03-19-2025, 06:26 PM
== NRC – Flint Chertstone – Tactical Officer ==
The ship dropped out of warp on the border of the system. Ordinarily, they'd make the final approach on the orbital plain of the system, falling in with the other celestial bodies for ease of navigation. But this time they approached at a higher angle to the orbital relationship of star so that they could observe the plethora of anomalies scattered about the system.
A comet, ionic radiation, an asteroid belt, a neutronic storm, and a temporal particle stream. Just to name a few.
Chertstone had barely secured the ship from it's warp travel and set about the impulse drive when his attention was drawn more to the race that already seemed to be in progress.
“Darn it, looks like they started without us!” He said with a hint of dejection in his voice.
It didn't take the main computers tactical threat software to analyse the presence of the dozen small fast moving craft as they flitted at ridiculous speeds in a classic figure eight formation between the only habitable planet in the system and the comet.
The display showed the twelve dots currently approaching and rounding the comet. The pilots must have been relying on gravitational slingshots to make the turns. Tight into the corner, accelerate out and go wide. Even from this distance, Flint a self confessed adrenalin junky was already enjoying the entertainment.
Then one of the dots vanished.
“Looks like we’re getting a sneak peek at the competition. Good chance to copy their homework,” said the science chief from the rear of the bridge.
“Copying is easy.” Flint replied, strangely not sounding cocky for once as he spoke, “But not copying their mistakes is harder.” He continued as he zoomed in on another smaller screen to analyse the perceived crash data.
== GM – What's the odds that the craft that hit the comet may have actually survived a hard landing on the comet and we can possible rescue them? ==
The ship dropped out of warp on the border of the system. Ordinarily, they'd make the final approach on the orbital plain of the system, falling in with the other celestial bodies for ease of navigation. But this time they approached at a higher angle to the orbital relationship of star so that they could observe the plethora of anomalies scattered about the system.
A comet, ionic radiation, an asteroid belt, a neutronic storm, and a temporal particle stream. Just to name a few.
Chertstone had barely secured the ship from it's warp travel and set about the impulse drive when his attention was drawn more to the race that already seemed to be in progress.
“Darn it, looks like they started without us!” He said with a hint of dejection in his voice.
It didn't take the main computers tactical threat software to analyse the presence of the dozen small fast moving craft as they flitted at ridiculous speeds in a classic figure eight formation between the only habitable planet in the system and the comet.
The display showed the twelve dots currently approaching and rounding the comet. The pilots must have been relying on gravitational slingshots to make the turns. Tight into the corner, accelerate out and go wide. Even from this distance, Flint a self confessed adrenalin junky was already enjoying the entertainment.
Then one of the dots vanished.
“Looks like we’re getting a sneak peek at the competition. Good chance to copy their homework,” said the science chief from the rear of the bridge.
“Copying is easy.” Flint replied, strangely not sounding cocky for once as he spoke, “But not copying their mistakes is harder.” He continued as he zoomed in on another smaller screen to analyse the perceived crash data.
== GM – What's the odds that the craft that hit the comet may have actually survived a hard landing on the comet and we can possible rescue them? ==