Raptor One – Chapter 34
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“Huff.” I sigh as i get up, i did not think that what i said was really going to happen, i really did not get a wink of sleep.
Sighing again i get up, knowing we must have arrived at the asteroid field where ISS – Tenacity will mine for some time before returning.
Getting to the Rec room i take some Kiri fruits, a flask of Avalon Wine and sit down to eat.
The wine taste really got good, not mellow nor hard, just right.
After finishing the fruits and wine i place the flask back and decide to visit the bridge of the ship.
As i get up i see the rest of the pack get inside the Rec room, the air around then are not the most harmonious, and i don’t care much as to why.
After getting on the Bridge i just assalt the captain chair and get it’s logs, data, and coordinates.
“All done.” Sigma gives me a heads up.
Taking a look at the data, i decide to give some help to the navigator before he comes down.
Getting to the chair console which i can’t do much with i fail to even get in a position that let me access the console, ugh.
Trying again i end in the same situation, now that’s just plain bullshit.
The third try however was much better, i managed to get access of the navigations console and pass my extended knowledge to it, and took the opportunity to calibrate the console to take the ships and it’s weight into account.
Going to the operations console i try to get connected, and surprisingly manages to do it on the first try, taking the data i want and giving the knowledge back to the console to help the ship more at finding what it wants while avoiding danger.
Zu’rahir and the two Su boys do get inside the bridge before I'm done, but i ignore and finish what i started.
I look at the group of three and they look back, the guys giving a not so friendly stare.
“Privet.” i give a hello, ignoring their weird stares and nod their way before walking out like nothing happened.
Zu’rahir try to talk, but her voice don’t leave.
As i go get some training at the ore storage before they fill it up i start hearing the voice of the group inside the bridge as they talk back and forth about the update i gave their console, then their talk take a more awkward tone as they talk about thinking i was doing something wrong.
Heh, not that off, i did take all the data i can and did not ask for it, but i did not touch personal data.
After training another course in Deflection i finally managed to understand something by myself.
I still take in Sigma and my system thoughts for a better understanding.
I feel I'm almost mastering Deflection, my instinct is almost automatically doing it for me, my body also doing it unconsciously, just need that tiny last push.
So i start another round of training.
And manage to implement the feeling permanently on my body and mind.
I sigh in satisfaction, all the hard work bore fruit.
I know the pack will be busy for some days so i just grunt and head to the cargo bay, I'll waste some nanites to get one of the Laser machineguns working, even if it jam in battle, at least I'll have something to shoot with.
The squeeze of Lemi’s coil around me make my mind less preoccupied, her ever present squeeze, one that i got too adapted that if i don’t feel it I'll start getting worried.
“Naughty Lemi.” I chuckle as Lemi tilts her head in wonder why i said that.
I consume 1000 units of nanite to start repairs in one of the machine guns.
My knowledge of Engineering and psionic capacity help me a lot because a lot of parts were fried, crunched together, or did not want to leave the gun at all, but i did manage to get the gun working, and still got some leftover nanite, so i use it to try and lessen the problem with faulty parts, and i do manage to get some faulty parts repaired.
“Well, this is something rare.” I mutter as i was a little surprised to manage to almost fully repair one of the laser machineguns.
I’m not going to start making reports on Nanite usage, but I'll fill in a log just in case so i can fail to dry myself up.
With that done i decide to see what Zu’rahir’s doing, so i walk back to the middle deck and enter the bridge.
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“Watch out for this gravity well.” Zu’rahir says to Su’ra.
“On it... Whoa!” Su’ra chirps out in surprise but manage to dodge the asteroid and suddenly sped up the ship’s way.
“This place is not as safe as i thought.” I say out loud.
“Heh, that’s why we like mining here, pirate ships don’t have that much capacity to man handle asteroids.” Zu’rahir reply back
I nod to her and look at Su’zu “How’s the new update?”
“Oh? Right, the update, it’s great, i can find easier what is what in here.” Su’zu reply back
“Found a good mining spot yet?” i ask Zu’rahir
“Nope, as if it was that easy.” she reply back
“But it is? You know you have the tools for this right?” i ask her back not understanding.
Me and Zu’rahir get into a awkward stalemate
And i decide she don’t know, so i head to Su’zu and give him pointers on how to get the area’s asteroid ore density, their composition, etc.
Nothing bad, I've done harder things.
Su’zu’s eyes start spinning at the new knowledge.
I grunt in frustration.
“You know this is basic knowledge right?” i say to Su’zu.
He snaps back with a peep and look my way.
“Sorry, can, can you give pointers again?” Su’zu ask embarrassed
“Da. Please, pay attention.” I sigh then try to get him to know the basic knowledge for operators, that is classified under engineer mastery.
This time Su’zu managed to pay attention and almost got all the knowledge from me, as he starts to actively ask questions truly interested.
I grin at Su’zu, my sharp teeth showing as i say “Is that all you got? I know you have more space in your head, you have space for four ears don’t you?”
It’s clear on Su’zu’s face that my taunt worked and we got in a even more heated knowledge battle.
Poor Su’zu did not even have a chance to resist for one minute, because as soon as i started talking, my intelligence and mastery was clear for all to see as Su’zu closed his mouth, and i used this chance to pass him the last part of the knowledge he did not grasp.
I just chuckle as i shoo Su’zu back to his post, now much better at operation but still not knowing it.
This was not the case for Su’ra and Zu’rahir, Su’ra understood that i did this for his good, but that’s all.
But Zu’rahir saw, and understood every part of what i did, i give her a nod and head back to the crew quarters I'll idle for as long as i can, don’t want to start working out my stats...
Day 4 started with a chorus of cheers, then became shouts, the crisp sound of metal wanting to give in under pressure rings out, looks like Su’ra failed to dodge this one, from here i can hear the tailor made lecture he’s getting from Zu’rahir.
They did get a good amount of ores, i chuckle as i go back to sleep.
Day 5, that’s 2 days inside the asteroid belt, This time they avoided the asteroid, but got no ore nor found any.
I just replenished my used food, eaten a little and drank some Avalon wine before idling again.
Day 6, looks like today is their lucky day, no gravity field slinging asteroid their way, dense ore field, and lots of ores on the cargo.
Day 7, another boring day, found a lackluster ore field, but still got some very good bounty for the ore bay.
Day 8, started with a bang, literally as i wake up with a startle, breach alarm blaring as the crew quarter starts to depressurize fast, worse yet, contact alarm starts blaring too as the sounds slowly starts to die down as the air is blasted outside the ship.
I get up fast, my feet lock into the metal floor, Lemi tightens her hold on me as my armor flare up, any exposed part is protected now, Lemi also have her own way to survive space and the mask she got as a gift help her with that.
The hole is big, so by the time i got up i can’t hear anything anymore as the vacuum of space don’t transmit sound.
Now that I'm more or less in zero G, i jump using little power so i don’t get my head into something.
Getting myself stable beside the big hole i poke my head outside to take a look, the moment i put my head outside to look a Kinetic slug flies my way!
I flare up my Kinetic shield into overdrive and try to dodge my head out of the way, but the speed and power of the slug manage to almost bypass all my preparations.
With no choice i prepare to tank the damage.
I manage to get myself mostly out of way, my position optimal for a perfect deflection, as soon as the bullet hit my neck sensors, the feeling of shrieking metal is clear, but the slug flies off into space again leaving only a ugly graze on my neck sensors.
I get my head back inside before i get any more unlucky, Lemi was intelligent not getting her head out like me.
If the shield did not take most of it’s Kinetic energy i would be in deep trouble, good thing it did.
Taking out 1000 units of nanite, i weave it out into a tin but resistant anti breach plate and slap it into place after bending the damaged armor back into place.
With the breach closed the room starts to pressurize again, the low pressure alarm start ringing again, the combat alarm also can be heard now as i drop from the ceiling back into the floor.
The place is a mess, most of the pillows just flied away into space, the metal wreck that managed to resist the blast became a shotgun slug, making holes and damaging things around.
The door to the Rec room beeps and unlocks as the room finish returning to normal pressure, but the other door to the locker room is dead, most likely it’s energy cable was blasted.
I run into the Rec room and jump down to the middle deck as another round of shrieking metal resounds as breach alarm flares into existence again.
Getting to the bridge i hear Zu’rahir yell to the Su brothers.
“Su’ra Why did you not start evasive maneuvers! And use the asteroids as cover! Su’zu! Piece out a way out of this mess!”
“YES PACK LEADER!” The Su brother says in chorus.
“What’s happening? A surprise party by decompression?” I ask out loud to Zu.
“Omega! You're alive, thank Avalon, sorry for this, we got some pirate problem here.” Zu says to me with apologetic tone “WHAT!” she yell out at the console as the Li sisters report in.
“We got a breach at the Engine block, masks up, but the engine took damage, we are trying to get it back to peak performance but it will take time, any more damage and we may get dead in the water! LI! Hurry up! I’m done here!” “I'M TRYING!”
I see a shot go wide on the bridge camera and another pass very close to the ship, Su’ra’s cursing like a sailor at the small squad of three in hot pursuit.
“Need help? I can even out the odds with Raptor One, just ask.” I say to Zu, my eyes open and looking at her.
“Please help.” Zu says with calm, but i can see in her eyes the desperation.
I give a feral grin, my aura of calmness nowhere to be seen, Zu seeing this get’s visibly motivated as she starts to bark out orders as she takes the rein.
“ISS - Raptor One Ready to deploy” Sigma gives the final morale push as i exit the bridge and jump down into the lower deck.
I hear shriek of metal as a kinetic slug slides on the ships lower deck armor right bellow my feet.
I keep a pletora of curses inside as i rush inside the cargo hold, the door opens imediatelly, my Viking cockpit also open when i pass the door allowing me to jump inside right after i pass the door.
There’s no surprise as i lock in to the NCS, the system already working as i watch the reader show the cargo hold decompress as i lock out and fly off the cargo hold using the flow of air as help.
I tune out for a second, before opening my eyes, my grin hidden inside my mask.
“Let’s show then why no one mess with a Tyrant.”
Status:
Health: 3/3 HP | 49.5/50 AP.
Will: 100/100.
Day: 8.
Month: 3
Time Shift: Space.
Age: 18
Credits: 0? (No change?)
Nanite storage: 6500 units/Max 8000 units, 50u Needed per day.
Mainframes:
Omega Protocol: Mainframe type.
Auxiliary Protocols:
Alpha Protocol (O.P): Liberated.
Mimic Protocol (O.P): Needing 3th research.
Scavenger Protocol (O.P): Liberated.
Harvest Protocol (O.P): Liberated.
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ISS – Raptor One
Status
External Armor – 1/5
Internal Armor – 3/5
Walker Legs – 5/5
Weapons
Heavy Laser Cannon – 1/3
Heavy Laser Cannon – 1/3
Heavy Gatting Laser – 2/3
Heavy Gattling Laser – 0/3