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driftfleet2017-10-18 01:33 pm
tempredmental) wrote in driftfleet2017-10-18 01:33 pm
Entry tags:
[ voice | action ]
Who: Keith
Broadcast: Voice (shipside)
Action: Huntress (though the event mingle thread is another option for shipboard threads!)
When: During and just after the attack
[action]
They had started their decent, despite Keith's reservations after his visit to the surface with Shiro the other day. Everything about this whole thing felt wrong on so many levels, and Keith had those damn feelings of dread back again that had come with the dreams. Don't land. Run away. Help. And it was making him super agitated. His reluctance to go back to the surface ended up with the Huntress towards the back of the group that was heading down... which ended up being to their advantage when the weapons fire started. He gave a started yell, and immediately pushed the ship to max. The Fleet scattered in an attempt to get cover and/or escape. On the nav sensors, Keith could see other ships going down, but he was focused on getting his own out of the atmosphere first.
It was a bumpy ride. Sorry. But, he was doing his best. The incoming attacks were strong and hard to dodge, each volley stronger than the last. They took some fire, but it wasn't crippling damage, thankfully, and the ship managed to dodge and climb its way back into orbit.
It had been another run for their lives... and Keith leaned heavily on the console for a moment before remembering seeing those other ships going down.
"Quiznak," he growled, hitting the comm to open a channel. It was bad. Really bad. He wasn't even sure if this was going to get through, but he sure as heck was going to try.
=====
[voice]
Hello? Is anyone there? Everyone, check in. What ships are still up? Who's on the sur-? AAUGH!
[He was working hard to keep the panic from his tone, but the screech cut him off mid-broadcast, and then everything went dark, the ship dropping to only emergency functions. He listened hard for a response before finally saying something again.]
Anyone?
=====
[action]
He looked over at the comm to see if there was anything coming through. His own console was completely unresponsive. Did he look worried? Because he was worried.
"I got nothing... we're drifting."
And not in the good 'moving to another planet' way...
Broadcast: Voice (shipside)
Action: Huntress (though the event mingle thread is another option for shipboard threads!)
When: During and just after the attack
[action]
They had started their decent, despite Keith's reservations after his visit to the surface with Shiro the other day. Everything about this whole thing felt wrong on so many levels, and Keith had those damn feelings of dread back again that had come with the dreams. Don't land. Run away. Help. And it was making him super agitated. His reluctance to go back to the surface ended up with the Huntress towards the back of the group that was heading down... which ended up being to their advantage when the weapons fire started. He gave a started yell, and immediately pushed the ship to max. The Fleet scattered in an attempt to get cover and/or escape. On the nav sensors, Keith could see other ships going down, but he was focused on getting his own out of the atmosphere first.
It was a bumpy ride. Sorry. But, he was doing his best. The incoming attacks were strong and hard to dodge, each volley stronger than the last. They took some fire, but it wasn't crippling damage, thankfully, and the ship managed to dodge and climb its way back into orbit.
It had been another run for their lives... and Keith leaned heavily on the console for a moment before remembering seeing those other ships going down.
"Quiznak," he growled, hitting the comm to open a channel. It was bad. Really bad. He wasn't even sure if this was going to get through, but he sure as heck was going to try.
=====
[voice]
Hello? Is anyone there? Everyone, check in. What ships are still up? Who's on the sur-? AAUGH!
[He was working hard to keep the panic from his tone, but the screech cut him off mid-broadcast, and then everything went dark, the ship dropping to only emergency functions. He listened hard for a response before finally saying something again.]
Anyone?
=====
[action]
He looked over at the comm to see if there was anything coming through. His own console was completely unresponsive. Did he look worried? Because he was worried.
"I got nothing... we're drifting."
And not in the good 'moving to another planet' way...
no subject
When Shiro and I went down there the other day, the locals said they're really skilled hunters, but I think, up here, we're safe once we get all our systems working again. No one said anything about them being able to take out ships. I don't think they can get anything in orbit.
no subject
[The ships aren't the most well-armed, and for them to take down so many ships, those attacks hit hard.]
If we can get communications back up, we can try to coordinate an attack, maybe- those below could disable the weapon and we could destroy it from above...
no subject
Hopefully, enough of them are okay down there to do that. But, yeah... we need to figure this out.
Kaname said she thinks our comms are being jammed from the surface to cut us off from everyone. If we can figure out how to work through the interference, we might be able to contact everyone.
[He decided to leave out the part where she said she was going down there to contact some of the crews in person.]
no subject
I'll talk to Zaveid about it, see what we're able to do from here. Since I switched my augment I can't make much sense of the communications equipment- it's all a bit foggy, and I was never much good at it.
no subject
[Ah, but that was something for another time. He nodded about Zaveid.]
Okay.
[There were a few shared things between pilots and communications officers, but not many, and repairing comms was definitely something that was between engineers and communications officers, not pilots...]
no subject
[He shrugs. He's still not comfortable with the augment overall, but he can't do anything about it, so... not worth fussing.]
We'll keep everyone updated, either way. Just do what you can from here and call if you need help.
no subject
He nodded.]
Right.
[He'd be ready for when the engines came back online, that was for sure. He just hoped that happened before that chance of them drifting into the planet's atmosphere and crashing down with everyone else potentially happened.]