Post #13 [Star Angel]

Posted by StarAngel (Member # 672) on :

"Captain! The enemy ship is raising weapons and shields!" A crewman called from the bridge. Shine and Boris raced to the end of the hall, where stood the bridge. Boris gripped the situation immediately.

"Raise shields and charge weapons! Get the scientists ready to fire the test weapon!" Boris called. Some people looked annoyed by the order, but the majority of the crew were excited about this "test weapon." "Launch all fighters! Get Shroud to lead them!"

[In many older IFs, people (me, hint hint) were very very cautious of freely letting other writers control their ACs with such impunity. In Frozen, such is not usually so much the case. Boris and Star probably planned parts of this out in advance. >.>]

At the mention of the name Shroud, Shine had a curious look in her eye. Could it be him? Before she had a chance to ask about him, Boris turned onto Shine. "Well, if you could navigate through the asteroid belt of Terra, then I guess you must be very good, eh?"

"The best there is, and you can bet your life on it!" She said, determinedly.

"Then you can lead a squadron of 6 fighters, same model as yours. They're the best we have. Lead them well." Boris patted her back, and she left. Along the hallway to her docking bay, 6 people joined her, all dressed up in the pilot suits. She smiled at them.

"You may be the best on this ship until a few minutes ago. From now on you're under my command, and I trust you all can understand all my commands and carry them out. Nothing to do here but die!" She jumped into her own fighter and took off. Shine and her team acknowledged the coordinates of the ship, and Shine led them to a nearby asteroid field. "Get into the rocks, and turn off all passive systems and programs. Heat signature low. When some fighters pass, ambush them!"

[Yep, Shine had a lot of authority among the space-based ACs in Frozen. I forget Shine's rough age (if any was mentioned here). I don't have the AC topic on hand to help me out. :(]

"How do you know that they'll pass through here, ma'am?" One person asked.

"Trust me. I didn't get this far without knowing a few strategy tricks. And plus, I built this ship myself with some little extra chips in it... so don't think your model is the same as mine." Her computer radar suddenly showed some incoming fighters. "Ready... ready..."

The fighters passed them, and the seven 'special' squadron dropped in behind them. However, they recognized them as their own. One of the other squadron was nearly shot down. "What is your squadron doing, Shine? It's dangerous here."

Shine was surprised that the face that showed up on her onboard computer. "Shroud?... my brother?"

[Of course, the "I am your [family member]." angle. Oh well, worse cliches and tropes probably show up in this IF. Not much of a complaint as a note.]

"Oh shoot, I'm going to die now..." Shine singled out Shroud from the score of ships and chased after it, shooting lasers and plasma bombs. "Shine, listen! Stop shooting me!"

[XD! I say it again. Sibling rivalry never gets old.]

All of a sudden, the two cleared the asteroid field and faced about 5 scores of enemy fighters, all with their weapons locked on to the signatures of the two. The rest of the squadrons caught up, and faces the incredible sight.

All of a sudden, the whole windshield lit up with missles and incoming lasers. They weren't fast, but were threatening nonetheless.

"Well, let's get this party started..." Shine and Shroud said over the intercom at once, and flew into action.

[Sister and Brother, off to save Earth from, well... evil... again... I don't know... I can't think of anything witty right now. :o]

[AC/Post Ratio: 10:13. Major Enemies Introduced: 1]