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Post by Zeffa! on Oct 17, 2007 17:55:32 GMT -8
Rubric and Scheema were already fighting over who got to buckle the seatbelt. Aramil stood next to Dark, looking rather apprehensively at the strange thing before them... "I.. think I'll stay here."
Magus raised an eyebrow, but did not move an inch. A moment ago he was tempted to blow the little probe to smithereens. He would meet with the creature here if they were to speak personally, otherwise mediators would have to suffice. He snorted, leaning on his scythe like a staff. He would not be able to pass through his gate so long as it was being threatened from this side. To have it be destroyed would likely cause the tunnel between the two worlds to collapse. In theory...
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Post by Dark Beauty on Oct 17, 2007 20:40:30 GMT -8
Dark nodded, her face pale. She grasped the little elf's hand and continued to stare wordlessly at the gleaming beast before her.
Shivelle, extremely confused, looked back and forth from the ship to all those who continued to stay on the ground. She could not ask anything, because she doubted that they knew too much about it. So she stayed silent.
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Post by Detrevni on Oct 17, 2007 23:16:53 GMT -8
SIAM blared the launch alarm.
"Engines are now being spooled to full power. Please do not attempt to move about the cabin during liftoff. The inertial stabilizers on small craft are still somewhat unstable, there may be surges of acceleration."
The outer door shut. (for all intents and purposes, everyone who wanted to come is onboard, including Ace, if you wish it, sorrows. Sorry for minor change of chars, I dont'; want to hold up the thread any more.) The air-breathing turbines ceased the quiet whine and began to rise in pitch, then a deeper roar sounded as they reached take off power.
Anton's voice crackled through the probe's speakers once again. "The drone will stay on the ground so you can remain in contact with your personnel. The shuttle will recover it on the return trip."
The shuttle lifted off the ground, hovered for a moment, then slowly gained forward momentum as the vectored thrust nozzles swiveled to flight position. The small vessel climbed east, away from teh village, then flew out of sight as it climbed ever-higher.
Aboard the boat, SIAM advised its passengers of what was to come next. "Prepare for orbital boost." The turbines converted to ramjets, compressor blades folding back as the shuttle approached mach 3. At approximately 45,000 feet, SIAM cut the external intakes and pumped in liquid oxygen. The resulting laser-ignited hydrogen (yes the air breather's powered by hydrogen in atmo) reaction threw all those onboard back into their seats as the boat accelerated past mach 6. A faint boom was heard by those on the ground several minutes later. SIAM open the view ports of the shuttle as the curve of the horizon became more apparent.
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Post by Zeffa! on Oct 18, 2007 8:34:05 GMT -8
"WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!" screamed Rubric in a fit of terror, flailing and trying to escape somehow. Scheema elbowed him in the gut. "Would you knock that off?! That ain't the deathwhine! It's what your stuff might sound like if it actually worked right!" It got Rubric to stop screaming and terrifying the rest of the passengers, but as expected, the two began to argue. At least until the Mach6 hit it and they glued themselves to the seat, unable to do so much as open their mouths.
Aramil glued his eyes to the beast, curious as ever about it, but scared out of his wits by the enigma now. He didn't realise he'd been putting a deathgrip (ha, as if aramil is capable of a deathgrip anyway) on Dark's hand. "What... was that?"
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Post by Dark Beauty on Oct 18, 2007 10:58:46 GMT -8
Dark shook her head, her mouth slightly open as she watched the ship fly away. "I have no idea. That's what scares me."
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Post by Thistle on Oct 18, 2007 16:25:41 GMT -8
Kimmy threw her hands up in the air and screamed as loud as she could. It was really quite fun. She felt like she weighed a thousands pounds and her arms shot down into her lap. Tion however thought he was going to be sick and developed an instant headache.
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Post by Sorrows on Oct 18, 2007 21:29:27 GMT -8
Ace, who had been standing in one of the isolated spots of the craft, refused to be bent to knee by this odd machine. He stubbornly gritted his teeth, his knees visibly shaking with the effort to maintain his feet. What pressure!
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Post by Detrevni on Oct 18, 2007 22:59:11 GMT -8
SIAM noticed the standing member of it's complement. "Sir, please seat yourself before the acceleration or lack of gravity causes you injury." The words were still echoing when the craft reached orbit, the engines cut, and everyone on board was immersed in the sensation of falling.
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Post by Dark Beauty on Oct 19, 2007 7:33:45 GMT -8
Annie was not taken by surprise by the sudden movement or the sudden falling sensation. She was, however, very taken aback by the reaction her body was having. She felt rather ill. However, she strived to keep herself from being physically sick. She did a good job of it, thank heaven. That would not have been fun in zero-g.
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Post by Sorrows on Oct 21, 2007 20:49:29 GMT -8
Ace's only change from the sudden shift was that instead of trying to keep his feet, he focused on keeping his hat on as he slowly drifted off the ground. His eyes, however, were very wide.
"Oooh? What an exhilarating feeling."
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Post by Dark Beauty on Oct 29, 2007 6:34:57 GMT -8
Annie held onto her husband's hand and closed her eyes tight. What had she gotten herself into? She thought she'd never have to go on one of these things ever again. She thought she had finally found the perfect world. Now whoever this is had come to stop it all.
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Post by Detrevni on Oct 29, 2007 12:55:57 GMT -8
SIAM projected the view form the forward sensors on the cabin view screen. The long shark-like shape of phoenix greeted the eyes of those aboard. Her gleaming silver surface was marred ina few places by some carbon scoring from battles long past, but her hull was still in one piece. The point defense turrets automatically tracked the shuttle as it approached, though being controled by SIAM there was no chance they'd fire.
"We are approaching the U.N.N.S. Phoenix. Please strap yourselves in and prepare for docking."
The shuttle deftly spun around and decelerated gently towards Phoenix. The large ship's docking cradle opened up to accommodate the tiny craft. SIAM nosed the shuttle into its recess. Latches clanged against the hull. A jolt shook everyone on board. The outer door opened into the docking umbilical. Gravity slowly started to build, bringign everyone back to the floor.
Anton's voice crackled through the speakers. "Welcome to my home."
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Post by Thistle on Oct 29, 2007 20:39:23 GMT -8
((Ahh. I've been waiting to do this post for a long time.))
"WOOO! Let's do it again!" Kimmy grinned wildly before pausing and noting that her voice didn't sound so childish anymore. She looked down and noted that she now wore a familiar looking red outfit. I haven't seen this since before-wait a aminute. I haven't seen these since then either! The red head look staight down in interest. "Well would you look at that. My old friends came back."
Tion looked over at Kimmy once he heard her talk to herself and nearly choked. She had just gone through a major growth spurt or something. No more was there a little ten year old runt but a mature looking woman. Well, until you looked her in the eye. Then you could tell it was Kimmy. "Uh, I guess this place repels your curse then..."
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Post by Sorrows on Oct 29, 2007 20:57:41 GMT -8
"Well, isn't that intesting?" Ace's hand barely kept itself in check. His grin, though, spoke mountains.
"I think I like this place already.." Ace was the first one out, light on his feet, testing the strength of the gravity of this place. "Huh, seems to be just the same as on the ground. How odd.. More machine wizardry? I was quite enjoying flying.."
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Post by Dark Beauty on Oct 29, 2007 21:19:29 GMT -8
Annie's pink eyes became extremely wide. "...We have to make sure Dark finds out about this!!!" She then looked toward the screen. "Hello, sir." She made the mistake of calling him captain before... she was not gonna do it again.
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