Xessmithia
25-11-2005, 16:53
Ensign Fuller activated the tachband comm system, a ear splitting scream cut through the air and he shut down the system.
"Everybody, Fuller got his first screamer!" His superivisor called out and a round of applause followed. "Congratulations, you're one of us now."
Fuller flushed, "I guess so Lieutenant. I just didn't expect there to be a causality violation when signalling from here."
The Lieutenant grinned, "You never expect a screamer Fuller."
Fuller was about to respond when an alarm sounded, "We have incoming weapons fire from the IAS Gargantuan!" The tactical officer screamed.
Fuller's jaw dropped, and a split second later he ceased to exist.
***
"Admiral Elliot, we lost the CNS Firespirit in the Whitefall system. It and its escorts were destroyed by the Alliance."
Elliot sighed, the cold war that had lasted the past 15 years was now over, and in its place a shooting war had begun. "Thank you Thomas, I'll go tell the Prime Minister, we're finally at war with the Alliance."
"Everybody, Fuller got his first screamer!" His superivisor called out and a round of applause followed. "Congratulations, you're one of us now."
Fuller flushed, "I guess so Lieutenant. I just didn't expect there to be a causality violation when signalling from here."
The Lieutenant grinned, "You never expect a screamer Fuller."
Fuller was about to respond when an alarm sounded, "We have incoming weapons fire from the IAS Gargantuan!" The tactical officer screamed.
Fuller's jaw dropped, and a split second later he ceased to exist.
***
"Admiral Elliot, we lost the CNS Firespirit in the Whitefall system. It and its escorts were destroyed by the Alliance."
Elliot sighed, the cold war that had lasted the past 15 years was now over, and in its place a shooting war had begun. "Thank you Thomas, I'll go tell the Prime Minister, we're finally at war with the Alliance."