Turn 14 - Master
Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 8:55 am
Unidentified Asteroid, near space trade lane, In vicinity of communications relay
Mission timer: 01.59.22
The burst from Duncans pulse rifle went wide, sending a burst of sparks and pieces of wall showering over the alien critters.
Lt Ericson urged her marines to move faster. Duncan was last in line, moving backwards, sending a burst towards the entrace to the sphere room each few seconds. "Duncan! Move it!" Lt Ericson pulled him by the shoulder.
She glanced back and moved into the corridor "Don't strech the line, keep togehter people...keep it tight!" she shouted over the noise from Duncans roaring pulse rifle. The monstrous roaring bounced between the walls, reverbing and echoing like they were inside a drum. The flickering from the muzzle flash cast erratic shadows on the walls in front as they rushed down the corridor.
Suddenly Duncan stopped firing. The silence poured in on them from all directions, leaving only an eerie ringing in their ears. The critters had not followed them in the corridor. Only the bright light from the orb could be seen far behind them, but no spindly shapes.
"Why are they not following us in here..." she said to no one in special.
They moved further down the hall, and the light behind them were now so weak they had to resort to their shoulder mounted lights to see anything. Lt Ericson also noticed a thin mist forming around their feet. The mist got thicker and thicker until it was impossible to see more than a few meters in any direction. "Ok careful people, we don't want to fall into some kind of chasm here..."
Lt Ericson felt exhausted. The last hours battles had completely sucked the wind out of her. She froze from the perspiration drying on her back and she felt thirsty and hungry.
Suddenly the corridor widened into a large crescent shaped room. The room was enormous, cavernous even. The roof shot up high above them and pillars thick as old oaktrees held the roof up. In the middle of the room an enormous throne sat, and on it a creature like they had never seen before. It was huge. It wore some kind of mask. It had humanoid features, but they were hidden as it seemed joined to the throne on which it sat. Pipes and tubing ran down its back and face, plugged into the chair below it. From the bottom of the throne the mist that covered everything around them flowed out softly.
A blueish screen shone in front of the creature, seated on some kind of console.
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Mission timer: 01.59.22
The burst from Duncans pulse rifle went wide, sending a burst of sparks and pieces of wall showering over the alien critters.
Lt Ericson urged her marines to move faster. Duncan was last in line, moving backwards, sending a burst towards the entrace to the sphere room each few seconds. "Duncan! Move it!" Lt Ericson pulled him by the shoulder.
She glanced back and moved into the corridor "Don't strech the line, keep togehter people...keep it tight!" she shouted over the noise from Duncans roaring pulse rifle. The monstrous roaring bounced between the walls, reverbing and echoing like they were inside a drum. The flickering from the muzzle flash cast erratic shadows on the walls in front as they rushed down the corridor.
Suddenly Duncan stopped firing. The silence poured in on them from all directions, leaving only an eerie ringing in their ears. The critters had not followed them in the corridor. Only the bright light from the orb could be seen far behind them, but no spindly shapes.
"Why are they not following us in here..." she said to no one in special.
They moved further down the hall, and the light behind them were now so weak they had to resort to their shoulder mounted lights to see anything. Lt Ericson also noticed a thin mist forming around their feet. The mist got thicker and thicker until it was impossible to see more than a few meters in any direction. "Ok careful people, we don't want to fall into some kind of chasm here..."
Lt Ericson felt exhausted. The last hours battles had completely sucked the wind out of her. She froze from the perspiration drying on her back and she felt thirsty and hungry.
Suddenly the corridor widened into a large crescent shaped room. The room was enormous, cavernous even. The roof shot up high above them and pillars thick as old oaktrees held the roof up. In the middle of the room an enormous throne sat, and on it a creature like they had never seen before. It was huge. It wore some kind of mask. It had humanoid features, but they were hidden as it seemed joined to the throne on which it sat. Pipes and tubing ran down its back and face, plugged into the chair below it. From the bottom of the throne the mist that covered everything around them flowed out softly.
A blueish screen shone in front of the creature, seated on some kind of console.
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