The Game: Chapter 07 - Work In Progress
In reply to Nightmare (msg # 862):
"That's...quite a fleet," Faust says after the information has been transmitted. "We'll be ready for them, though. Excellent intel. Maybe we can finally put an end to the AoS with one deft stroke."
Meanwhile, ships continue to warp in at the jump ring...starfighters first, then freighters. The larger ships won't be far behind.
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Captain, I have made a discovery. I cannot detect where we are because many of the stars in our field of vision are mirrored. Parsing them has been and continues to be difficult, but I am confident I can do so within the next 10 minutes.
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Billy heads down to the equipment locker and fiddles with his EVA suit, Rebecca hot on his heels.
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Muse rushes into the cockpit, pointing at an empty packet of space urgently. Dynamis highlights it and zooms in -- it looks like dark, featureless pocket of space, no different than any other.
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"I'm getting us closer," Kayla decides, activating the controls to nudge the ship further away from the jump ring AoS is currently spawning at en masse. "If it IS a jump ring, it might be our only exit..."
She looks over her shoulder at Fiernas.
"How close do you need to be?"