The Speed Of Darkness
Sid
Corwid of the Free Join Date: 2003-01-28 Member: 12903Members, Constellation
Corwid of the Free Join Date: 2003-01-28 Member: 12903Members, Constellation
<div class="IPBDescription">SHORT. Based on my imaganation! *gasp*</div> Hello, I am not a very good author, so PLEASE don't expect much out of this story, and I know it sucks, so you don't have to point it out, okay? Please do not flame me... I'll get better with much practice, as you're about to see:
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DATA FILE ACCESSED//////
PROCESSING REQUEST....
SHIP LOG ONLINE//00.100.0011
ACTIVATE
ONE HOUR, THIRTY-TWO EARTH MINUTES,
"I have arrived... for nearly six months I have been frozen in stasis. I am aboard the newest recon vessel of the TSA fleet, the “Hermes” class scout ship. With its cloaking ability, I can travel undetected deep into enemy space. As I create this log, I am sitting by the dying Sun known as “Mar-Sareth.” This is a one-manned vessel with simplistic controls and compact space. There is a Bedroom of petite size, a hydro-shower, and only one food/drink replictor aboard. I now begin my 4 month observation of this sector… initiating the cloaking device.” ///END TRANSMISSION
FORTY-THREE HOURS, TWELVE EARTH MINUTES,
“Success! Long range sensors have detected the Kharaa swarm… cloaking is at one hundred percent, so I am invisible to them. They appear to be at the far end of this sector, the automated transmitter ray has most likely beamed back this information to TSA Headquarters. It’s only a matter of time before they tell me to pull out. I can’t wait to get my salary!” ///END TRANSMISSION
///WARNING! FAILURE DETECTED IN TRANSMITTER RAY///
///BEGIN MANUAL TRANSMISSION///ETA TO TSA HQ: TWENTY-FOUR EARTH DAYS///ABORTED
FORTY-EIGHT HOURS, TWENTY-ONE EARTH MINUTES,
“Minor drawback. Impact from a micrometeorite has damaged the Transmitter ray, and I cannot contact Headquarters… I tried to fix the bloody thing manually, but I do not have the time and patience to wait that long… <Static> …what was that? Short-range sensors pick… up something… interference with interments…” ///END TRANSMISSION
///POWER OVERIDE ACESSED… BOOSTING POWER TO IN-SHIP SYSTEMS///
///WARNING-ENGINE POWER DRAINING///
///ACCESSED ALERT SUB ROUTINE-Disabled///
///MANUAL LOG INPUT ACCESSED:
“There here… the time is… forty… nine hours and around thirty minutes. For the past five... or so minutes, I’ve been hearing scraping on the Hermes’ outer hull. But how can this be? I am cloaked… <Banging of a nearby console> Hmmm… how can they pick up my ship? I’m pretty sure the Kharaa infested vessel that I spotted a couple hours ago doesn’t have sensors activated, let alone the Kharaa being able to even read sensor readings… HOLD ON A BLOODY MINUTE… For the love of… <Kicking of console> my distress beacon! It must have activated when my transmitter ray malfunctioned… The high-pitched tone of it must be driving the Kharaa toward me- <Screeching of Metal> THERE IT IS AGAIN! Those **** are on my hull!” ///MANUAL TRANSMISSION ENDED
///ACCESSED EMERGANCY CLOAK OVERRIDE
///WARNING ALERTS ///Disabled/// NO WARNING WILL BE PLAYED
///DECLOAKING…
///…
///…
///DECLOAKED///POWER RETURNING FROM CLOAK GENERATORS///
///ENGINES ONLINE///AUTOPILOT ENGAGED AT COORDINATES///00-47 by 67-00 mark 34
///HULL BREACH DETECTED///
<Sound of gunshots and hissing noises followed by a slow bulky sound of a thick door closing>
///COCKPIT SEALED///LIFE-FORMS DETECTED: 7
///EJECTING COCKPIT
///REMOTE SELF DESTRUCT ENABLED…HAVE A NICE DAY.
<Silence>
///COCKPIT COMMAND ACTIVATED…
///ACESSING LOG…
///ACCESSED///RECORDING…
“I have no idea of the time… I have been ejected from the body of my spacecraft…I’m recording this log from it’s ejected cockpit… I have suffered a severe leg injury… my only hope is the Stasis Freezing Chamber… and hope that maybe someone will pick me up… TSA will not be please by the blowing up of their state-of-the-art ship… I hope I got those **** with the self-destruct… short range sensors picking up nothing… impulse engines at forty-six percent… I am merely drifting though space. I am now leaving the sector… as I gaze out the only window I see the dying Sun seem to wave to me “Good-bye”. ///END TRANSMISSION
///STASIS FREEZING CHAMBER ACCESSED///AUTO PILOT ENGAGED//ETA TO TSA HQ: 14 Months, 27 days, 12 Hours ///END LOG
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Fear my horrible Writing skillz... sorry if it was too long for the forums or not, I did read the FAQ.
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DATA FILE ACCESSED//////
PROCESSING REQUEST....
SHIP LOG ONLINE//00.100.0011
ACTIVATE
ONE HOUR, THIRTY-TWO EARTH MINUTES,
"I have arrived... for nearly six months I have been frozen in stasis. I am aboard the newest recon vessel of the TSA fleet, the “Hermes” class scout ship. With its cloaking ability, I can travel undetected deep into enemy space. As I create this log, I am sitting by the dying Sun known as “Mar-Sareth.” This is a one-manned vessel with simplistic controls and compact space. There is a Bedroom of petite size, a hydro-shower, and only one food/drink replictor aboard. I now begin my 4 month observation of this sector… initiating the cloaking device.” ///END TRANSMISSION
FORTY-THREE HOURS, TWELVE EARTH MINUTES,
“Success! Long range sensors have detected the Kharaa swarm… cloaking is at one hundred percent, so I am invisible to them. They appear to be at the far end of this sector, the automated transmitter ray has most likely beamed back this information to TSA Headquarters. It’s only a matter of time before they tell me to pull out. I can’t wait to get my salary!” ///END TRANSMISSION
///WARNING! FAILURE DETECTED IN TRANSMITTER RAY///
///BEGIN MANUAL TRANSMISSION///ETA TO TSA HQ: TWENTY-FOUR EARTH DAYS///ABORTED
FORTY-EIGHT HOURS, TWENTY-ONE EARTH MINUTES,
“Minor drawback. Impact from a micrometeorite has damaged the Transmitter ray, and I cannot contact Headquarters… I tried to fix the bloody thing manually, but I do not have the time and patience to wait that long… <Static> …what was that? Short-range sensors pick… up something… interference with interments…” ///END TRANSMISSION
///POWER OVERIDE ACESSED… BOOSTING POWER TO IN-SHIP SYSTEMS///
///WARNING-ENGINE POWER DRAINING///
///ACCESSED ALERT SUB ROUTINE-Disabled///
///MANUAL LOG INPUT ACCESSED:
“There here… the time is… forty… nine hours and around thirty minutes. For the past five... or so minutes, I’ve been hearing scraping on the Hermes’ outer hull. But how can this be? I am cloaked… <Banging of a nearby console> Hmmm… how can they pick up my ship? I’m pretty sure the Kharaa infested vessel that I spotted a couple hours ago doesn’t have sensors activated, let alone the Kharaa being able to even read sensor readings… HOLD ON A BLOODY MINUTE… For the love of… <Kicking of console> my distress beacon! It must have activated when my transmitter ray malfunctioned… The high-pitched tone of it must be driving the Kharaa toward me- <Screeching of Metal> THERE IT IS AGAIN! Those **** are on my hull!” ///MANUAL TRANSMISSION ENDED
///ACCESSED EMERGANCY CLOAK OVERRIDE
///WARNING ALERTS ///Disabled/// NO WARNING WILL BE PLAYED
///DECLOAKING…
///…
///…
///DECLOAKED///POWER RETURNING FROM CLOAK GENERATORS///
///ENGINES ONLINE///AUTOPILOT ENGAGED AT COORDINATES///00-47 by 67-00 mark 34
///HULL BREACH DETECTED///
<Sound of gunshots and hissing noises followed by a slow bulky sound of a thick door closing>
///COCKPIT SEALED///LIFE-FORMS DETECTED: 7
///EJECTING COCKPIT
///REMOTE SELF DESTRUCT ENABLED…HAVE A NICE DAY.
<Silence>
///COCKPIT COMMAND ACTIVATED…
///ACESSING LOG…
///ACCESSED///RECORDING…
“I have no idea of the time… I have been ejected from the body of my spacecraft…I’m recording this log from it’s ejected cockpit… I have suffered a severe leg injury… my only hope is the Stasis Freezing Chamber… and hope that maybe someone will pick me up… TSA will not be please by the blowing up of their state-of-the-art ship… I hope I got those **** with the self-destruct… short range sensors picking up nothing… impulse engines at forty-six percent… I am merely drifting though space. I am now leaving the sector… as I gaze out the only window I see the dying Sun seem to wave to me “Good-bye”. ///END TRANSMISSION
///STASIS FREEZING CHAMBER ACCESSED///AUTO PILOT ENGAGED//ETA TO TSA HQ: 14 Months, 27 days, 12 Hours ///END LOG
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Fear my horrible Writing skillz... sorry if it was too long for the forums or not, I did read the FAQ.
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