USS DEMORA-SULU: The Sun is in my eyes
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[[[SD: 20.0421.1400]]]
“They’re coming around!”
“Thal, I can’t shake them.” Sparks flew from an
engineering console as an energy spike shorted out its
system.
“Open fire!”
“Aye Ma’am, Targeting nearest energy system.”
“Target locked.”
“Firing.”
Scans revealed fifteen craft buzzing around the larger
vessel. They were small, lightweight, and fast little
buggers. Their own slightly larger ship rocked with
every torpedo impact. “Report” Soleil called.
The haze emanating from the Evn-Tres controlling the
helm flared and pulsed with every impact. She was
scared. Soleil rested her hand on the young girls’
shoulder. It had the calming effect that she
intended.
“Two vessels destroyed, one damaged.”
“They are just too fast, Thal.”
Soleil pounded the panel in front of her. “Bring
vessel around two paces and redirect all available
energy to the shields.” The shields were practically
nonexistent. They weren’t much more to begin with.
Damn those budge cuts.
“Thal, They’re swarming the rear energy transfer.”
“I need the shields” Soleil yelled.
Sparks flared behind the Thal throwing her slightly
forward.
“Their shields are modulating to our frequency flux”
“Increase the speed of our variation. We can’t let
them match it.”
The ship rocked hard to the right throwing the Thal to
her knees. A piece of debris sliced deeply into her
cheek. Her own aura flared in pain as the gentle
warmth of her own blood flowed from the wound.
“They’ve matched it.” Tres Liorae called from the
damaged engineering panel.
“The vessels just pushed through the shields.”
“Send out a distress call!” Soleil ordered. “All
directions”
“Aye, Ma’am.”
The Evn-Tres pushed away from the helm and
concentrated on the comm.
“Recording”
“This is Thal Soleil of the Madei Jumper KAI. We are
under attack by Guatu NightJumpers.”
“Boarding parties on Decks 2 and 3”
Sparks hissed from the previously damaged panel
showering Liorae with hot metal. His scream echoed
his aura’s fiery pulse.
“Boarding parties have been confirmed, KAI location
8.46 markels outside Relay Station MYRE.”
“They’re making their way to the bridge”
“End Recording”
“Loop and transmit”
“Transmitting”
“Thal, watch out!” Weapon’s fire blasted across the
bridge. Liorae’s warning allowed Soleil to move out
of direct fire, but still the energy blast ripped
through her shoulder, melting parts of her uniform
into the wound. Streaks of white jetted through the
pink haze surrounding her skin.
His shout also brought direct fire towards himself.
The dull grey tinged with blue told Soleil all she
needed to know. He was dead. In a blink… the Guatu
surrounded the Thal, weapons drawn, “I believe, now is
the time to surrender”
[[[Scene: USS DEMORA-SULU]]]
[[[SD: 20.0421.1625]]]
>
>"Based on what we've just discovered,
>quite possibly sir," Reyan
>said. His foul mood had dissipated a
>little. He was short tempered
>but it was often short lived.
>
>"mmmm... and perrrrhaps something was
>done to the D level sensors in
>the Ambassadors quarters to make the
>susceptible. .." M'Tress said as
>he took one of the seats at an empty console.
>
BEEP BEEP BEEP
A panel on Reyan Jolan’s console blinked with life and
an alarm shrieked into the air.
“Sir, we’re receiving an incoming signal, source
unknown. It appears to be garbled”
Reyan’s scowl only deepened. “Apply universal
translators.”
“Unsuccessful, Sir”
The audio played a series of garbled words, or what
might have been words followed by what was obviously a
scream of some kind, and a second series of garbled
words.
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With Wings of Light
Thal Soleil
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EJ