[FTL RP, WE'RE BACK, REBOOTED!] The Rogue Cadets

[JakeCollins]

When they docked with the Mature, Lux asked if any future ships would be shot down (or tried to be shot down) when entering orbit.

Jakes reply was plain, simple, and cold. "They won't have to,"

When Jake got to the cockpit, he veered away from the Pelican and Scarab, disappearing into the fog. About five minutes later, after circling around blindly on minimum impulse, he found what he was looking for. A fait energy signature, pretty far from the planet and its inhabited moon.

It was a small metal sphere, with a blinking light and large antenna attached. The Jump beacon. This device is what broadcasted the location of this beacon, making it available to others. Jumping without a destination Jump beacon is risky, because you could end up materializing in a star or planet. It's what told passing ships that this was an accessible location to jump to.

Jake locked target. It was very hard under normal circumstances to destroy beacons, and doing so was vandalism against the galaxy. The jump network was the only service provided by Federation, Rebels, Pirates, and others alike. No one destroyed beacons, because it was in everyones best interest to maintain them as much as possible.

Most beacons, like this one, were heavily armored, but it was no match for the Matures' futuristic weapons. The jump beacon was torn apart, and the beacon marker on the Nav Screen disappeared from view. No one would ever jump here again. No ship would ever pass through again. No ship would ever interfere, again.

[BrenTenkage]

"A metal-eater?" Eden asked incredulously "Looks like a Space Shark tore chunks out of it."
"My dad said that space sharks were a myth made up by spacefarers to scare children" Lux commented as she was beamed to the Pelican in order to grab her alternative supplies for space-based operations. She had tried to study up on Zoltan anatomy along with Engi only to find a few dead-ends on that front.
The Zoltans after all didn't quite have the same anatomy, what with the differences in potential energy compared to other lifeforms.
"Well maybe your Crystal friend's metal-eaters are our space sharks" Eden commented as she brought the Pelican about to meet up with the Scarab and allow easier teleportation.

"Gorlag, state the nature of his medical emergency" Lux said calmly over the comms.

"His body is distorting, losing power, the medical VI is keeping him stable but we need a much better supply of medical nanites to bring him out of his coma" Gorlag explained as they got close enough to each other for teleportation

[stylesrj]

Lux checked the medbay of the Pelican; naturally because of the nature of how the crew functioned, there were plenty of spare nano-treatment devices and packages to spare. Not to mention the earlier shopping trip.
She grabbed a few canisters and headed for the teleporter, beaming onto the Scarab.

Eden looked at the destruction of the beacon with resigned horror. Once they jumped, there was no way to return at least for a very long time. "The destruction of a beacon isn't taken very lightly" she said as much to Jake "But, if anything, that world has been bought at least a century of peace from outside influence... if only the Quarantine Zone were as lucky; a lost beacon there is quickly reestablished."

[BrenTenkage]

Lux checked the medbay of the Pelican; naturally because of the nature of how the crew functioned, there were plenty of spare nano-treatment devices and packages to spare. Not to mention the earlier shopping trip.
She grabbed a few canisters and headed for the teleporter, beaming onto the Scarab.

Eden looked at the destruction of the beacon with resigned horror. Once they jumped, there was no way to return at least for a very long time. "The destruction of a beacon isn't taken very lightly" she said as much to Jake "But, if anything, that world has been bought at least a century of peace from outside influence... if only the Quarantine Zone were as lucky; a lost beacon there is quickly reestablished."

"Gorlag lead Lux over to the medbay and she could see Bren on the bed his body distorting, she could see the side of his chest gaping open, no blood came out, it looked like a literal chunk was ripped out of his side"

"Can you help him?" Gorlag asked worried seeing Lux with the canisters

[Chickengames]

Kyrie was silent as they flew back to the ship. She could tell Jake was angry. It was the calm kind of angry, the worst kind. She had seen other people with it before, most notably her father. It was one of his many motivations to be a rebel. She had found it was best to avoid him because you never knew when he would lose his composure and lash out.

She said nothing when Jake destroyed the beacon. I hope that's the end of it. She sat listening to Lux, Gorlag, and the others talking while staring at the stars outside the window. Sometimes it was comforting to see the stars, other times it just made her feel insignificant. This was one of those times. Still, there was something mesmerizing about them.

[stylesrj]

Lux set the canisters down and nodded. She hooked one of the canisters to the medical equipment and let the Autodoc handle the distribution. It wouldn't be quick or effective as a proper Zoltan doctor but at least it would keep Bren alive until the treatment was over.
She tried to say as much to the Slug "Give him a few days, the canister should last but if not, simply remove it and put a new one in..."
She went to leave the medbay "Normally I'd stay and make sure Bren is healed throughout but I've got duties on the Pelican to carry out in the meantime"
Her face widened into a smile "One more thing... I'm entrusting you with Bren's care, Gorlag. If he dies and it was because you neglected the canisters or because you were just biding your time before betrayal... you saw what I could do on the Pelican when it comes to the Slug body..."
She even thought about it as if she were a live Slug in that situation just to reinforce her point for the telepath.

Once back on the Pelican, her smile was more sinister "He'll probably run straight for the databanks of the Scarab for Zoltan anatomy lessons" she commented to Eden with a laugh.

[BrenTenkage]

Lux set the canisters down and nodded. She hooked one of the canisters to the medical equipment and let the Autodoc handle the distribution. It wouldn't be quick or effective as a proper Zoltan doctor but at least it would keep Bren alive until the treatment was over.
She tried to say as much to the Slug "Give him a few days, the canister should last but if not, simply remove it and put a new one in..."
She went to leave the medbay "Normally I'd stay and make sure Bren is healed throughout but I've got duties on the Pelican to carry out in the meantime"
Her face widened into a smile "One more thing... I'm entrusting you with Bren's care, Gorlag. If he dies and it was because you neglected the canisters or because you were just biding your time before betrayal... you saw what I could do on the Pelican when it comes to the Slug body..."
She even thought about it as if she were a live Slug in that situation just to reinforce her point for the telepath.

Once back on the Pelican, her smile was more sinister "He'll probably run straight for the databanks of the Scarab for Zoltan anatomy lessons" she commented to Eden with a laugh.

He did just that, checking the security cameras every once in a while to make sure Bren was stable, Ruwen was in the room as well keeping an eye on Bren as well

"You fought well my friend" he said to the comatose Zoltan, "You kept fighting even to the end, I know you will pull through" he said

[Jimli_]

Suddenly, a smoldering and unmarked ship jumps out of hyperspace. Spotting our hero's vessel (and dire straits), the man piloting it, who's clearly gone insane as a result of poor hyper-space shielding, punches the primary thrusters to full-throttle, careening the ship directly at the protagonists. "Time to die, spiders!" he yells over the coms. Whether it was meant to be an insult or if there actually are alien spiders on his ship is unknown, but its difficult to ignore the strange break from pace and story this created. Also, the computer estimates a direct impact in T minus 37 seconds, which is hard to ignore as well.

[BrenTenkage]

Suddenly, a smoldering and unmarked ship jumps out of hyperspace. Spotting our hero's vessel (and dire straits), the man piloting it, who's clearly gone insane as a result of poor hyper-space shielding, punches the primary thrusters to full-throttle, careening the ship directly at the protagonists. "Time to die, spiders!" he yells over the coms. Whether it was meant to be an insult or if there actually are alien spiders on his ship is unknown, but its difficult to ignore the strange break from pace and story this created. Also, the computer estimates a direct impact in T minus 37 seconds, which is hard to ignore as well.

"Oh shit, guys we got a crazy" Gorlag said hearing the man on the comlink

"Hey jackass, if you don't want to die turn around and surrender, its 3 of us and one of you" Gorlag declared over the coms

[Jimli_]

Undeterred, the man takes the statement as a challenge and redirects power from his life support to the engines. T minus 19 seconds to impact, the computer informs you.