Otagia
26-08-2005, 03:33
The Mobius Guilder sat on the floor of the narrow crawlspace, staring at the black stasis field that contained the pilot of this terrible craft. Waiting, he swore he could see a shape moving slowly within...
--It is time--
The message coming in over his QUETZAL implant jolted him awake again. Stirring, he concentrated, running the arcane Mobius formulas through his head, manipulating them, carressing them...
There!
The door was out of his sight, but he knew it was there. Pulling with his mind, he widened it, to a full two hundred meters. Guiding it mentally, he pulled-
-And he and the ship were inside the Continuum. He tried to lower the volume of his thoughts, and concentrated again. He could feel the Continuum pulling him and the ship, moving it towards his destination. He reached out, feeling the equations of the place, looking for where his outlet would be. Finding it, he pulled again at the numbers, manipulating them carefully. As he did, he again felt the door opening, and widened it. As he did, the Continuum gave one final push-
-And they were in TFU space. Quickly the Necroscope opened a door behind himself, and not a moment too soon: Sensing his exit from the Continuum, Marduk had activated the reactionless drives of the Jacta Alea Est, propelling it forward at ten thousand gravities. The resulting thrust threw the necroscope back into the safety of the Continuum.
Feeling his freedom, Marduk motionlessly grinned. With his faster-than-light thought processes, he could actively maneuver the ship while entombed in the stasis field, and activated the drives. He carressed the ship's systems, almost an extension of his body. He brought his weapon systems online, and veered directly for the nearest planet. Firing a salvo of light-speed probes, he would come in fast and silent. The Federation would never know what hit it.
--It is time--
The message coming in over his QUETZAL implant jolted him awake again. Stirring, he concentrated, running the arcane Mobius formulas through his head, manipulating them, carressing them...
There!
The door was out of his sight, but he knew it was there. Pulling with his mind, he widened it, to a full two hundred meters. Guiding it mentally, he pulled-
-And he and the ship were inside the Continuum. He tried to lower the volume of his thoughts, and concentrated again. He could feel the Continuum pulling him and the ship, moving it towards his destination. He reached out, feeling the equations of the place, looking for where his outlet would be. Finding it, he pulled again at the numbers, manipulating them carefully. As he did, he again felt the door opening, and widened it. As he did, the Continuum gave one final push-
-And they were in TFU space. Quickly the Necroscope opened a door behind himself, and not a moment too soon: Sensing his exit from the Continuum, Marduk had activated the reactionless drives of the Jacta Alea Est, propelling it forward at ten thousand gravities. The resulting thrust threw the necroscope back into the safety of the Continuum.
Feeling his freedom, Marduk motionlessly grinned. With his faster-than-light thought processes, he could actively maneuver the ship while entombed in the stasis field, and activated the drives. He carressed the ship's systems, almost an extension of his body. He brought his weapon systems online, and veered directly for the nearest planet. Firing a salvo of light-speed probes, he would come in fast and silent. The Federation would never know what hit it.