The Forge -ACT IV System Failure-

Okay the vote is in and "B" is the winner. That was a major plot point actually, I got trolled hard by the vote and will have to adjust accordingly (which is cool, I get better when I have to try ). We're getting close to the end of this chapter.
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"Let's run."
"What?"
"Let's run away, away from here. You don't have to go with them Sara, I can see it in your eyes, you look ready to burst in tears any second. If we run away we don't have to live up to the expectations of those machines, we can choose how to live our own life. Isn't that what you want?"
"I, I don't want to leave but... but Sam what about you? What about your dreams? Why would you throw it all the way for me? I'm just... a friend to you right?"
"Stupid! I already fulfilled my dreams today, just standing here looking at our planet. I made it to space and realized just how small that dream really was. There's a whole universe out there, I don't need those stupid robots or beautiful women officers telling me how to act. I want to go out there and explore. How can I do it without you?"
"Oh Sam, sometimes you say the cutest things"
"I uh..."
Sam blushed, Sara always teased him before but her recent confessions made it awkward.
"So how are we going to run away?"
"Well you see... I haven't got a plan yet"
"All that and you don't even know? :groan: There's no way this will work!"
"I know! How about we borrow a space shuttle?"
"Borrow? Don't you mean stealing? You could get in big trouble! You could become a criminal!"
"Don't worry, MKAY would be too embarrassed to admit to the empire authorities that one of his own students took his ship."

It was a risky plan but Sam was sure MKAY wouldn't want to risk looking incompetent. For some reason he was terrified of the memory wipe procedures that old robots undergo. MKAY was surprisingly human in that way. He probably really needed that memory wipe.

"I don't know, this sounds dangerous"
"It'll be fine, we're in the middle of a party so no one's paying attention and besides..."
Sam noticed a very nice luxury shuttle outside the station windows doing it's docking procedures

"I bet they got some nice ships on this station"

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Question time!
What kind of space shuttle should Sam "borrow"? I still can't believe I'm going this route

A)A fancy luxurious one with a limo like interior and bar. Party bus? Can fit several people. *Warning* Not even MKAY can hide this from the authorities
B)A brand new shuttle, almost bare bones and in need of upgrades. It's modular component design means it can be upgraded later on. Can fit several people.
C)An old model military designed shuttle. It does come with some weapons and basic equips for it's class. Can fit several people.
D)The same trainee vessel Sam just flew in with. It's not meant to carry two people so it will be a tight fit.

I'm going with B. You have until Thursday.

 

Alright I'm calling the vote. B is the winner by a landslide. You guys have funny voting habits, I could have sworn everyone was going to pile on choice A

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"This way!"
They made their way towards a nearby docking bay. Space station Mathilda has 4 dockings areas, hopefully this one has a working ship.
"Look Sam, how about that one?"
"Hmm, no that one is missing one of it's hover thrusters"
"How about that one?"
"You kidding me? That has a hole on it's orbital re-entry flaps. That would crash entering a planet atmosphere"
"Well EXCUSE me for not being a piloting genius."

Sam looked around and noticed one of the ships had a canvas draped over it.
Wonder what's under it?

Sam carefully made his way to the canvas. The docking bay seemed empty but it was hard to tell when the lights were dimmed.
"What are you doing?"
"Hey check this one out Sara"
Sam pulled the canvas off the ship. It was no starfighter, in fact it was hard to tell just what kind of ship it was.
"What is it?"
"I don't know, it looks like they just finished building this one. Look at those twin engines, I bet this thing is pretty fast. It even has a canopy cockpit design like a starfighter, I wonder how much space is inside.
Sam opened the sidepanel on the ship, it was completely empty inside the hull.

"It looks like they didn't finish the interior. It's pretty big though."
Sam walked inside and noticed he could access the cockpit from here too. He went over to it and looked at the controls. It seemed the instruments were in place. Sam turned on the ship computer and it revealed everything was connected.
"It may not be much to look at but this ship is space worthy. They may have been prepping it for upgrades, I see several areas where you can attach modules.
It occurred to Sam this must be on of the Forge's utility ships. It's modeler design makes it easy to configure it to different duties. Transportation, mining, even deep space recon. So long as the right parts were attached.

"We'll take this one, it'll be easier to hide this ship since we can make it into whatever we want."
Sam looked up to the control room, it was the only brightly lit room in the dock.
"I wonder if someone is in there"
"Well only one way to find out."

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There was only one guard that was watching the ceremony on his monitor
"So how do we get by him?"
"Hang on I got an idea"

Sam climbed the ladder to the control tower and called out to the guard. Sara gasped.
"Are you crazy?"
"Don't worry, we haven't done anything wrong yet"
The guard looked down at the pair
"Hey what are you kids doing here? Shouldn't you be at the ceremony?"
"They sent some of us out to tell the docking crews that cake is being served. Get this! Leanna is going to serve us! Isn't that awesome?"
"Woah really? Well it's about time I got recognized for my efforts. Well come on!"
Sam trailed slightly behind the guard who was walking really fast to the ceremony. Once he was sure he hung back far enough he turned back and hurried back to Sara.
"Well that worked easier then I thought it would"
"Your telling me, I thought you were going to blow our chance"
"Well no one can resist cake, especially cake served by Leanna."
"Humph! Leanna this, Leanna that! I don't get what's so great about her!"
"I'm going to open the hanger door. Stay inside the ship. There's no turning back now."
"Good luck Sam"

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Sam started up the hanger door controls. The docking area needed 2 minutes to be pressurized against the vacuum of space and then the door will open.
"Attention docking bay 3, you are unauthorized to open the hanger door. Report your status over"
Well here we go

Sam slid down the ladder and ran towards the ship. Sara was inside behind the pilot seat.
"Come on let's get out of here"
"Don't have to tell me twice"
Sam started his pre-flight tests. When everything checked out he turned on the engines. They roared to life, the warranty on this baby hasn't even reached it's first year.
"Activating hover thrusts"
This ship was larger and therefore heavier then his trainee vessel. Still it surprised Sam when the ship lifted up at such an alarming speed. Sara was biting her fingers behind Sam's chair.
"Come on, open!"
The station alarm started to sound and flashing yellow lights indicated the hanger door sliding open. It was just at this moment when security personal reached the dock.
"Punch it!"

The space ship blasted out into the vacuum of space, the yells of the crew drowned out by the engines and the exhilarating yell of the pilot behind it. There was no chance anyone aboard the station could catch this ship.

And so the story goes, Samuel and his companion Sara escaped into the vastness of space. The Mathilda crew would try to find them but by then it was too late. The engines of the stolen craft were too new, too powerful. By the time any search can be started the ship was well out of reach. Where will they end up next?

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This marks the end of CHAPTER 1. I'll do a followup post in a few days. Be sure to read up on the opening post, I make constant changes to it and have a recap section on it in case you need it.

 

Chapter 2 will be unleashed as soon as I get at least ONE vote on this next choice. Come on guys, just one vote at least.

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Now that Samuel and Sara are runaway fugitives it's time to decide what the next plot point should be. This will help me get a better picture on what kind of challenges they will face. The choices are...

A)They dock at a space mining colony for food and supplies. The mining colony will provide many chances for Sam to make some money and possibly hear some good rumors around the universe.

B)They stumble upon a battle between the Hive and human space forces. The military will force Sam to perform his civic duty and assist.

C)They land on a planet that is very crowded, notorious for being a smugglers den. It might be easy to make a quick buck here, but perhaps not very honest.

D)NOTHING! Chapter two will not involve Samuel and Sara at all. Instead I will make up a new character and take control of him\her. Think of this choice as switching the controllable character. Everything that has transpired already happened of course but who says we should be stuck on the same person?

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I pick A,

The vote will be called next Thursday. However! If no one votes by then the vote will be extended until I see at least someone vote on this. I'm not going to keep posting until someone get's in on the action. Don't worry, this RP has been resting on my mind for years, I will not abandon it, I like it too much.

 

I shall pick numero A

 

I pick C.

 

A is the winner.
I caught a pretty nasty fever the last couple of days. I'm in no condition to think up the next post. When I feel better I'll update you guys. For now the vote is called so save you voice for the next round.

 

Guess who has two thumbs and is waiting to vote in the next round? This guy.

 

Sounds like someone wants to influence this story

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Space travel was boring. It was nothing like in the movies where a ship can instantly travel across the deep expanse and arrive in it's destination before dinner. In order for long travel to succeed it was necessary to travel on approved space lanes so navigation computers can activate their hyperspace engines. Such travel requires proper planning, adequate living conditions, and more importantly enough coolant for the engines to prevent hyper travel meltdown.

Sam knew his ship didn't have any of these. He had to find an nearby station to restock and this place looked like the right setup.
"Koei Mining Colony 654. Located in the Koei sector, notable for it's massive asteroid fields and dangerous job opportunities."
"What's that?"
"Check this out, I think we should stop here for supplies"

Sam brought up the screen on his ship computer. It was in dire need of an update of surrounding systems.
"That would be great, I need walk around and stretch my legs"
To empathize the point Sara lounged out on the ship floor, stretching out all her limbs. Her sly glances at Sam didn't go unnoticed and got him thinking.

I know what it is you want Sara, but please you have to give me some time. I don't know how I feel about you yet. We've been so close together like siblings. It just feels so weird.

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A couple hours later the mining colony was spotted.
"Attention unidentified space craft, this is Koei Mining Colony 654. Please state your ship ID and your business."
"Hello there, my ship was recently salvaged and has no ID. My business is my own. I do wish to dock for resupply and are willing to compensate you with work."
"So your looking for work no questions asked? Well... give me one moment"

If there was one thing Sam knew about these mining colonies, they are severely under staff and would take in almost anyone.

"That's affirmative, please dock in hanger bay 1. The dock officer there will tell you about any opportunities we might have for you."

"Well that was easy"
"Not quite, once I dock they're going to want to work our asses off. It's important that we get the upper hand in negotiating with these guys. If we don't, we could be stuck here for a long time."
"Maybe I can help? MKAY always says I might have had a chance in diplomacy."
"You a diplomat?"
Sam blurted out his laughter imagining Sara as the Genesis planet ambassador.
"Hey that's not funny!"
"Are you going to threaten me with trade sanctions?"
Sara knocked Sam right across the head, almost enough to make him lose control of the craft.
"Alright fine, I'll let you handle this. Just remember we need to resupply our ship and get some money. I also wouldn't mind unwinding at their bar. We need to look tough enough for these guys or we're in trouble."

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Question time! The amount of things I could do here is endless. The choices that come to my mind are...

A)A simple mining operation on some nearby asteroids. This operation is so minor that I won't even have to write much about it. Instead this will give me the chance to relax at the bar and make money too. This will open up the plot to help out the colony miners in their daily lives. Who knows? We might get something for our troubles.

B)A rescue operation. A fellow miner went missing a few hours ago in the asteroid field. The mining colony would love us for this. This mission is DANGEROUS but pays extremely well. This plot line has more action in it then the others, the danger isn't only the asteroids...

C)The mining boss, seeing how brand new our ship is offers to buy the ship at a very good price. Not only would this give us the largest amount of credits, we get rid of a stolen space craft and start clean. Keep in mind this will strand us until we can find a ride out of here. This is similar to choice A since we'll be naturally stuck at the bar. However the method of leaving is drastically different (We have no ship).

D)Sara fails at diplomacy and we get thrown in the brig. This will start an entire plot on how to escape the colony.

This is a really tough one. I could theoretically do all these choices but that would defeat the purpose of the voting. Also we can't spend forever on this chapter. What kind of route should we be doing? Or does someone else have a better idea?

I pick B. You have until this Thursday. I hope I'm feeling better by then, I have a doctor appointment this week and I expect the usual "get rest" line they always give you.

 

I'll go with B. I want some ACTION and EXPLOSIONS! If you want to get fancy, you could start with A and have things go horribly wrong so it ends up turning into B. Just a thought.

 

And your wish will be granted. The modified B is the winner. Due to the amount of text I had to write I setup the next post (after this one) to have the action and explosions that is promised. Just one more, it's coming up soon.

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Samuel touched down on the docking bay and was immediately greeted by a huge bearlike man.
"Welcome to Koei mining colony. I'm sorry kid but I'm going to have to ask you to pay upfront if you want to resupply on our docking bay. We been hit by pirates recently and the boys are kind of short on supplies and...hospitality."

Several of the crew members were slowly circling around the ship like a bunch of vultures. It was time for Sara to work her magic.

"Hold on there captain, who says we were looking for a handout? My servant already told you on the com-link that he was willing to work. All we ask is a place to rest for a few days and enough coolant to reach the core planets. A really fair deal if you ask me considering your nature of work."

The grizzled captain looked surprise that Sara was the one in charge here. Sam did his best to hide his annoyance
Her servant?
"Look it here boys, we got a real life lady on this station. Your servant you say? Beg my pardon but aren't you too young to be travailing with a young man like him? Where are your parents, don't tell me you..."
"Captain my servant has displeased me and I seek to assert my dominance over him. My methods might be considered... extreme, but he responds well to it and requires more practice. I want you to work him hard but leave enough so I can follow through with his lessons. Do you understand what I'm saying?"
The men around the ship all had sheepish grins on there faces. They all thought the same thing, this lady was no saint.
"Of course, we'll put him to work right away and return him to your quarters in one piece."

The captain turned to Sam and said
"Go talk to the dock officer over there, he'll sign you up for the next mining operation."

The captain left the hanger with his men, they could be heard laughing in the back, something about
"Poor kid is going to have a rough night."
"Yeah but I wouldn't mind having her wait for me at the end of my shift"
"You kidding? You'll wake up in stitches."
"Better then waking up everyday hungover"
The men could be heard laughing from the hallways. No doubt rumors will spread now.

Sam turned to Sara who was looking rather proud of herself
"Dammit Sara what was that?"
"Hey whatever get's them off guard, now don't you have a mission to do servant?"

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Sam's "mission", if it could be called that was rather dull and rudimentary. Piloting a special mining craft meant to collect the rare minarals of the asteroid field, Sam spent most of the day collecting various rocks and powders that broke off with his mining laser. The real danger came from the random asteroids that whizzed by at random intervals. The computer on his craft barely gave enough warning of incoming collisions.
"Hey newbie are you almost filled up?"
"Yes control I'm almost done. Just one more rock and I'll return to the colony"
"I need you to do something else. Stop the collecting operation and investigate zone B-4. I lost contact with one of our miners about 10 minutes ago and they're not answering. I'm afraid they may have gotten hit my an asteroid, or worse a space pirate patrol. Go check it out."
"Wait a pirate patrol!? You expect me to go there by myself?"
"Yes I do, the captain made it clear your expandable so you will recon that area immediately. Do this or we'll kick your "master" out of the station. Over and out."

Dammit! Of course they would use Sara as the hostage. What choice did Sam have? Well hopefully it was only a minor asteroid collision. Maybe just knocked the engines out or something.

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Sector B-4 of the asteroid field

A looming black space cruiser was carefully scoping out the asteroid field. It was on the hunt.
Inside the cruiser a black capped man was pacing the bridge.
"Where is that little shit? Why haven't you found that miner yet?"
"He turned off his communication equipment. He must have figured out we were tracing his signals and-"
The captain slammed his fist on his desk
"Find him or I'll feed your head to the nearest Xenohive patrol!"
"B-but captain, the asteroids are interfering with our sensors. We can't tell rock from metal."
"That's simple enough to solve. Weapon officer, order the gunners to focus fire on the asteroids one by one. Be careful not to hit the miner ship, we need the minerals they extract. We'll disable them as usual afterwards and dispose of the pilot."
"Aye aye, sir"

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Question time! The rescue mission is on, the miner who is avoiding the space pirate cruiser is in severe need of help or they're done for. The problem is...

Who is this space miner?

Very simple question.
A)Boy
B)Girl
C)Don't care at all, kill them.

As usual this could have impact later on...
I pick B. This vote ends on Sunday.

 

B is the winner

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Sam didn't need the sensors on his HUD to see that something was happening ahead of him. It looked like a series of explosions, asteroid rocks were being ripped apart every direction causing other nearby asteroids to break.

Sam attempted to radio back to the colony but his signals were being jammed.
Something's wrong, now I can't contact the colony. Is this what happened to the lost miner?

Just then Sam saw the black silhouette of a large space ship. It was blasting away at the asteroids with it's laser cannons, then, seeing Sam, turned towards Sam's ship at an alarming pace.
I got a bad feeling about this.

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"Captain, we spotted the miner ship, he's headed right towards us!"
"Excellent now bear down on him and activate the tractor beam on my mark"

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Sam tried to pull away from the large black ship, it's huge bulk was painted black and the skull and crosses could be seen on the starboard side.
Pirates! I got to get out of here!

It was too late, try as he might Sam was caught in the ship's tractor beam, he was slowly being sucked in.

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Nearby a lone miner craft was powered down observing the scene happening before it. Crystal Ray was planning to do the stupidest thing she has ever done in her life.
This is my chance to get away but... why do I feel the need to save that guy? Forgive me papa, I know you tried to send help but now I'm going to do the helping.

Crystal turned her ship back on and applied full thrusters to the pirate ship. Her mining craft had a short range mining laser. If she can get close enough to the cruiser's docking bay she can blast a hole through the tractor beam station.
Here goes nothing

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Sam was just about to abandon ship when he spotted another mining craft making a beeline to the pirate cruiser.
What the hell is that guy doing? Get away it's too dangerous!

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"Captain! Another mining craft is heading towards us! They're heading straight towards the docking bay!"
"What!? Tell the gunners to shoot him down!"
"Aye sir!"

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Space filled with the erratic laser fire of the pirate cruiser. Crystal skillfully dodged the fire by using the asteroids as cover. One laser blast narrowly missed her tail and blasted a huge chunk of rock, the debris causing her craft to shake and spin. The mining craft withstood the punishment. Crystal pulled along side the pirate cruiser and underneath it's guns.

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Sam was watching the spectacle in admiration. This pilot was truly skilled, using the asteroids to cover their approach and then pulling in close to avoid the laser fire. What the pilot did next was even better.

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Crystal pulled to a complete stop next to the open docking hanger. Being careful not to get in front of the docking bay tractor beam she pointed her mining laser at dock.
"Filthy pirate scums, this is for the colony!"
The mining laser opened fire and explosions rocked the docking bay sending men and equipment flying.

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BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP

"Captain starboard docking bay has been damaged! Gravity control is not responding, tractor beam is offline, and the dock officer is not responding. It would take a few minutes to regain gravity control in the docking bay. And even more to repair the tractor beam"
"..."
"Captain your orders?"
"Approach the targets from our port side docking bay instead. We'll use the working tractor beam from that side of the ship"
"What about the survivors of the starboard side docking bay? We might be able to save them if we focus on reactivating the gravi-"
"Do you have mud in your ears? I'm going to capture those piece of shit miners and skin them alive for ruining my space cruiser!"

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Free!
Sam immediately put his thrusters on maximum and pulled away from the pirate ship. The other miner was closely behind him. Unfortunately the pirate cruiser didn't flinch from the surprise attack, it started to turn towards the pair.

The other miner pulled alongside Sam and indicated with it's wings to follow him.
If only communication was working, we have to get enough distance from the pirate cruiser.

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Time for the poll!
We have to escape the pirate cruiser but we can't do it alone. It's time to bring in the cavalry, but who is the hero that will save our bacon?

A)Security forces from the mining colony arrive. A squad of fighter craft don't have the power to bring down a space cruiser but they can harass larger ships like a pack of annoying flies.

B)Rival pirate cruiser comes in to "steal" the prize. An exciting battle between two space cruisers will take place while we try to get away from them.

C)A Xenohive patrol craft arrives. *WARNING* The Xenohive is the enemy of humanity, if a recon craft is spotted in this sector then more trouble is guaranteed to arrive at some point in this chapter.

D)A single advanced looking space fighter arrives to single handily take on the space cruiser. Against all odds this advanced fighter craft successfully fights the much larger space cruiser. Who is the pilot of this space craft? An important character

Hmm. I have no idea. I'll say...B?
You got until Wednesday

 

DAMNIT I ACCIDENTALLY DELETED MY ENTIRE POST AND COULDN'T SAVE IT!

SO MAD!

The winner was B. Give me a day or so until I get the will to rewrite the ENTIRE thing again.

I can't believe I did that...

 

Sorry for the delay, that really made me mad. So the winner is B, space battle coming up!

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The two miners were doing a stellar job of avoiding the pirate cruiser but they didn't have the speed necessary to escape.
"Captain it's no use, if we can't use half our ship to deploy the tractor beam we'll just go in circles"
"Don't you think I know that? I tire of this game, we may have to shoot them down."
"Captain wait! A cruiser sized vessel is incoming! It's... Captain Ward's raiders!"
"Ward? What's that fat ass doing in my sector? Deactivate the signal jammer, let me talk to him"

"Ward! What the hell our you doing here? This is against the agreement the rest of the raiders signed!"

On the other pirate cruiser captain Ward was lounging on his oversized chair eating wings from a bucket.
"Ah Vance old buddy. How goes the hunt? I'm here to trade sectors, see the rest of the boys were getting jealous that you were hogging the good hunting grounds so they agreed to let me take over your spot for a bit. You know, to spread the wealth."
"I wasn't notified of this! Take it up to the captain meetings like everyone else."
"That won't be necessary, see you won't be attending it after today."

The comlink deactivated
"Captain Vance! Ward's cruiser is positioning it's broadside guns on us!"
"Evasive maneuvers!"

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Sam witnessed the second pirate ship pull up alongside the first one. He thought they were goners for sure, there was no way he could escape two of them but instead a miracle happened. The ship that appeared opened fired on the one that was chasing them! Both cruisers opened fired on each other, the guns of the ships wrecking the armor plating off each other with alarming frequency. At that range any one of them can go down.
"Hey you listening? Now's are chance, RUN!"
Sam stopped weaving around the asteroids and punched the engines full speed forward. He looked back periodically to see the tactics involved.

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"Vance! They hit our engines, we run the risk of overloading them!"
"Gunnery station B is not responding, Gunnery station A has lost two of it's 4 turrets."
"Hull integrity is estimated at 63%, we lost most of the armor plating on the starboard side captain!"
"Calm down all of you. The bridge is the most critical part of a ship and we have to aim for it at this range. Wait for the enemy to fire one more barrage at our stern then apply full reverse thrusters at a 90 degree angle. We are going to loop up and above the enemy ship so we can bring all our guns to bear on the bridge. Don't fire until I say so. Destroy Ward's commend bridge and they'll be blind"

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Ward looked at the battle with anticipation
"Captain the enemy is turning their back to us"
"Order all available guns to fire at will. The cowards are trying to flee"
"Wait, sir! They're looping above our ship!"
"What? Fire! don't let them get a shot at the bridge!"
"We can't, our gunners are recharging the cannons!"

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"Enemy commend bridge locked on!"
"All guns open fire!"

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Ward's command bridge was completely wiped out, unable to recharge it's laser cannons in time, the precise and accurate fire from Vance's crew didn't miss a beat. The pirate ship continued to be laid to waste, there would be no mercy for this betrayal.

Sam watched the tactics employed a safe distance away. The battle was beautiful to watch from far away but the carnage was real.
"Shouldn't they surrender? They can't fight back anymore."
"That's how it is over here, if anyone ever escapes the pirates then they run the risk of having their homebase revealed. It's why we still don't know where they are staging the attacks, they would kill themselves to protect that secret."

The two mining craft were silent the rest of the way back to the colony.

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Poll question time!

Spoiler

Now its time for Sam to plan his next course of action, but what should it be?

A)Sam vows to help the mining colony fight off the pirates. Crystal will really like this.
B)Sam will help the colony but only if he get's payed very well. The difference between this choice and "A" is the motive.
C)Sam will refuse to help the miners. He will still be payed handsomely for the rescue of Crystal. He goes shopping with Sara. Sara will really like this.
D)Sam doesn't get payed at all because when he returns to the colony it was raided! *WARNING* dangerous choices will come from this...

I pick A because I'm lazy and generic choices is what I feel like right now. Of course if anyone else has an idea you get priority...
You got until Friday.

 

I pick A

 

Gonna go with A, too.

 

"A" it is! I think we progressed long enough in this chapter to give it a proper name. I'm thinking "Shadows Over Koei". I don't know, sounds kinda generic so I'll sit on that one...
Onwards!

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Sam arrived with the miner to the cheering crowds of the mining colony. The old captain that greeted him earlier rushed out to the rescued miner. To Sam's surprise the miner was a young beautiful girl! It was hard to tell by the static filled communications.
"Crystal! My angel your okay!"
"Ah! Papa not so tight, I can't breathe!"

The huge captain reluctantly let Crystal go from his bear hug.
"Son, I owe you an apology and a debt. Saving my baby girl from those pirates couldn't have been easy. I'll order my crew to preform full retrofit and repairs to your ship and I'll forward a huge lump sum of credits."
"But papa he didn't save me, I was the one who-"
"Enough of that angel, is that anyway to thank your savior?"
"But papa!"
"Hush now Angel, oh I'm so glad your okay. I feared the worse"
Once again the captain gave Crystal another bear hug preventing her from speaking any further

"Thank you captain, truthfully I couldn't do it without Crystal's help"
"HA! What a modest young man but there's no need to be humble. I know my daughter is a handful and you probably had to drag her here."
It seemed there was no point saying much more on the matter so Sam changed the topic.

"So what are you going to do about those pirates?"
"There's nothing we can do. We're too far from the authorities and finding mercs willing to go into those asteroid fields is impossible."
"Have you tried to capture the pirates? You know they're going after your mining crafts, how about laying a trap?"
"Of course I tried that but as soon as we get a hold of a lone cruiser then another comes by to blast them to space dust."
"Wait I just remembered! There was that damaged pirate cruiser we left back there!"
"That's right! They were heavily damaged in that battle, I bet you can capture it!"

"What now? Damaged pirate cruiser? Battle? What happened back there?"
"There's no time! Scramble all the fighters and transports, you can still capture that ship before they escape!"

The captain looked confused at the sudden change in discussion
"She's telling the truth, I bet you can get a hold of that cruiser, it was heavily damaged in the battle with one of it's own."
"Okay I'll order a strike now. You two stay here while I-"
"No! I'm going with you!"
"Me too, I want to see this through to the end"
"NO! It's way too dangerous and I couldn't bear the thought of losing you-"
"Stop it papa, I'm going with you regardless of what you say."
"igh:, fine. I know you'll just bribe the guards out of your room again. It's impolite to promise them a date then stand them up later angel"

Crystal had the decency to blush. It's not like that was her first offer, it was the last resort option if the guard didn't want her specially made "sleeping cookies".

"And you, I'm sorry but I don't have the means to pay you right now. I promise to upgrade everything you want on your master's ship but I can't do more then that."
"That's alright, I'm doing this for the miners here because it's something I feel needs to be done. Consider it my own business captain."
The captain looked visibly pleased. Crystal was ecstatic
"Hey your cool! I'm Crystal Ray and this is my father Captain Nathan if you didn't know. So what's your name?"

"Samuel but my friends call me Sam"

Spoiler

I was within 5 seconds of completely turning my own storyline upside down in my head. I decided against it thinking it would railroad this thread into an inevitable conclusion (which is the last thing I want to do. It's suppose to be a free and open). Ah, if only I could tell you, but I suppose it would spoil too much.

Anyway the questions! We are going back out to where we left the pirate cruiser. A ship that damaged couldn't have gone far. However we're going to have to detail how to capture it.

A)Captain Vance of the pirate ship willingly surrenders to the miners, even offering to fight the pirates that betrayed him in exchange for safety. Quick, sweet, and to the point.

B)Vance fights back and a battle to capture the pirate ship is commenced. The miners use boarding crafts to invade the ship's interior. This choice is obviously an action packed one and will be longer. A choice will appear on what will happen to Vance...

C)The ship could not be found. This choice will allow me to develop Crystal and Sam's story. An alternative way to stop the pirates will be discussed later...

I can't think of anything else now for some reason. Well I go with A since it's easy (like you care ). You have until Wednesday.

 

B. Make it rain.

 

I might get carried away...

oops

 

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A :3