10-22-2026, 06:16 AM
Gath acknowledged, "Aye, sir!" When Powl fired the next barrage, Gath hit the button and the shuttles launched as programmed. They shot out of the bay with one going up and one going down relative to the ship's axis. They instantly fired a volley each into the two oncoming ships, but then began their intense harassment from their ventral and dorsal flanks, but using their superior maneuverability to try and make themselves very hard targets.
With no actual pilots, the inertial dampeners were not required and left more power for shields weapons and thrusters. They had a full load of micro-torpedoes as well and given that the drones had been adapted from targeting programs to begin with, they were quite at home with the task given to them. Technically, the programs were not considered to have an actual personality, but they certainly seemed to be trying very hard to live up to the name chosen by the parent program. OPS could pick up that the shuttles were communicating with each other, but not what they were actually saying.
Ameen called out, "Engineering, what's your ETA on warp drive?"
To his surprise, his answer came over the comm. It was Singer and she was shouting at someone as the channel opened, but she stopped mid curse: [...Oh...sorry...I'm working on it. We repaired the manifold but manually aligning a coil in the middle of combat isn't exactly in the manual...no-no, just cut it with the torch and toss it out the hole in the nacelle that's scrap now...sorry boss...as I was saying, this thing is daisy chained like a two hundred year old string of holiday lights. Keep your eyes on the helm. If we get it to work, it might not get us far or fast, but I'll try to get as much as I can out of it. I have no idea if she will hold together at all, so when it happens, don't push it...Come on, put your back into it!...My best guess is we'll know in about five more minutes if this will ever work again or if we're walking home...Hey, grab him before he...I gotta go!]
== Tag Bridge Crew...hoping A'kilees is able to add some brilliant technobabble as well... ==
== GM Input request: Given the damage that was done...when they do try to use the warp drive again...if it works...what might our expectations be? Singer is quite the little miracle worker, if unconventional, but A'kilees might be able to also work some magic of his own as he assists in trying to manipulate what is left of the warp field they might be able to generate. ==
With no actual pilots, the inertial dampeners were not required and left more power for shields weapons and thrusters. They had a full load of micro-torpedoes as well and given that the drones had been adapted from targeting programs to begin with, they were quite at home with the task given to them. Technically, the programs were not considered to have an actual personality, but they certainly seemed to be trying very hard to live up to the name chosen by the parent program. OPS could pick up that the shuttles were communicating with each other, but not what they were actually saying.
Ameen called out, "Engineering, what's your ETA on warp drive?"
To his surprise, his answer came over the comm. It was Singer and she was shouting at someone as the channel opened, but she stopped mid curse: [...Oh...sorry...I'm working on it. We repaired the manifold but manually aligning a coil in the middle of combat isn't exactly in the manual...no-no, just cut it with the torch and toss it out the hole in the nacelle that's scrap now...sorry boss...as I was saying, this thing is daisy chained like a two hundred year old string of holiday lights. Keep your eyes on the helm. If we get it to work, it might not get us far or fast, but I'll try to get as much as I can out of it. I have no idea if she will hold together at all, so when it happens, don't push it...Come on, put your back into it!...My best guess is we'll know in about five more minutes if this will ever work again or if we're walking home...Hey, grab him before he...I gotta go!]
== Tag Bridge Crew...hoping A'kilees is able to add some brilliant technobabble as well... ==
== GM Input request: Given the damage that was done...when they do try to use the warp drive again...if it works...what might our expectations be? Singer is quite the little miracle worker, if unconventional, but A'kilees might be able to also work some magic of his own as he assists in trying to manipulate what is left of the warp field they might be able to generate. ==