The Particle Disintegrator turrets are inspired by the Large Hadron Collider, which is one of the eight particle accelerators at CERN in Switzerland. There, they speed up particles close to the speed of light, then smash them into each other just to see what happens. It’s cool as all hell.
The Admiral led her handful of frigates back towards the base at a nearly breakneck speed. Pirate fighters nipped at their heels and tapped at their armor with cannonfire, but only just scraped against the surface. The panicked crewmembers on them were certainly thankful for the frigate’s thicker a
“Admiral. I got diagnostics still running, but what I got so far - you’re not gonna like it. Every single junction and transformer on the station is dead. Well, not dead dead, but dead enough. All of ‘em got damaged from those surges. Some short-circuited, some blew their fuses. A couple blew apart
“Honestly, my engineering chief is doing what he can. We must put a little trust in him.” “That’s not exactly comforting, given where we’re at right now!” “I might be able to help,” interjected Miko. “I have some training and knowledge.” “What? No, absolutely not. I’m not letting a teenager get a
Valos and Merlin watched the screens around them with absolute joy. The Admiral and her set of toys were so easily defeated, to the point that every Federation pilot ended up running from the fight. “I bet some of your pilots are a bit disappointed,” Merlin mused. “They were probably lookin’ to hav
She immediately scowled at him. “Well, the pleasure’s all yours. Now give me my core back, and leave Tartarus Base this instant!” “You’re not really in much of a position to negotiate, sweetheart.” “Don’t call me that!” “I’ll call you whatever the hell I want. You - all o’ you - are at my mercy.
The torpedoes slammed into the structures, and like before they broke open and spilled their energy everywhere. Electricity spidered outwards, traveled down every conductive surface, and penetrated deep into the asteroid. Their energy shot past the transformers and filled the lines quickly and vio
The remaining pirate frigates hurriedly positioned themselves all around the asteroid and covered literally every angle all around. Once they were in position, each and every one of them extended a large metallic sphere from underneath their bellies. The spheres glowed a dull orange as streams of l
“No time to lose,” she said. “Freya! Everyone! Gear up and get ready. Let’s kick these fuckers out of here.” Miko came on Eva and Redstar’s comms display as the Admiral issued her orders to all of her officers. “Nee-san,” she said. “Can you fight without me? I have something else I need to look in