MSNPC Elt Jezuk - Who Turned Out the Lights?
griz86
((Bridge, Orion Pirate Vessel Chuulak))
The pilot of the destroyed ship was still alive, floating helplessly in the void.
Lucky for him, the code of looking after your crew meant that Jezuk couldn’t just ignore him. With a roll of her eyes, she had given the order for the Chuulak to drop its shields to be able to beam him back onboard.
She stood, arms folded across her chest with one foot tapping on the floor as she awaited for confirmation that the pilot had been beamed aboard, so that they could continue the search for the Capricalian vessel that had had the cheek to fight back.
But what she got instead was a flickering of the lights and a sudden and eerie silence.
Jezuk: What was that?
The whole bridge had gone dark. Only emergency lighting meant that she was able to make out the silhouettes of her crew as they desperately tried to figure out what had just happened.
Tactical Officer: I… I don’t know, Captain. It’s as if we were hit by an EMP.
Jezuk: : quietly, to herself:: An EMP?
Instinctively, she knew what that meant. But before she had a chance to try to issue any orders, there came a sound.
It was a dull “clunk”. Relatively faint… but ominous.
Her eyes darted in the direction of the noise, not she could have seen what had caused it, even if the lights had been on.
Then, a second, much louder THUNK seemed to come from right under their feet.
Jezuk: What is going on!?
At that moment, the lights flickered and came back on.
The look of confusion on the faces of her crew told her that they had just as little idea as to what had just happened as she did.
Jezuk marched to her chair and sat down, glowering out of the viewscreen.
oO It must be those snivelling little Capricalians. Oo
She slammed her fist on the arm of her chair and gritted her teeth.
Jezuk: Open a channel. All frequencies!
There was a moment of charged silence as the comms officer’s fingers flew furiously across their console.
Comms Officer: Channel open, Captain.
Jezuk’s nails dug into both armrests now and she spoke through her still gritted teeth.
Jezuk: =/\= We know you’re out there, Capricalian worms! Show yourselves! Come out and fight! =/\=
At first, there was no reply. But Jezuk knew they had heard her loud and clear.
Jezuk: =/\= You can’t hide forever! I don’t know what you just did but I can tell you this - whatever game you’re playing, it isn’t going to work. We’re waiting for you. You *will* make a mistake and when you do, I am going to enjoy watching your little relic of a ship get blasted into a million pieces! =/\=
Theirr: =/\= Response (if any?) =/\=
TBC
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Elt Jezuk
Commanding Officer
Pirate Vessel Chuulak
As simmed by
Commanding Officer
Starbase 118 Ops
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