It had been so long since he had been in situation like this..
"Captain?.."
A voice in the back of his head told him that he had little to no chance to make it out of this alive..
"CAPTAIN!!"
He snapped back into reality, 'Captain' a title used no matter what rank one had in the Caste, his second in command, a grunt form by the name of Ayep was shouting at him from the chair next to his, Ayep was a good form, a good Virulian..
"Yes Ayep, I see it.."
It had been, what? Sixteen days since the conflict started, the Scorn had ravaged their defense fleet, but they had taken mighty casualties themselves.
"Hard to starboard, break away from active course, open gun tubes on starboard side and prepare to fire all batteries.."
He was becoming less emotional for each passing minute, it was all logical for him now.
"Aye captain, altering course.."
He had lost most of his friends, and the personality that he loved, it's.. No her name was Envid, she had just gotten a body..
The ship shook from enemy flak and plasma rounds..
"Captain, we have moderate damage to shields and our thrusters are offline."
He wanted to go back to the time he had on the station orbiting the largest planetoid in Eradanis, walks along the entire station with her voice speaking to him, comforting him.. Soothing his soul..
The ship shook again, this time several consoles flashed and sparks exploded out of them..
"Sir! Our rear propulsion systems are damaged! We can only navigate with our basic engine system.."
He missed the days where he lay in bed with her.. Just laying there, talking and holding each others hands..
"Fire all missiles Ayem.."
The ship shook as 13 missiles left their tubes on the broadside of the battlecruiser, cruising their way towards the giant ship he now saw in front of him.. The defenders had thought they had obliterated the entire Scorn fleet, they where wrong..
"Impact! We have sensor data showing massive damage alongside their secondary hull!"
Ayem was happy, he could hear that in the distortion of his artificial voice.. Good for him..
Another voice spoke in urgency..
"Sir..."
He simply looked at her.. His science officer, Narthim.
"I detect extensive repairs being done.. Almost directly after the hits.."
Ayem spoke with anger in his voice.
"That's not possible! How could they repair their damage so rapidly?!"
He sighed, he just wanted things to go back to normal.
"We forget, they operate as a hivemind, when one knows it, all others are made aware.."
Ayem and Narthim looked at each other and then at him..
"Captain.. What are we gonna do?"
He looked at his console.. One last thing, to honor her memory..
"Can we get cruise engines online for one last time?"
Ayem looked at his wrist attached computer and nodded..
"Yes sir, for a hundred procent.."
He nodded, he'd see his love, alongside the creator..
"Ramming speed.. Aim for the nose of that ship.."
Without hesitation, Ayem did as he was told.. He knew it was the only chance..
The battlecruiser altered course one last time.. It's nose aiming towards the giant's nose..
>Spy drone 'Obfuscatus' online in system 'Eradanis'<
>Collect all data concerning last Virulian activity in system 'Eradanis'
>Data transmitting
>Size: Negligible, one image & some system data.
-----DOWNLOADING-----
>Open downloaded file
Grand Marshall Looke was looking at the data he had been ordered to retrieve, as it seams all contact with Eradanis defense forces where lost almost 30 minutes ago.
The image he now saw, was.. Unbelievable..
The mere size of the ship must dwarf the legendary Jinkusu's of the Zoners..
He quickly sent the data to Zhane, hoping that what ever information was in the remaining data.
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