“We’ve got a bogey incoming,” the copilot blurted out. “It’s got a weird signature, can’t determine its cross section.” The pilot, who had lifted himself halfway out of his seat immediately plopped back down. He checked his instruments then gripped his control sticks tight. An unknown ship in secur
The energies tore through the corvette, and began to wear away at its energy shielding. Arcs of electricity coursed up and down its circuits, and shorted multiple junctions along their path. Inside the cockpit, multiple terminals and MFDs began to flicker as power fluctuated throughout the ship. Th
As the EM pulsed through the prison transport corvette, the electromagnetic cuffs and restraints that clamped down the prisoners fell apart. They clattered to the floor uselessly, which sent a wave of alarm. Both through the prisoners, and the guards themselves. Half a dozen of the prisoners immed
To her chagrin, they chased after her regardless. She ran through the open doorway and into Engineering, which was slightly larger and more spacious than Amelia’s Engineering bay. There were a couple of Engineers here, both of whom were frantic as they attempted to restore power to, well, everythin
They were even more incensed when they saw her grinning happily. It was as though she was having the time of her life! In truth, Eva had been reinvigorated by it all. Seeing Nightmare-turned-Seraph truly helped her refocus her anger and outrage at the injustices she had seen and experienced. Contr
The crashed corvette sat helplessly on Devolatus soil, and had become little more than a partially mangled wreck on its barren surface. Armor plates and weapons and various sensor clusters had been torn off during its devastating crash, and were strewn about for dozens of meters behind it. The Peac
Lucifer huffed out of annoyance. To hir, brash and impulsive actions like that always led to terrible reprisals. Such as getting jailed for murder on a core world. “Our only play here is to get the hell away from this planet,” ze continued, “as fast as we possibly can. If we don’t, we’re both gonna
It suddenly dawned on Eva where she had seen the core. Or at least a version of it. And she even used it once or twice, back when the game had just launched. “I have one of these,” she muttered. “I remember now. Barely ever used it. I thought it was hot garbage at the time.” Lucifer coughed with i