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The suit doesn’t feel heavy anymore, I feel the energy being drained from the suit and it feel as if someone is draining the energy from my body instead. I can't see anything, the light is way too dim to see anything but the light from Project DS is like a star in front of me. I could hear its systems charge up and it is getting very bright. I feel straps tightening on me so strongly I couldn't move my hands or legs. My hearing seems to be gone as well I can’t hear a thing but my vision seems to be slowly returning to me. I felt something trying to get in my right ear and immediately tried move away from it but the straps held me down. It crawled in and was reaching deep inside my ear then I suddenly sound bursted back into my right ear. My vision was returning still but I am still unable tmake anythingout, I felt the same thing going into my other ear. Sound once again bursts into my left ear then I could hear everything clearly again. I felt something like pincers that grab my ears and jolted them back. My head followed and it placed me on the headrest of the seat. I couldn’t tell what was going on but I could make out something in front of my eyes coming in closer. It sprayed something in my left eye and vision quickly returned to it, finally I could see what it was. A metal arm was coming from the roof with many more arms coming out of it doing things with Project DS and me. It sprayed my other eye and vision returned to it as well, the straps holding me down loosened themselves.
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CONDITION STABILIZED
RESUMING CHARGE TO FULL
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My body felt like a wet towel being rung out dry only 15 times over, I tried to say something but nothing could come out.
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DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SPEAK
ALL BODILY DAMAGE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED
PLEASE WAIT
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I sit back and let the arms go through my body, It felt like 10 minutes passed by but finally, Nirvana spoke to me again.
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PRIMARY BODY FUNCTIONS HAVE BEEN RESTORED
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I immediately ask Nirvana “Nirvana what has happened in the time that I was unconscious?!”
Nirvana didn’t respond to me, I asked her again, but she still didn't respond to me.
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REPLAYING MESSAGE FROM COMMANDER PEYTON
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“Kyo, I'm guessing that by the time you wake up you will want to know what you missed. Nothing has happened since our flight out, we need you to be ready when we are going to fire Project Dead Space during battle. By the time you get this message from me, we will still be in the hyperdrive portal, Nirvana will alert you as to when we will get out of the portal but until then I will not be there.”
The straps suddenly tightened on me again and this time it felt like my bones were going to snap.
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E.T.A 3 MINUTES
ALL SEATED PASSENGERS STRAPS WILL TIGHTEN FOR SAFETY
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I heard the elevator running behind me, the straps weakened their grip a little bit on me to hopefully not crush my bones. The elevator stopped and opened its doors, “So Kyo how did it feel being underpowered?”
Peyton walks into my view and takes a look at what seems to be a power level reading. Peyton slowly brought out a smile and said “Well it’s already 75% that’s very good, we will have to wait out the rest during the battle before we can fire it.” I only had one thought running through my mind, “Peyton you said to me that this weapon would create a black hole that would expand and swallow everything, wouldn’t that include us as well? Or even what about the other battle ships we have that will engage the Novas?” Peyton left the reader and placed himself on my side.
He looks out the viewing window and says nothing for what felt like an eternity but finally, he spoke “Kyo I can’t guarantee that every soldier will make it out of this battle or attack alive. That is something we simply cannot avoid, I want every soldier to be able to come back home but that just won’t happen Kyo.” Nirvana interrupted with her final warning
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ALL PERSONNEL E.T.A 1 MINUTE
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The ship started shaking vigorously and started to move sideways.The explosive roars from its engines made it deafening inside the ship but they quickly stopped seconds later just as it finished its maneuver. Peyton was still standing tall as if nothing happened, I realize where he stood he placed his feet on the safety line to avoid falling over. Peyton then said the last words I heard from him “Kyo this may be the last time we speak, all I want to say is thank you for your service, do the terrans proud soldier.” Peyton left my vision and entered the elevator.
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LEAVING HYPER PORTAL
HYPER BUBBLE SHIELDS DEACTIVATION
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ALL UNITS PREPARE FOR BATTLE
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The viewing windows are hard for me to see through so I was unable to tell what was going on outside. It seemed as if Nirvana could read my mind and from under me a radar and a view outside off a stand. I managed to catch the portal disappearing from around the ship along with the shields, to be honest when I saw just how many ships the Novas had to fight us, I truly felt that we would be massacred. The numbers of the Novas were tremendous, The types of ships they had were different for each one, just coming out of the portal I could see the hundreds and thousands of ships lined up behind each other. Novas truly do live up to their name, The only reason they were called Novas was because the only survivor that survived the onslaught from them on their planet said it was like watching a planet enter supernova manually. The ship entered its Battle Phase and around the ship I could hear all the weapons humming into a charge for an attack. Just as the Nirvana left hundreds of Terran marked ships came out of their hyperdrive portals and did the same as Nirvana.
Ships were arriving one after another and immediately jumping into attack phase. Nirvana fired a volley at the first line of enemy ships, The shots were deflected by the layering of their shields on them. The elevator ran behind me and I thought Peyton said that it was the last time we would speak. The door opens and heavy footsteps emerges out of it, “Well Kyo what do you think of the fireworks?” I couldn’t speak, I never expected to have the Chief Commander to be here. I quickly try to find my words “C-Chief Commander this area is dangerous you might be injured here.” He smiled and responded “Don’t worry about that this room has been equipped with the strongest shields and armor available. I am here to simply tell you where and when I want you to fire.” A seat came out of the wall and the Chief sat down on it, The Chief Commander himself came up to tell me when to fire. He pulled out a hologram map of the entire battle field, It was amazing to see the Chief commanding over hundreds of our battle ships it’s as if he was an A.I. I could only see the Novas side of the hologram but it was obvious from what I could see it was filled with red markers. I notice near the edge of the map something massive, I thought it was a cluster of the ships packed together but that wouldn’t make sense unless the Novas possessed such technology. It was what it looked like it appeared that a new enemy has appeared, could it be that we knew they had something like this? Is this what Project Dead Space is meant for? These questions were running through my head then the Chief spoke “Kyo it is almost time, your readings say 100%, I'm sure you saw what you should be aiming for. The ship that is in the back is your target, you are probably nervous so calm yourself down you will not fire until it comes closer into range.”
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Chief really is amazing he knew exactly how I was feeling, having Humanity say to you don't miss this shot or we are all dead. Missing a target so massive like this would be shooting the sun at a planet 1 UA from you and miss. Calming yourself down is easier said then done, I’ve had to make precise shots before but none of them were so important that the entire human race would be wiped out if I missed! I kept thinking don’t miss! Don’t miss! Don’t miss! Then the Chief stood up “Kyo, you are thinking too much, Instead of thinking what will happen if you miss simply remember your training. You have a target in front of you, it's massive and many massive things have weaknesses. The weakness on their mother ship is the front that’s why there are many ships in front of it to protect the front. That is actually pretty strange for a ship to be showing its weak side to the enemy but that must be the Nova's saying we are so inferior that even with their weak side facing us we can't even hurt them. My hands stopped shaking and I saw what the Chief was trying to tell me, I simply saw a large target marker with the classic red center. My instincts moved me into position, perfectly aligned I was ready to take my shot and I knew it would hit. The Chief let out a relieved sigh and sat back down on his chair and took another look at the map. I continuously adjusted myself as the mother ship came closer and closer, I had intense focus on it I had to hold myself back from firing prematurely. The Chief finally said the magic words “Now!”
Without hesitation I pulled the trigger and Project Dead Space fired the what looked like a black laser only magnified. The laser ripped through the hundreds of the ships in front of the mothership and even from here I could see the shield resisting its intense roaring push towards it. I could see even some of our battle cruisers out there in the middle of the fight that got caught being ripped apart by the laser as well. I still continued watching and finally it reached the motherships shields, the shields were resisting the laser with extreme force, it was so strong the motherships advancement was stopped. Then we heard something we never heard before, the motherships shields started cracking, like a rock falling on a sensitive glass it started to crack apart. From the other sides of the battle field It was almost as if the mothership was screaming in pain as the glass started to break and weaken. Finally it went through the shields, the shields dissipated into space as the mothership was recieving the laser from its front armor. The armor eroded very fast on the ship, it was as if you were watching a car rust that would normally take years happen in simply seconds before you. The ships white frame color outside quickly changed brown, then we heard a crack of thunder that almost bursted our ears. I felt something wrong at this moment, something was not going right, I tried to tell the Chief but he wasn’t there anymore. He strangely disappeared and I didn't notice. I looked back at the ship and it wasn’t there, but I could see something black expanding rapidly swallowing the other Nova ships. In a flash I remembered Peyton said this was a black hole that was created, but it was expanding way too fast and towards us at an alarming rate. Nirvana was shaking so much that even if I got myself out of the straps I wouldn’t be able to stand. Something unknown just flashed before my eyes, it was almost as if I just rewatched everything from the beginning and fast-forward to the present, I guess that's what they call life flashing before your eyes huh. Nirvana's strap let loose and I was sent flying out of the seat crashing into the wall. Just as I was about to be sent upwards, I saw it, the black hole was coming towards me as if it was in slow motion. The ship was disappearing inside the darkness as the black hole ate it, It reached me and I could feel my body being pulled in. There was but a hint of light remaining just as I was sucked into darkness. I could feel my body being squeezed and pushed at the same time it felt excruciatingly painful but only for a few seconds. The pain started to subside and I just felt myself floating in space, It felt almost peaceful in here then it felt like my mind stopped functioning. This is the end of us I suppose we are the last of the Intergalactic Unions fighting for freedom and we have done everything in our power to save ourselves, looks like it will be night forever.