Foo 09 maybe...
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Stray cat returning
(by HRogge, who listened to “The Cog is Dead: The copper war” during the writing)
The first reports about Boskone ground troops were incoming and the a lot of the ship AIs were either taking of to participate in the fight, fleeing through one of the many airlocks or worrying if the Fen of their crew would return before the Boskones arrived. Some armed Fen had began to camp in the parking area to keep the bad guys away from the cars, but there were just to many doors into the area to guard them all at the moment.
Cortana were just talking with Cathy to hear when she finally would arrive. “I will be there as soon as we can deal with a troop of reavers on the other side of the door... And I will bring a few friends from the Senshi with me... will become a little bit tight, but we might play battletaxi if possible” Cathy just said when a small door directly left to the Stargazer bursted into pieces and a Boskone Reaver in normal armor appeared, loudly crying and waving a hand coilgun.
He grabbed the short weapon with his second hand and fired a long burst of bullets into the side of the spacecraft... or more specific into the forcefield of the Stargazer. The field blinked and shrieked, ricochets were buzzing in random directions, but the field held.
The surprised Reaver looked at the now nearly invisible wall in front of him, then to his gun and emptied the rest of his magazine into the field... it sparked and screamed, but the small caliber hand weapon was still unable to get through.
“Damned bastard... that could have hurt” Cortana cried and the Stargazer smashed sidewards toward the attacker, shoving him back through the open door.
“Guys, could someone with a weapon could come over here? This forcefield will not hold them off forever” Cortana shouted to some of the Fen close to the Stargazer... luckily a few moments later a hand grenade rolled over the shield of her ship and in front of the Reavers feets...
Moments later the bubblegum solved the problem of this Reaper for the near future.
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Cathy had a different kind of problem. She was trapped in a larger room of the convention space together with four other Senshis and a another group of Fen when a larger groups of Reavers arrived at the door. Someone had managed to close the door and it had been barred with two waved steel poles, but it became sure that the Boskonians would break through in a few minutes.
The bad news for the group was that there was no other exit of the hall... and Cathys gyrojet pistol were still roughly 100 meters away on the other side of the closed door.
The bad news for the Reavers was that the hall had been used by a number of Sparks for rest... and they were willing to share some Handwavium and tools.
Cathy had already acquired some useful parts like a small metal canister, a few pipes and a oil lamp and was now looking at a cola machine in a corner of the hall, together with another Fen.
“You get the automaton, I get the cola cans” she suggested and they both began to dismantle the thing. She already could hear the other Fen hum something about a ‘magnificent clank’.
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Cortana was worrying a lot ‘about her cat’ when Cathy and the four Senshi finally arrived through one of the larger doors. The hangar area had been secured by a contingent of mechas from the Cyber Confederation, but there was still fighting in some of the adjacent areas.
“Cathy, finally! Hmm... what the hell is this thing on your back?”
Cathy looked around to the backpack with the lamp heated canister, the thick pipe strapped to her right arm connected to it and the small steam cloud above it.
“Oh that... we were a little bit stressed by some Boskones and I had to improvise a weapon... I could borrow some Handwavium and tools from a few Steampunk Fen and built this steam powered can launcher... you would not believe how stick waved Cola can be... even if the can don’t smash through your armor! But you should have been there to see the two war clanks that the Sparks built... I think the Reavers were really sorry about breaking through the door in the end.”
She grinned happily and shut down the fire in the boiler... a last steam-only shot later she put down the backpack and put the launcher into the cargo area of the Stargazer.
“Lets go friends” she announced to the Senshis, which were already climbing into the car, “and lets see where we can help out a little bit...”
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Stray cat returning
(by HRogge, who listened to “The Cog is Dead: The copper war” during the writing)
The first reports about Boskone ground troops were incoming and the a lot of the ship AIs were either taking of to participate in the fight, fleeing through one of the many airlocks or worrying if the Fen of their crew would return before the Boskones arrived. Some armed Fen had began to camp in the parking area to keep the bad guys away from the cars, but there were just to many doors into the area to guard them all at the moment.
Cortana were just talking with Cathy to hear when she finally would arrive. “I will be there as soon as we can deal with a troop of reavers on the other side of the door... And I will bring a few friends from the Senshi with me... will become a little bit tight, but we might play battletaxi if possible” Cathy just said when a small door directly left to the Stargazer bursted into pieces and a Boskone Reaver in normal armor appeared, loudly crying and waving a hand coilgun.
He grabbed the short weapon with his second hand and fired a long burst of bullets into the side of the spacecraft... or more specific into the forcefield of the Stargazer. The field blinked and shrieked, ricochets were buzzing in random directions, but the field held.
The surprised Reaver looked at the now nearly invisible wall in front of him, then to his gun and emptied the rest of his magazine into the field... it sparked and screamed, but the small caliber hand weapon was still unable to get through.
“Damned bastard... that could have hurt” Cortana cried and the Stargazer smashed sidewards toward the attacker, shoving him back through the open door.
“Guys, could someone with a weapon could come over here? This forcefield will not hold them off forever” Cortana shouted to some of the Fen close to the Stargazer... luckily a few moments later a hand grenade rolled over the shield of her ship and in front of the Reavers feets...
Moments later the bubblegum solved the problem of this Reaper for the near future.
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Cathy had a different kind of problem. She was trapped in a larger room of the convention space together with four other Senshis and a another group of Fen when a larger groups of Reavers arrived at the door. Someone had managed to close the door and it had been barred with two waved steel poles, but it became sure that the Boskonians would break through in a few minutes.
The bad news for the group was that there was no other exit of the hall... and Cathys gyrojet pistol were still roughly 100 meters away on the other side of the closed door.
The bad news for the Reavers was that the hall had been used by a number of Sparks for rest... and they were willing to share some Handwavium and tools.
Cathy had already acquired some useful parts like a small metal canister, a few pipes and a oil lamp and was now looking at a cola machine in a corner of the hall, together with another Fen.
“You get the automaton, I get the cola cans” she suggested and they both began to dismantle the thing. She already could hear the other Fen hum something about a ‘magnificent clank’.
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Cortana was worrying a lot ‘about her cat’ when Cathy and the four Senshi finally arrived through one of the larger doors. The hangar area had been secured by a contingent of mechas from the Cyber Confederation, but there was still fighting in some of the adjacent areas.
“Cathy, finally! Hmm... what the hell is this thing on your back?”
Cathy looked around to the backpack with the lamp heated canister, the thick pipe strapped to her right arm connected to it and the small steam cloud above it.
“Oh that... we were a little bit stressed by some Boskones and I had to improvise a weapon... I could borrow some Handwavium and tools from a few Steampunk Fen and built this steam powered can launcher... you would not believe how stick waved Cola can be... even if the can don’t smash through your armor! But you should have been there to see the two war clanks that the Sparks built... I think the Reavers were really sorry about breaking through the door in the end.”
She grinned happily and shut down the fire in the boiler... a last steam-only shot later she put down the backpack and put the launcher into the cargo area of the Stargazer.
“Lets go friends” she announced to the Senshis, which were already climbing into the car, “and lets see where we can help out a little bit...”