keep up the dodging, you are almost there.

LonelyWorld 2015/11/12(Thu)14:15 No. 683577 ID: fe06ff
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Oken does a barrel roll dodging several more shots

The Ecliptor, it's Fire-Array is charging up!

be ready to dodge the ecliptor's shots too. remember, the guy in charge of the guns is not flek. is simple enough to report to him that an unknown ship is approaching and get permission to fire on it. wont be able to lie about a incoming message on an astranian channel.

LonelyWorld 2015/11/14(Sat)17:58 No. 684015 ID: fe06ff
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Oken notices a com bleep

Fuze: "Is that the Ecliptor? can we contact them"

Oken: "It's a multiwave broadcast, our messages still won't get through, we still need to be closer"

Fuze: "What's the broadcast?"

Oken turns on the Raydio

????: "To all possible Astranian ships in the area this is Ecliptor-Alta. We will be performing a completely random weapons test. You are advised to keep your distance."

If you don't think you can out maneuver the ships weapons, keep out of range, the signaler looks like Mint and she would probably aim at us

god dammit, shift in to maximum overdrive!

do we know what weapons they could be firing to try and avoid them? Mint is going to do everything she can to stop us from getting to that ship, so we have to turn the ace pilot skills to 11!

LonelyWorld 2015/11/15(Sun)02:31 No. 684093 ID: fe06ff
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Fuze:"They're going to shoot us out of the sky!"

Oken:"It's nothing I can't handle"

Fuze: "The Ecliptor's Targeting is the most advanced in the fleet, not even Solar fighters are manuverable enough to dodge them!

Oken: "The Ecliptor's Fire Array still has a two second charge time it achieves it's apparent quick reaction speed from AI trajectory mapping, If I play into the systems expectations I can dodge the attacks.

Fuze: "That's insane! Astranian ships aren't meant to dodge!"

Oken: "I know that ship and I know this ship, I can do it"

Fuze: "We should turn back while we can . . ."

if we turn back we die anyway. mint will show how there are bugs on the surface that need to be destroyed, wiping the surface. and then what will our little shuttle do? limp to the next system in a hundred years?

no, the only option we have is to break through. show them why you are an ace pilot.

>>684093
"I am Ace Pilot Oken for a reason!"
Go for it.

>>684093
It's time to show you what Ace Pilot means.

You're ace pilot Oken, the best darn pilot in the whole fleet! let get in there!

>>684093

Work your magic, Ace Pilot!

LonelyWorld 2015/11/16(Mon)10:26 No. 684387 ID: fe06ff
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Oken: "The only way is foreward.
I am the new star.
Like the heroes of the cult war, I will channel the history of my clan and become everything they were "

Fuze: "WHAT?!"

LonelyWorld 2015/11/16(Mon)10:27 No. 684388 ID: fe06ff
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Oken: "I am Ace Pilot Oken, and there is nothing I can't do!
Oken Dodges the first three laser strikes

>>684388
DODGE CHARMS!

Those don't look totally random! They're not random at all!

>what do
Nowhere to go but forward. If you slowed down to reverse course or retreat, you'd get nailed.

Fly well. It's bullet hell time.

>>684388
IF WE GET IN CLOSE ENOUGH, THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO FIRE ON US WITHOUT (possibly) HITTING THEMSELVES!

SURELY A COMPLETELY RANDOM TEST WOULDN'T INCLUDE THAT... RIGHT!?

you know this ship, inside and out, you know exactly what miniscule weaknesses it has. exploit them.

and the AI will try to compensate, you can only do a maneuver once before it will expect it. go through every one you know, make new ones. surprise it every time.

>>684411
what this guy said, we will show Mint what for!

Use the boost to get through!

For the emprah!!

>>684388
Have we used our lucky earing yet? If not, let's use our lucky earing.

Either way, DODGE, DODGE, DODGE!

>>684388
ROW ROW FIGHT THE POWAH

FOR ASTRAMAAR

...

Also, get someone else on comms. You're going to need full focus for this.

>>684388
I'm scared. Oken becomes a whole new beast when in a pilot seat...
Just survive Oken. Just survive.

LonelyWorld 2015/11/27(Fri)00:13 No. 685926 ID: fe06ff
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Mint:"If for some reason a ship OUT OF SHEER DUMB LUCK was able to survive the first volley . . .

Fuze: "Oken maybe we-

Luck isn't what guides me, everything holds the same
Oken: "You're looking for a pattern but you can't predict the heart of a free spirit!"

LonelyWorld 2015/11/27(Fri)00:14 No. 685927 ID: fe06ff
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Mint: ". . . It would be obliterated from the NOW FULLY ACTIVATED ARRAY!"

a more complex pattern only makes clearer the path
Oken: "I see them trying to understand, but the robots they need to feel!"

LonelyWorld 2015/11/27(Fri)00:16 No. 685928 ID: fe06ff
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Mint: " Th-there's no way in hell she . . . wait . . . heh heh Hah Hah HAHAHAHA"

Fuze: "The shield bubble, I-I can see it!"

The Ecliptor's shield generators begin to glow brighter

LonelyWorld 2015/11/27(Fri)00:17 No. 685929 ID: fe06ff
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Damnit! so close!
Oken: "She's preparing a shield pulse . . . "

Fuze: "Carriers don't have-"

Oken: "this one does. there's no dodging it"
an omni-directional attack.

Fuze: "Maybe we could turn away or-"

Oken: "If we slow down or turn, the Array will catch us"
there's no way to dodge . . .

The shield burst doesn't even matter, Astranian shields don't affect Astranian ships.

Fuze: Analyze enemy shields and note that things are starting to heat up.

Oken scream about how you can't lose! Get into the crazy!

NEVER GIVE UP... TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS!

How does shield burst work? Will you be safe if you can get close enough to the ship? Obviously it would be designed not to damage itself. Recklessly close the distance at max speed.

Find the nearest airlock or hanger and ram into it, hopefully you can maneuver into the ship before the pulse goes off, or if it's possible, land onto the ship, hopefully the pulse would recognize your shuttle as the same faction and form over you instead

>>685929

We could try heroically ramming the array.

Do it the way the Pinkskins deal with shields. Hit target with heavy object. In other words: Go for a delicate part of the ship and ram it.

Shield pulse at the same exact time
If Astranian ships can be affected by the pulse for SOME weird reason, then that means your OWN shield pulse should be able to fight the pulse back.

Magnitude and size of the ship shouldn't matter. In fact, the opposite matters. YOUR own shield pulse should be stronger than hers anyway, due to speed and your tiny size. It has to spread OUT it's force to pulse it's GIANT shield. You don't. You'll pierce right through it.

get inside the shield. the burst wont head inward, that would damage the ship it's trying to protect.

>>685929
Unless you can surf or ride the pulse safely (which isn't a great plan cause it would force you to run the gauntlet again) the only real option is to get through it.

Can we shoot our way through a shield pulse? Hide in the shadow of some of the jutting out superstructure of the carrier to dodge the attack? Can we accelerate and pass through the shield before it pulses, so we're on the inside? Can we adjust shield frequencies to match such that the pulse won't harm us?

>all this talk about ramming
>>685927
Is that glass I can see on the far right there?

Just put the fuckin shuttle through it (if we can close the gap fast enough)

Charge right in. You can't outrun it on the way out, so outrun it on the way in before it charges.

LonelyWorld 2015/11/29(Sun)17:04 No. 686277 ID: fe06ff
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At full speed and max power to shield our duration of exposure to the pulse energy should be less then a tenth of a second
But the power output, for even that long . . . MIGHT be more than this ship can take.
Patient Ember I place my faith in you

Fuze: "Oken! do something!"

Oken: "ALL POWER TO THRUST AND SHIELDS"

* * *

LonelyWorld 2015/11/29(Sun)17:05 No. 686278 ID: fe06ff
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Heavy damage sustained
Please Ember we can still do this!

Main thrusters offline
Manuvering pulse field offline
Manuvering thrusters at 2% power
Sheilds offline
Life support offline
NO-NO-NO!

Total systems shut down in 1 minute
I don't think we're going to live that long!

Raydio signal active. Ecliptor receiving transmissions
. . .

LonelyWorld 2015/11/29(Sun)17:08 No. 686279 ID: fe06ff
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Mint: "All that just so you could crash into the ecliptor's reinforced Carbosteel hull? so much for heroics. GOOD BYE AND GOOD RIDDANCE . . . ACE PILOT OKEN!"

Impact imminent.
!!!

EJECT EJECT

wedge yourself into a nook!

This is your chance to transmit to the ship! Let them know who you are and the AI might be fast enough to catch you in a tractor beam.

>>686278
Get on comms to tell them that Mint is a traitor.

Also: TIME TO USE THE LUCKY CHARM!

>Life support offline
Oh that doesn't matter. One way or another, this fight was never gonna last long to burn through all the oxygen in the room.

>what do
Aim for an airlock or landing bay?

Or... I didn't see weapons listed on that damage report. We could always cut our own entrance, and crash on a deck instead of against the hull. We'd have to hope the cruiser would close emergency bulkheads or get the breach closed off after you, though.

>Or... I didn't see weapons listed on that damage report. We could always cut our own entrance, and crash on a deck instead of against the hull.

I like this idea... I mean... as opposed to being turned into dust and shrapnal on impact... could we even exploit weapons as emergency maneuvering thrust?

LonelyWorld 2015/12/01(Tue)12:46 No. 686491 ID: fe06ff
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Will this work? I guess it doesn't matter.
It's all I've got left!
Oken: "FIRE FORWARD RAYBEAM!"

LonelyWorld 2015/12/01(Tue)12:47 No. 686492 ID: fe06ff
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There is a burst of fire, and the small shuttle disappears into the Ecliptor

CHAPTER 7: END