quick. "Not too fast," she mutters. She twists a hand grip to brake the ship's forward velocity a bit. "There, that's better." Quincey sees the Nelson lower its landing gear. "They're ready! Open hanger bay doors!"
"Opening!" Shadow calls after pushing the correct control. Imaging confirms the doors slowly parting.
Suddenly Quincey feels a quiver of excitement run through her. "This is going to be a double blind barn swallow in orbit! YES!"
TheRealMe gages the approach of the Nelson and readies the grappler arms to prepare to snatch it out of the sky. "Only a single blind, Bride5," he says. "We can see him."
"Don't spoil the moment!" she snaps.
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Wisp watches with aww(scrap that) Wonder/intrigue/a manly interested emotion. As The shuttle swings into the hangar without actually knowing what its doing. However the pre-mentioned emotion quickly falls away as the shuttle fails to decrease thrust whem entering the hangar, crashing straight into the back wall. Wisp closes The hangar doors abd waits for a few agonising seconds for the atmosphere to refill the room then sprints headlong inside as soon ad the doors open. The shuttle is on fire and leaking all sorts of strange liquids all over the hangar.
"Fire! Fire and Medic!!! SOMEBODY!!!" Shouts wisp into the intercom as he grabs an extinguisher and begins battling the blaze, wondering about who was gorram trapped inside
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The Bridge is very quiet as the Sereni-Tree closes with the shuttle Admiral Nelson. Up in the pilot dome, Quincey makes some microscopic adjustments to the ship’s course. Below her, in the main level of the Bridge, the three control consoles are occupied. ThatWeirdGirl takes control of the Nelson so as to better guide it in. TheRealMe works the ship’s external grappler arms, ready to grab the shuttle once it is close enough. Shadow waits for the word to close the hanger doors.
“I have full control of the Admiral,” ThatWeirdGirl informs the rest.
“Bring it just a little closer,” TheRealMe says as he reaches out with the grappler arms. “Be prepared to cut the shuttle’s engines on my mark.”
Shadow waits quietly.
Suddenly, two explosions rock the Sereni-Tree!
“Enemy fighters!” Quincey calls down. “Three, in a V formation, twelve o’clock high.”
“They followed the shuttle to find us,” TheRealMe muses. “Gunners! Return fire! Bride5! Full boost, positive z! Weirdgirl, cut Nelson’s engines! No more time for subltely, we’re going to scoop up our shuttle with a real barn swallow! Shadow, ready?”
Shadow’s small hand hovers over the hanger door control. “Ready!”
Quincey howls with glee as her hands dance across the control surface. Suddenly, the Sereni-Tree lurches upward, roughly enveloping the shuttle within the hanger bay.
“Doors!” TheRealMe calls, while deactivating the grappler gauntlets.
Shadow moves her hand to touch the control, but stops. "They're already closing. Someone else did it." She sounds a little disappointed.
“Bride5! Evasive action! Change our course randomly. We should be invisible again, soon as the doors shut!”
“Right!”
TheRealMe glances at the vid feeds from the hanger. Something was wrong! The Nelson’s engines were still active, causing damage to shuttles and other equipment. “Weirdgirl, I said cut the engines on the…” Looking back, TheRealMe sees ThatWeirdGirl limp and unconscious at her console, no doubt injured during the attack. He unbuckles himself and makes his way to her console. He touches a control to shut down the Nelson’s engines, then he gently cradles ThatWeirdGirl's head. “Damage control party to the hanger bay! Medic to the bridge!”
Jake7 and Jadehand send spears of laser light toward the incoming craft. One explodes, then another. Finally, just before impact, the third fighter is hit. A rain of rubble patters on the Sereni-Tree's hull.
“Hanger doors are shut,” Shadow informs the rest.
"Gunners, cease fire! Bride5, launch another crybaby. This time, make it look like we just blew up!"
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*Jake7 and JadeHand finish the last of the fighters in their crossfire and quickly shut down the guns, leaving no power signiture to be tracked*
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“Damage control party to the hanger bay! Medic to the bridge!”
*JadeHand seperates from the gun turrent and sprints to the Bridge. Arriving, he takes in the scene and drops beside his fallen crewmember.*
"What happened?"
TRM replies, "She must have been injured in the attack, When I turned around she was unconcious."
"I need to make sure she's ok to transport to medical."
TRM quirks an eyebrow at JadeHand, "But you're not a doctor.....are you?"
"Not yet." JadeHand pulls out a tag and his blue sharpie, quickly writing out the name SimonWho before slapping it to his chest. He shifts slighty as his body and mind become that of another. He checks all of her vitals, pupil dilation, and scans for head and neck injuries before scooping her up in his arms.*
"She's going to fine, I'll take down to the medlab, where I can get to all the equipment I'll need and get some help from me, I mean Simon."
*JadeHand turns and leaves the bridge carrying her down to the Infirmary. SimonWho looks up in shock as he sees himself walk in. JadeHand finds a free bed and gently places his friend down. He looks over at Simon, still a bit in shock.*
"Simon, It's me. Don't worry, She's going to be ok."
*Simon steps over as they each reach for the same equipment, run several tests, and of course share the same diagnoses. They begin their treatment and find that 2 heads are indeed better than one. She's treated and resting in record time.*
"Ok, keep an eye on her for me, She has to be well enough to kill me for the damage to the Nelson .... If I make it back."
*JadeHand charges out of the room to the hanger bay. Arriving as teams work on the Nelson. He walks over to Ocean Cloud climbs in and goes to the back where he opens a crate of Fusion Block explosives. "Yes, these will work." He activates the SEP of the shuttle, and then the one on his hip. He scrawls out a familiar name on the next tag, and shifts again....blue fur, a tail, and a "BAMF!" and he and his cargo are gone.*
*On the bridge several minutes later, Quincey looks up in disbelief...*
Ummm, TRM? the cruiser? ...It just exploded.
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