Capítulo 703: Space Combat
Once all of the psykers had escaped via the escape pods, Afton heads straight back to the bridge to see if he'd be able to control the mothership at all... Yeah, self-destruction was imminent, but that didn't mean he couldn't crash this thing into the other two ships, did it?
He reaches the elevator and has it take him to the bridge. Once the doors open, he cautiously walks into the large room, wondering whether the aliens would try to take action after seeing him alone... Fortunately, they didn't seem to have moved from their respective places since he and the group had left, giving him easy access to the main system.
As for how to fly this thing? Well... After some investigation, he found that the primary way to operate it was to rely on the auto-navigation system... All you needed to do was select a location, and the ship would automatically travel to it.
Afton quickly noticed some issues with this however... The mothership was never actually supposed to land, the thing acting more as a mobile satellite than anything else... This meant that if you selected, say, Mars... The ship would literally collide with the planet...
The real way to utilise this system would be to put in coordinates of free space above Mars, where other landing ships would transport troops and supplies afterwards.
Additionally, this system was completely locked out due to the self destruct initiation, stopping anyone from moving the ship via this method.
Of course, there was also a manual option, but judging by how there was a 'System Update Alert' pending, dating back to... Ten years ago, the aliens didn't favour this option in the least.
He shakes his head with mirth, thinking that the aliens were more human than he expected... Even their incompetence matched humanity...
While the manual system hadn't been updated in ten years, it was still 'somewhat' operational... Though, considering the many addons that'd apparently been installed since then, the ride would probably be very, very chaotic and janky.
Regardless, he didn't really have much of a choice right now, and unless he wanted to board the other two ships in the same way he'd done to this one, he'd need to take a risk and fly this thing.
He selects the manual option, and a large dusty harness sprouts from the floor. It was rough and rather primitive-looking compared to everything else on the mothership, but at least the aliens kept the manual on how to use it on their systems...
Controlling it was actually similar enough to the flying saucer he'd flown earlier, allowing him to easily pick up where he left off. He straps himself in and accesses the systems, the holographic hug appearing in front of him and informing him of everything important...
[Shield Reactors] : 95%
[Hull Integrity] : 98%
[Ammo Supply] : 99%
[Avaliable Space Fighters] : 70%
[Orbital Laser Charge] : 100%
[Engine Fuel] : 99%
[Warp Drive] : 100%
Afton grins at the selection before him, quickly thrusting his hands into the holographic controls and trying to turn the mothership towards the other nearest space vessel.
The ship awkwardly turns in a janky manner, Afton still getting used to manoeuvring such a large vehicle... Indeed, the way the thing turns disorientates him so much that he ends up with the bottom of the ship pointing at where he wanted to go... But, that isn't really a problem...
[Orbital Laser Strike Inititate]
1%
10%
24%
69% (AN : Giggity)
80%
100%-
*BOOOM!*
*RUUUuuuumble!*
The entire ship vibrates as the orbital laser fires, causing a stream of light to envelope the other alien cruiser, utterly annihilating it in an instant... Afton thought that they might try to dodge, but it seems that they weren't expecting to get shot by their own ally.
The other remaining alien ship immediately jumps into action however, somehow employing its warp speed to blink directly above the mothership, clear out of range of the orbital laser.
As Afton rapidly tries to turn the ship around to get another shot at them, the enemy begins firing a litany of weapons at him. Strange-looking missiles, lasers, and even employing fighters to start chipping away at the mothership's defences. Causing his [Danger Sense] to go ballistic almost continually.
Fortunately, the shield holds up fairly well, but those missiles imparticular were taking away 10% from it with each hit at the least.
This would be the moment that Afton activates the mothership's other weapons to fight... But they seem to require crew to actually man them, leaving Afton as a sitting duck...
He doesn't despair, however, instead, laughing as he quickly pulls up and pushes the thrusters to max speed, causing the ship to rapidly accelerate towards the enemy.
His hope that they couldn't use that warp speed in quick succession was granted, as the enemy tried to get out of the mothership's path, but began moving far too late to avoid it.
The mothership collides with the enemy, causing a massive explosion to sound out. The enemy ship's shields easily collapse under the weight of the impact, causing its shield reactors to implode from the backlash.
This causes a chain reaction, causing many more explosions to ring out along the enemy cruiser, eventually spreading to their engines... This signals the beginning of the end for them, as the various systems that were working overtime to keep the ship intact abruptly shut down, allowing it to finally split in two as the mothership cleaves a path straight through it.
Afton gives a loud laugh and throws a fist in the air, accidentally causing the mothership to initiate a barrel roll, further rending the ruined enemy ship apart. "And take that you fuckin' alien bastards! Hahahaha!" he shouts, ignoring the other aliens who were literally all still behind him, transmitting data to their homeworld.
It's only then though that Afton notices something odd... He touches his side and realises that he's injured. A large scorched wound replacing his right lung and ribs...
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Capítulo 704: Leggo
Afton turns his head and spots Bokassa standing behind and pointing an alien rifle at him. He pauses for a moment in confusion, then a large grin makes its way onto his face, "Baksok or whatever your name is, didn't think I'd see you again." he chuckles.
Bokassa scowls, preparing to fire another shot, "You brought this on yourself... I think you though, for clearing the path for the rest of us" he states, firing another shot, this time at Afton's head.
Afton easily dodges it of course, his [Danger Sense] and reflexes allowing him to shift his head and allow the laser to shoot past... Unfortunately, this ends up damaging the harness controlling the manual operating system.
It sparks and suddenly explodes, launching both Afton and Bokassa a few meters away. Bokassa rolls to a halt next to his 'loyal' group of psykers, new bruises slowly forming on his face and body. He's about to celebrate Afton's death, but stops when he spots a figure step out of the smoke.
Realising he'd need help to take him down, Bokassa points a finger at Afton and shouts, "Look! He abandoned the people that followed him, and is cooperating with the aliens! You see how he is able to operate their devices! He is a danger to us all!"
The group of hostile psykers scowl at Afton in response, charging up their respective abilities for the unavoidable conflict.
Afton shakes his head, disappointed that humanity could still fight itself, even when literally on the brink of death. "First off, I didn't abandon anyone... Second, I'll give you a single warning. You attack me and I'll tear your god damned heads off!" he shouts, not really caring about preserving their lives... After all, he didn't think any of them would survive anyway.
*Kukchuik!*
The mothership shifts, causing almost everyone to stumble as it rapidly begins to manoeuvre through space... Afton glances over at the main terminal and realises that someone else was operating it... And currently on the screen to select a location on the auto-pilot systems...
His eyes widen as the man pulls up a holographic globe of the earth and selects Africa, not realising the implication of his actions... The mothership was absolutely huge, approaching a quarter the size of the moon... If this thing slammed into the Earth, it'd tear the planet apart!
"No! You fucking idiot!" he shouts, having to dodge a few bolts of fire, electricity, and other elements that the enemy psykers begin throwing. They took his sudden shout as an offensive action, deciding to now take action...
Afton growls, realising that these fucking idiots may have just invalidated all the efforts he'd made to get to this position. His plant arms warp and extend into almost a hundred whip-like roots that were incredibly sharp.
He raises his arms up before abruptly bringing them down, the roots shooting towards the psykers who futilely attempt to dodge, only managing to get bisected and dismembered in other places than what Afton intended.
The hundreds of psykers attempt to fight back using the alien weaponry, but Afton just activates his [Diamond Skin], turning his roots into incredibly reflective material. dispersing the lasers into the surroundings, causing yet more damage to the group.
Bokassa had fled to the outskirts of the room as soon as Afton started to act, knowing the immortal man likely had more up his sleeve than he'd shown... He was right too, barely avoiding the blender-like roots that turned his men into a bloody pulp.
Most had already thrown down their weapons and got to their knees in an attempt to beg for their lives, but Afton was unmerciful as he tore them apart...
Bokassa tugged at his collar as he began profusely sweating, realising that they'd made an error in challenging this man...
*Thud!*
He abruptly falls to the floor as pain shoots through his legs... Looking down, he finds that everything below the knees had been cut off, Afton's roots had found their target...
Afton doesn't even glance at Bokassa as he cuts the man in two, instead electing to run towards the central terminal where that idiot had tried to doom the Earth.
He steps over the fools corpse and accesses the systems, quickly realising how fucked he was... It was impossible to divert the mothership from its course, and it'd soon enter the Earth's atmosphere...
Without many other choices, he begins preparing for the impact, lowering the engines as much as possible while also completely disabling the shields... If there was any hope to salvage this situation, he'd need to make sure a good portion of the mothership burns up before it hits the ground...
He looks through the other systems and frowns at the rather spare selection... There wasn't anything that'd allow him to simply blow up the ship, and he couldn't wait for the self destruct to activate either, as it was timed for around thirty minutes from now.
"How would this thing even self destruct in the first place?" he murmurs to himself, eyes widening as he gets an idea... He accesses the blueprints of the ship again and quickly locates the reactors, taking a moment to memorize them before moving.
He quickly stands and runs towards the elevator, stepping over the large pool of blood and organs that was all that remained of Bokassa and his group.
He sprints through the ship at full speed, barging back into the alien armoury and collecting every dangerous weapon and explosive he could carry before heading towards his final destination.
Again, Afton's forced to break through many blast doors that impede his path, but they aren't much of an obstacle at this point, especially with how determined he was.
Soon enough, he reaches the reactors that were slowly charging up, preparing to self destruct via overloading the warp drive.
He tosses all the explosives he'd gathered next to the warp drive and tears what was left of his trousers off, splitting the fabric into strips and creating a rather long rope. Once he's confident in its length, he lights it on fire after wrapping some explosives around the end of it.
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