Re: Otherwise: An FTL-RP
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2018 3:34 am
"Sounds like a plan - I'll get the wires."
Algen floated over to the engine room, ripped the two wires out of the wall, and soon realized he shouldn't touch them. After twisting them together with some pliers outfitted with rubber handles he found in the tool bag, the engine whirred to life.
"Which one of us know how to fly a big metal space bird? Turzil, I'm assuming. I'll explore the secret section and start up the backup battery for full functionality."
After exiting the engine room and entering the secret passageway, he found and started up the backup battery. The ship's systems whirred to life and it was immediately hailed from some long-distance transmission station multiple times.
"The shields are down here too, if Turzil is correct. Those would be nice."
After some exploration, Algen found a small door which led to the shield operator's room, which he soon used to power up the shields.
"I'm not entirely sure how I got that to work, but it's working."
Algen returned to the cockpit and reported his findings. The hails were still coming in strong.
"We need to shut off the communications system. If this ship belongs to who we think it belongs too, they might use it to figure out where we are - if they don't know already."
After some investigation on the communications system, Algen returned to the quarters of the previous crew to investigate the camera log. It showed, as its final entry previous to the shutdown, the ship being raided by a team of mantis pirates. The footage looked typical, albeit horrifying, until it was shown that the pilot of the ship turned the ship onto its emergency mode and turned on the life-sign-masking system for the cell Dargjas, Turzil, Algen, and Mawkish were hidden in moments before he was killed. The ship was then thoroughly investigated by the mantis, and all of the remaining crew were killed in the process. Deciding it was nothing more than a simple patrol ship, the mantis warped back to their own ship and jumped away.
Algen walked, for once, back to the cockpit, chuckling at the thought of the rest of the crew suddenly falling to the floor as artificial gravity kicked back in.
Algen floated over to the engine room, ripped the two wires out of the wall, and soon realized he shouldn't touch them. After twisting them together with some pliers outfitted with rubber handles he found in the tool bag, the engine whirred to life.
"Which one of us know how to fly a big metal space bird? Turzil, I'm assuming. I'll explore the secret section and start up the backup battery for full functionality."
After exiting the engine room and entering the secret passageway, he found and started up the backup battery. The ship's systems whirred to life and it was immediately hailed from some long-distance transmission station multiple times.
"The shields are down here too, if Turzil is correct. Those would be nice."
After some exploration, Algen found a small door which led to the shield operator's room, which he soon used to power up the shields.
"I'm not entirely sure how I got that to work, but it's working."
Algen returned to the cockpit and reported his findings. The hails were still coming in strong.
"We need to shut off the communications system. If this ship belongs to who we think it belongs too, they might use it to figure out where we are - if they don't know already."
After some investigation on the communications system, Algen returned to the quarters of the previous crew to investigate the camera log. It showed, as its final entry previous to the shutdown, the ship being raided by a team of mantis pirates. The footage looked typical, albeit horrifying, until it was shown that the pilot of the ship turned the ship onto its emergency mode and turned on the life-sign-masking system for the cell Dargjas, Turzil, Algen, and Mawkish were hidden in moments before he was killed. The ship was then thoroughly investigated by the mantis, and all of the remaining crew were killed in the process. Deciding it was nothing more than a simple patrol ship, the mantis warped back to their own ship and jumped away.
Algen walked, for once, back to the cockpit, chuckling at the thought of the rest of the crew suddenly falling to the floor as artificial gravity kicked back in.