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Re: life on mars
DIR By: Shauna
Date: March 29, 2017, 7:41 pm
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So did your friend know anything about this ship?"
"Just the registry info and what he scanned. No life forms and
no activity for three months. Weird thing was the last
registration input was a year ago."
They made their way into the drive core. The doors were jammed
open with darkness engulfing the room. Even as a soldier, his
heart skipped a beat from a sharp tug on his arm. He quickly
turned to Shauna grasping him tightly; her eyes fixated in one
direction. He shined the light to the floor and saw the reason
for her distress. A scorched body lay on the core wall. It had
been so badly burned that most features were undecipherable. He
leaned towards the remains. It had been a batarian.
#Post#: 53--------------------------------------------------
Re: life on mars
DIR By: Noble 6
Date: March 29, 2017, 7:42 pm
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"the overwatch project was shut down permanently years ago. No
one you know is still gonna be around."
They walk into a room full of monitors
"Don't believe me. Check."
He clicks a few buttons and a database springs to life
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Re: life on mars
DIR By: Star Lord
Date: March 29, 2017, 7:44 pm
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These are severe electrical burns. Whatever happened to the
core, this poor bastard got zapped as it surged. Like a piece of
burnt toast."
He had momentarily forgotten he had company. Years by himself
does that to a person.He saw Shauna was deathly silent. He
gripped her shoulders and brought her gaze back to him.
"Are you okay?"
She managed a slight nod. He moved her away towards the core
controls. The quarian inspected the system and activated the
control panel.
"You know anything about this tech?"
#Post#: 55--------------------------------------------------
Re: life on mars
DIR By: nextgen22
Date: March 29, 2017, 7:58 pm
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He types on the database and sees the a huge disbanded label on
the Overwatch symbol.
"Again... What did they do this time..."
He then searchs up Talon and Blackwatch to much of the same
result. He then searches a few familiar names, most of which
come up MIA except 5. Winston was back at Watchpoint. Lucio is
on a worldwide tour trying to bring hope to others. Then the
profiles of Himself, Sombra, and Genji. They all said captured.
A rush of memories come back to him.
"That's it! They were the other two with me when the explosion
went off. They must have captured us all and put us in seperate
locations. They would have escaped the Moon Base with me if
they had been there... I have a lot of tracking to do."
#Post#: 56--------------------------------------------------
Re: life on mars
DIR By: Shauna
Date: March 29, 2017, 8:06 pm
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The Idenna is actually a decommissioned batarian Hensa cruiser.
I'm familiar with these systems."
A few more tweaks and the drive core made a loud crack…followed
by an electrical hum. The emergency backup lights dimmed on. The
light revealed severe scorching and metal deformation; however,
it all appeared external. The core itself hadn't leaked or
sustained apparent internal damage.
"So far so good Shauna. What is the loadout for what's
operational?" Star lord says as he looks around the dark
corridor as the lights turn on suddenly
"For now…electrical is back online. Auxillary life support is at
45%. Should be up to 75% within the hour with the current power
levels. Drive core is damaged but not unusable. Probably get it
up for a mass jump. We can have more luck at the bridge. Divert
some power from the unnecessary systems."
#Post#: 57--------------------------------------------------
Re: life on mars
DIR By: Star Lord
Date: March 29, 2017, 8:10 pm
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"can you find out what happened to the ship?"
After a few minutes she replies
"A massive EMP hit the ship shutting off all systems and
automatically deployed most of the escape pods. Probably why
it's derelict."
A chill goes down his spine
"Stay here." Star lord walks out of the engine room
As soon as the door slid locked behind him, he withdrew his
pistol. He made his way down the stairs into the belly of the
ship. With his gun in hand he crept into the cargo hold. His
slow footsteps made the faintest of noise. The lack of good
lighting didn't help, but the silhouettes of metallic crates
showed a fully packed vessel. A dozen crates seemed to have been
overturned and emptied in a hurry. While understandable for food
or medical supplies, the Batarian State Arms markings pointed to
something else.
"Shauna is there a supply manifest for the ship?"
#Post#: 58--------------------------------------------------
Re: life on mars
DIR By: Noble 6
Date: March 29, 2017, 8:12 pm
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"that seems like a tough job. Spartans can't leave any military
bases. I broke alot of codes to find you. If you want I can try
to get you an escort, to reintroduce you to the world."
#Post#: 59--------------------------------------------------
Re: life on mars
DIR By: nextgen22
Date: March 29, 2017, 8:19 pm
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"No thanks. Three years shouldn't have to much to catch up on.
Besides, if I am still supposed to be captured like Genji and
Sombra are, i'd rather have less people know about me. Do you
have any peanut butter though?"
#Post#: 60--------------------------------------------------
Re: life on mars
DIR By: Shauna
Date: March 29, 2017, 8:21 pm
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HOLD ON… I'M NOT FINDING ANYTHING ASIDE FROM THE OCCASIONAL
RESTOCK AND REFUEL. AS FAR AS THE SHIP LOGS GO THERE IS NOTHING
BELOW DECK.
The fugitive had guessed as much. A smuggler wouldn't keep
shipment records. He took a peek into one of the nearer crates.
It was a surprise to see a new line of Terminator assault
rifles; way too new to have come from anywhere but the batarian
homeworld Khar'Shan. Judging by the state of the crates, they
were hastily emptied, probably when the ship was disabled.
Unfortunately for the crew, they left four dozen more untouched.
#Post#: 61--------------------------------------------------
Re: life on mars
DIR By: Star Lord
Date: March 29, 2017, 8:24 pm
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Something wasn't adding up. There were no signs of attack.
Merchandise and weaponry were still sealed and present. Light
seemed to glint off one black box in a far corner. It was
different than the others in every way, in particular, the
scorch marks from an apparent firefight. Closer inspection
revealed a familiar logo that sent his skin crawling.
Cerberus.
While comforting to know Cerberus had had some of its own goods
stolen, its association made star lord approach it with more
caution. Closer inspection revealed the latches were undone. He
felt a bead of sweat move over his brow as he slowly pushed the
crate open. The boldly red 'Classified Prototype' inscription
was the second clue. And inside the crate…it was empty. A
combination of grief and relief hit him as he let out a long
breath. The inner foam had the outline of a weapon, but none was
present. All that remained was a datapad. The detective started
scrolling through it to discover what it was.
Magnetic Accelerator Cannon
Portable electromagnetic pulse charge prototype. Weapon
designation against ship or vehicles. Emphasizes footsoldier
capabilities without the need of a biotic. Utilizing element
zero, this weapon's objective is to fire EMP charges that
disable a vehicle while severely/fatally burning its occupants.
This removes the enemy and the use of the vehicle. The vehicle
could then be apprehended by the weapon holder.
This prototype has performed charges accurately and effectively.
The current drawback is the need for charging via a strong
element zero power supply. Plans are in progress for a
continuous cycle of charging taken from the Arc Projector. This
will ensure it as a practical weapon for infantry.
Weapon must not be charged too quickly or over capacity. Severe
electrical malfunction/meltdown will occur, resulting in an
uncontrolled EMP blast field.
Star lord could not help but chuckle.
The fried batarian must have tried to activate it by using the
drive core's power supply. Idiot overloaded the weapon and the
core. The rest of the crew probably loaded whatever weapons they
could in the escape pods.
After downloading the specs to his omni-tool, he smashed the pad
on the floor and started making his way back to the bridge. He
seemed to breathe easier knowing this could have been a lot
wors-
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