In reply to Batallion (msg # 201):
Local Space
A second freighter sparks and bursts into flame as the battlesuit slams into it, but it remains affixed to the hull of the
Mastodon nonetheless.
Those outside can watch the three undamaged freighters shimmer with blueish energy, which radiates from their attachment points like ripples of water... causing all of the
Mastodon's systems in their wake to go dark. These ripples continue to pulse from the freighters every few seconds, and as they wash over most of the ship one of the blasts manages to catch Abraxis as well.
[Pulse Weapon: 33]
Xander's monitors crackle and spit with static for a splitsecond, then stabilize back to normal.
Electronic Warfare Detected, a female voice informs the pilot.
The SAGE capital ships off in the distance can be seen angling themselves in a formation that seems intended to bring all of their broadsides to bear, but they do not fire.
Airlock Two
"We've voted and would prefer the holding bay to being spaced," the leader of the defeated boarding party says. "In case that wasn't clear."
Rebecca leaps through the wall, but can't quite reach Deck Three before a muffled explosion shakes and rattles the walls. The familiar, omnipresent hum of the
Mastodon's engines abruptly stops, followed almost immediately by the artificial gravity.
Batallion's shuttle is equipped with gravity of its own, so he is unaffected, but Rebecca, the duplicates, and the boarding party soon find themselves swimming in air.
"We, uh, we still surrender," the leader of the boarding party clarifies. "But it sort of feels like we're winning on the other decks. So. Yeah. Keep that in mind before deciding to space us."
The lights flicker off, and are immediately replaced with red-tinged emergency lights. All internal communication links return nothing but static.
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~~ Round 5 ~~
Flux
Xander
Mastodon
Rebecca
Battalion
Freighters (3 healthy, 1 damaged, 1 destroyed)
Boarding Parties
SAGE Capital Ships