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Aodh
Oct 14, 2005 1:08:58 GMT -5
Post by Norris on Oct 14, 2005 1:08:58 GMT -5
"One sonic cannon," replied Raven. "It's situated at the other end of the corridor outside, but it has only enough power for one shot."
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Aodh
Oct 14, 2005 1:35:20 GMT -5
Post by The psyko ninja rabbit 2000 on Oct 14, 2005 1:35:20 GMT -5
"Shields and defense system?" Fang asked looking up fromt he device.
SHen turned and began heading to teh weapon.
"See if you can squeeze anymore power to it!" Shen said as he went.
TBCB Anyone
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Aodh
Oct 14, 2005 5:18:09 GMT -5
Post by Brian the Flying Penguin on Oct 14, 2005 5:18:09 GMT -5
Glowing green plasma vomited forth from the wing mounted plasma cannons. Where it struck the Blunderbird 2's armour either melted or evaporated in the intense heat. As it rose into the air the Double Bubble shot past and began a banking turn.
"Boss! Definitely a mammal ship. Some sort of big transport. They're taking off, and we don't have the firepower to stop them!"
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Aodh
Oct 14, 2005 8:49:51 GMT -5
Post by Norris on Oct 14, 2005 8:49:51 GMT -5
Raven shook her head.
"No shield, but I can only give enough juice to prolong the shot; the engines are sucking up too much energy."
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Aodh
Oct 15, 2005 1:09:08 GMT -5
Post by The psyko ninja rabbit 2000 on Oct 15, 2005 1:09:08 GMT -5
Shen grumbled under his breath as he pulled up the cannon and took aim.
A small fighter streaked in and fired at the Double Bubble, even though it was erratic firing due to damage.
"SOme cover has arrived!" Fang said as he saw the fighter.
TBCB Anyone
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Aodh
Oct 15, 2005 1:25:25 GMT -5
Post by Norris on Oct 15, 2005 1:25:25 GMT -5
"Great!" smiled Warren, but Raven was having trouble.
She had diverted as much possible power to the Sonic Cannon, and unless the shot was fired, they would lose valuable energy.
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Aodh
Oct 15, 2005 1:29:05 GMT -5
Post by The psyko ninja rabbit 2000 on Oct 15, 2005 1:29:05 GMT -5
SHen swung the cannon around and took aim.
"FIring now!" he yelled adn took the shoot.
TBCB Anyone
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Aodh
Oct 15, 2005 1:33:55 GMT -5
Post by Norris on Oct 15, 2005 1:33:55 GMT -5
OOC: Shall we stop here and see what Brians' reaction will be?
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Aodh
Oct 15, 2005 1:37:43 GMT -5
Post by The psyko ninja rabbit 2000 on Oct 15, 2005 1:37:43 GMT -5
OOC: SOunds good to me.
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Aodh
Oct 18, 2005 5:26:21 GMT -5
Post by Brian the Flying Penguin on Oct 18, 2005 5:26:21 GMT -5
OOC: Sorry, but that fighter was outmatched. If what I've written is a problem PM me and I'll change it. I would appreciate the PM including a reason why it wouldn't be destroyed. Secondly, I don't know exactly what a sonic weapon would do.
Walter completed another strafing run over the Blunderbird. Rather than bank he used the Bubbles gravetics to turn on the spot, a manoeuvre that resulted in them flying backwards pointing at the mammal craft.
"Incoming fighter, seven o'clock high."
The fighter is slightly smaller than their Double Bubble. It has an enclosed cockpit and a pair of grapple arms on the bottom of each wing, a design that reminded Sara of the mark 5 Bubbles. Above one of the wings was a single plasma cannon.
"Doesn't look that tough. Sara to Sijinco, we're under attack from some sort of fighter craft."
"Engage and destroy. The rest of us will be with you in a moment. Let the mark 5's deal with the transporter."
"Yes sir."
Walter fired their ion engines again and took them towards it. While she calculated a firing pattern Sara tried to make sense of its behaviour. It had worse armour, shields and armament than they did. It had nowhere to hide. It had to be covering for the larger ship. She fired. She saw the target jerk and fall from the sky, enveloped in a green halo. Its return fire hit a moment later and was easily absorbed by their shields.
"Target destroyed... and no damage sustained. And what's our big friend doing..? I'm reading increased energy output. Boosting engines maybe?"
Then things happened fast. The 'hostile target lock' warning light flashed on, and Sara held onto her seat as Walter tried to drop the ship a before the sonic blast hit them. The soft transparent material of their canopy crystallised as the shockwave passed straight through their shields. Their outer armour simply dripped off the ship, and their inner armour heated and cracked. As they fell out of the beam's path Sara tried to suppress her nausea and work out if the Bubble was working well enough to stop them hitting the ground.
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Aodh
Oct 18, 2005 19:43:08 GMT -5
Post by The psyko ninja rabbit 2000 on Oct 18, 2005 19:43:08 GMT -5
"DOuble Bubble going down!" SHen shouted from teh gunnery chair.
"We have our window Raven, let's get out of here!" Fang said as he shoved teh device back into the pocket he took it out of.
TBCB Anyone
OOC: Brian, the point of bringing the fighter was to get it destroyed. Besides, he has more. ;D
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Aodh
Oct 19, 2005 0:56:04 GMT -5
Post by Norris on Oct 19, 2005 0:56:04 GMT -5
Raven nodded, and thrust the ship into full power, causing it to speed away at half the speed of hyperdrive.
TBCA Occultas Galaxy
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Aodh
Oct 19, 2005 6:34:50 GMT -5
Post by Brian the Flying Penguin on Oct 19, 2005 6:34:50 GMT -5
OOC: Oh good. Hang on, are you going hyper inside an atmosphere? Without shields?
The Double Bubble fell through the sky. The fact that it was impossible to see clearly out of the canopy added to the feeling of nausea. With alarms going off from every part of the ship Walter worked the controls like a man possessed.
"Gravetics are out. And the computers are too damaged to use ion engines."
"Can't we glide in?"
"Even if we had gyros, we aren't aerodynamic enough! We're a flying brick!"
"Do you think that the canopy bubbles would survive an impact?"
"No! And they'd definitely shatter if we auto destructed!"
That’s it then, thought Sara numbly. Nothing else we can do. I just have to hope that hitting the canopy slows us down enough that we don't die. She found herself wanting to laugh. And cry. It was hard to see, but the trees on the ground below looked a lot closer than they had been a few minutes ago. She should say something.
"No you don't..."
There was a tremendous jerk, and Sara could feel that they had almost stopped moving. Their Double Bubble was hanging from grappling lines that had been fired from a couple of mark 5s. Sijinco's voice came through the comm.
"I'm getting pretty tired of turning up late for these things."
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Aodh
Oct 20, 2005 1:29:25 GMT -5
Post by The psyko ninja rabbit 2000 on Oct 20, 2005 1:29:25 GMT -5
OOC: NO, just half that speed utnil out of the atmosphere. WOuldn't want the shuttle tore apart now, do we? ;D
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