Now for the teaser story post...
Freespace: The War Decades Past[/size]
By: TheVirtu |
[email protected]Chapter One: Terror Asleep TeaserTime: 05/23/2009 03:01 Hours (Galactic Terran Time)
Location: Sol System, High Orbit over Jupiter Two Angel Scout Interceptors dimmly glittered in the sunlight from the Sol star. The small titanium-covered spacecraft reversed their fusion engines as a large spacecraft came into view…
“This is the GTC Orff, Jupiter Orbital One, do you copy?” Captain Alexander called.
“*Electronic Distortion*”
The electronic buzzing continued as they tried to contact the station. The Captain started tapping his fingers and then opened up a communications panel…
“GTA Command, we have a situation here, come in…I repeat, GTA Command…we have a situation…come back” the Orff called.
“Orff, we hear you, what is your situation?” Command replied.
“We have yet to contact the Jupiter Orbital One base…we think something may be wrong.”
“Remain calm Orff, the last message received by the station was that a EMP storm was supposedly moving into the area…there is no threat”
“Is it safe to continue?”
“Yes Orff, its nothing but minor communication interference”
“A’Roger that Command, proceeding”
The Orff continued onward to the base to receive supplies…
Time: 04:12 Hours
Location: Jupiter Artifical-Moon XetaThe Angel Scout Interceptors had gone ahead of the Orff to scout the area. Space traffic was non-existant…the wing of fighters was all alone in the dark region of space. Only the asteroids in the orbit of the artifical moon looked like they were moving besides the fighters themselves…it was very quiet…
“GTC Orff, this is Gamma wing reporting, we have reached the atmosphere of Xeta and we do not detect any form of electronical disturbance…we also detect no sign of other craft in the area.” The Angel Scout wing leader reported.
“It probably already passed by Gamma wing, the other traffic must just be stopped as a precaution anyway.” The Orff replied, “But anyway, return to the Orff!”
“Roger that.”
The fighters broke off and returned to the Orff…
Time: 04:56 Hours
Location: Paramiter of the Jupiter Orbital One Station (Aboard the GTC Orff)“Captain Alexander, we are now within laser communications range of the station, we are ready to send a message at your disgression.” A crewman said.
“Open a communications link then!” The captain replied.
Suddenly a wing of jet black spacecraft emerged from the fighterbay of the base and formed up on the Orff…
“GTA warship, this is Beta wing of the 995th, identify yourselves immediately.”
“995th, this is the GTC Orff, 2nd fleet, Delta Serpintis, your squadron is not listed on our databanks, who are you?”
“Well…I guess…we’ll tell you…we’re an elite GTA squadron…we cannot tell you anymore”
The captain of the Orff opened a viewscreen to the outside to view the damage caused by the storm. He was shocked at the damage caused, freighters were shattered in pieces, the communications satliette was ripped off the station and now floated in space toward Jupiter’s gravity field. He viewed what was left of a GTA gunboat also…it had burn marks all over its debris like the EMP had breached the hull somehow. Captain Alexander then sighed and prepared to dock to the station. This EMP storm was amazingly powerful…but he had never seen anything like this.
