Topic: Destiny's Flight - A Serenity RPG
Subject: First new post
A NEW BEGINNING
They say the Black is infinite, a never unending darkness covering the span of dozens of different galaxies. That for the most part She is peaceful, tame, waiting in silance for just the right moment to show off her beauty.......
However as Fenris watched out of the life pods small window he sure as hell thought that was all bullshit at this moment.
Small ships, clearly some type of fighter or interceptor, shaped like diamonds, black diamonds, were attacking the Alliance ship, more like ripping it apart, he, Wyatt, and some guy named Jonah had just blasted away from. As the big ex-soldier watched missiles from the black fighters poured into the Victorious and she was gone.
*“Wuo duh MA!!!” Turning from the small window Fenris quickly searched the Alliance life pod’s basic tool kit finding to his dismay a manual for Blue Sun Life Pods XL3’s while they were in a Blue Sun Life Pod XL6. **“Go tsao duh tzao gao” The big man cursed as he threw the manual to the ground.
“These aren’t going to help.” Fenris stated when he noticed the old guy, what was his name, looking at him,”Don’t worry these were made from the same basic model.” Immediately opening panels, looking around, and finding the right wires “Gonna kill the beacon. Don’t want them homing in on it.” Turning back to the old guy, his name for the moment lost,
“Pops can you fly this thing and get us the hell out here?”
“It’s Johan, not Pops”, Fenris could not help but smile mischievously at ‘Johan’s’ slightly peeved response. Already knowing the answer, Fenris could not help but ask again, to see the old guys reaction. “So Pops, can you fly her?”
As Fenris watched Pops, damn now nickname was stuck in his head, the ex-soldier realized, went to the flight controls and found they were locked out. “I can figure out how to get these working.” Looking at him and raising an eyebrow, Fenris smiled a friendlier smile then before.
“Ok Pops ….and ahh, you can call me Wolf, welcome aboard”.
Though at the time, and not for many years after, would the two men realize in that small moment was when they first became friends.
The men talked over the next several days, as Wyatt and Fenris listened, Jonah told them about Nora Lee. He told them of the events and how he’d got her from his former employer. He told them of his time serving both sides during the war as a diplomatic courier and that he was neutral. Though he emitted a small growl at Johan’s neutrality, he liked the old guy and getting a kick out of calling him Pops was, the ex-soldier had to admit was fun and after Wyatt started calling him that Jonah stopped objecting and he was Pops pretty much from then on…….
5 DAYS LATER
**“Wuh duh ma huh ta duh fung”!!, Wyatt, Pops, come see this”
As Fenris moved from the life pods lone window the other two moved to take his place. There before them was a ship, a derelict floating in space looked like a transport but it was painted black and very stylish. There were no signs of life on the ship and no power signatures it seemed completely dead yet Fenris thought he felt something calling to him, something lonely and in need of attention?. Shaking his head he figured it had to be from the 5 days crapped in the life pod. Options debated, life pod or ship, and a 2-1 win for ship.
The cargo bay had to be manually opened through an outer hatch which Fenris did via an EVA suit. Once inside, Wyatt and Pops took the two HD suits and explored the ship, short distances at first. The cargo bay looked like it had been through a battle. It did not take long to realize that someone had lined the walls of the Bay with claymore mines and then there were all set off. Not much left inside but body parts. Fenris thought, nice little surprise for bad guys, he would have try to rearm the trap with more claymores and maybe a few more surprises. When the big ex-soldier checked the engines he found to his surprise that they were operational. There was some damage sure but not enough to stop them and he was sure he could at least it spinning.
“Engines are working, Pops can fly her”
BEYLIX
Over the next few days Fenris fixed the ship as best he could, keeping life support and heat going to the cockpit and engine room only. It was tight, but not as tight the life pods. As Fenris watched Johan and Jonah watched Wyatt take charge, Fenris knew what he himself had always known since the days fighting beside him as a Browncoat, that Wyatt was the new captain of this ship.
Fixing the ship up Fenris found was difficult on so many different levels as many of the ships parts it had were simply not the same as others. Fenris had no choice but to retool almost every piece that went into the ship. He hand wrapped every wire he redid with the anti-magnetic tape because someone cared enough to do it before. As he fixed they found out that Jonah had a wealth of knowledge about fixing the ship and taking a big jump of faith the old man sold his now defunct shipping business to help with the repairs.
Soon the new three man crewmen were able to get the boat in the air and test fly her often with terrible results but always making progress. Wyatt pulled a registration number of an old wreaked Whitefire Class ship and submitted it as the Destiny – WhiteFire (Modified). Once again Fenris swore he felt something, almost as if the ship was purring at her new name, and when he approached his new quarters next to the engines he again thought he saw a cold, yet somehow comforting and pleasant, feeling mist shaped and looking like a lady dressed in white. Rubbing his eyes quickly and looking again it/she was gone. With all of the needed paperwork done and the ship for all intents and purposes belonging to the three men it was time to fill out the crew list.
With Wyatt as Captain, Fenris as Mechanic, and Pops, their Public Relations guy, they still needed a full hands on Pilot, A Tech person, and most of all, a good Doc
First to sign on was Alex Castlebrandt as pilot, then a younger looking guy calling himself Fox as the technical and computer guy and finally Alaxis Van Stathem joined you as Doctor. For Fenris and the doctor their first meeting took place as the big mechanic was carrying an armful of sealed cardboard boxes filled with loose ammunition. A glance to his left into the med bay as usual caused him a slight stutter in his step seeing a red head lady standing inside going through medical gear and stocking shelves. As he tried to pause to say hello a cold feeling and a loose bullet that had not been there before caused the big mechanic and roughly 500 rounds of ammo to go flying. After a quick and embarrassed greeting the Destiny’s new doctor and mechanic shared in the task of picking up loose ammo. Yet Fenris could not figure out how a single bullet had found its way to the floor through tightly sealed boxes and why it was colder then normal in his room the rest of the night.
To Fenris’s relief after the bullet incident the Destiny was running well except for some odd glitches. As Fenris had seen it now more of the crew were seeing it too a type of mist or steam venting in different area’s around the ship and no amount of repairs by Fenris seemed to fix it. As it had appeared that first time to Fenris, the steam often looked like a shadowy woman in white which was a bit distressing at first to some but over time everyone got used to it. Fenris was amazed Destiny flew as a transport but according to Alex it handled like a gunship reaching speeds up to 12.
Wyatt got a message one day and you flew off to Rhamba. Wyatt left on his own for what he called a personal errand. When he returned he had a young lady with him. He said her parents were dead and she would be joining the crew. Her face and Wyatt’s did not broker any discussion. Ivy is a very bright young lady with an aptitude for learning. She is very shy though, so much so that she rarely if ever leaves the ship.Then it was back to Beylix and a job
However all that was past and they had a first real job working for a crime lord in Berylix named Molly Malone willing to give this new crew a trial run. Beylix to Haven hauling foodstuff for a shelter paying 200 credits and full tank of fuel. Do it in a week and a promise of a second job waiting at Haven with a better payout waiting. Molly, Wyatt knew, was very well known, very influential, and has a good reputation compared to the Badger’s and Dodgers of the Verse.
With four full skids of foodstuffs packed and wrapped and delivered to the ship’s hold and Haven only 5 days at a regular speed the trip should be an easy run. However Fenris knew to think that for even one minute once in the Black could get them killed.
They say the Black is infinite, a never unending darkness covering the span of dozens of different galaxies. That for the most part She is peaceful, tame, waiting in silence for just the right moment to show off Her beauty.........
(TRANSLATIONS)
*Mother of Jesus!
**Dog humped crap!
***Holy Mother Of God!
Posted on 2019-07-21 at 00:59:47.
Edited on 2019-07-23 at 23:36:46 by TannTalas
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