“Attention; Star Saint departure in T-15 minutes. All personnel report to their stations in preparation for lift off, course set for first target Cerberus-Delta.” The robotic automated voice of the Daedalus had been counting down of over an hour now and Ajax was already sick of it’s cold monotone omnipresence.
It had been over a month since the colossal Daedalus had departed Mars to begin the war with the Galaxian Empire, though FTL capable herself she was by no means a warship, her official designation had described her as a mobile command platform so the Star Saint was more often than not used to conduct covert tactical missions away from the Daedalus’ location.
“Begin Star Core cycling and route excess energy through to holding circuit Delta-Sigma 9, Authorization Xavier-Chi 913” Yelled Ajax as he entered his expanded quarters and workspace onboard the Star Saint and brought up the ship’s star core readings on his wrist-mounted multi-tools
“Voice print and authorization code accepted, beginning star core cycling” replied the slightly less monotone voice of the Star Saint’s own computer systems
- 5 minutes until launch -
“Star Core cycling complete, system excess Stellar-Energy ready for venting though power chamber DS9.” The electronic voice came over the intercom once more
“Lockdown workspace and arm blast doors, open power chamber seal” Ajax had changed from his normal uniform into his tactical combat suit and finished clasping the final deals of his power gauntlets as a series of blast doors and retracting workspace features all spurred to life lowering around him as the single remaining feature of the workspace opened its thick shell-like doors.
“Lockdown procedures complete energy vent in 30 seconds final authorization required”
“Authorization code Omega-000”
Ajax braced himself as the full unmitigated energy of the ship’s Star core excess flowed into the chamber and begun to arc wildly around him, the fiery winds slowly beginning to lick up upon the outer layer of Ajax’s combat suit and the few areas of exposed skin. With an uncomfortable grunt he rose his arms and held his breath as the sporadic movement of the Star energy begun to slowly flow toward Ajax’s limbs, where the energy slowly started weeping into his body. The energy pulsing slightly as it followed the mutated nerve trails within Ajax’s arms and legs toward the centre of his chest.
“Energy vent completed, disabling lockdown protocols” Shaking off the mild light-headedness and fatigue of absorbing so much energy Ajax did his best not to stumble out of the chamber. Taking a minute to let his head stop spinning before wandering his way up to the Star Saint’s bridge ready for launch.
It had been over a month since the colossal Daedalus had departed Mars to begin the war with the Galaxian Empire, though FTL capable herself she was by no means a warship, her official designation had described her as a mobile command platform so the Star Saint was more often than not used to conduct covert tactical missions away from the Daedalus’ location.
“Begin Star Core cycling and route excess energy through to holding circuit Delta-Sigma 9, Authorization Xavier-Chi 913” Yelled Ajax as he entered his expanded quarters and workspace onboard the Star Saint and brought up the ship’s star core readings on his wrist-mounted multi-tools
“Voice print and authorization code accepted, beginning star core cycling” replied the slightly less monotone voice of the Star Saint’s own computer systems
- 5 minutes until launch -
“Star Core cycling complete, system excess Stellar-Energy ready for venting though power chamber DS9.” The electronic voice came over the intercom once more
“Lockdown workspace and arm blast doors, open power chamber seal” Ajax had changed from his normal uniform into his tactical combat suit and finished clasping the final deals of his power gauntlets as a series of blast doors and retracting workspace features all spurred to life lowering around him as the single remaining feature of the workspace opened its thick shell-like doors.
“Lockdown procedures complete energy vent in 30 seconds final authorization required”
“Authorization code Omega-000”
Ajax braced himself as the full unmitigated energy of the ship’s Star core excess flowed into the chamber and begun to arc wildly around him, the fiery winds slowly beginning to lick up upon the outer layer of Ajax’s combat suit and the few areas of exposed skin. With an uncomfortable grunt he rose his arms and held his breath as the sporadic movement of the Star energy begun to slowly flow toward Ajax’s limbs, where the energy slowly started weeping into his body. The energy pulsing slightly as it followed the mutated nerve trails within Ajax’s arms and legs toward the centre of his chest.
“Energy vent completed, disabling lockdown protocols” Shaking off the mild light-headedness and fatigue of absorbing so much energy Ajax did his best not to stumble out of the chamber. Taking a minute to let his head stop spinning before wandering his way up to the Star Saint’s bridge ready for launch.