An old friend's revenge

[Tenseiken]

The drone, intercepting the message, started to calculate.
Surrendering the captain of the Equinox would mean a major loss to the crew of the vessel and the chances of reaching the deep Omicrons would be nullified.
Therefore the request was unacceptable.

It started to overclock the weapon systems.

[color=#33FF33]*engine powercore at 98.997% efficiency*
*weapon powercore at 95.993% efficiency*

It sent a simple text message to the slave liner.

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The main screen of the Equinox showed a short information: "cruise, target location C,D/1,2"

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After sending the transmission, the drone activated the engine system and engaged cruise speed.

*engine powercore at 92.991% efficiency*
*weapon powercore at 112.994% efficiency*

When it reached the group of hostile vessels it deactivated the engine and
quickly drifted through their formation.

*engine powercore at 99.998% efficiency*
*weapon powercore at 143.993% efficiency*

The buildup was complete. The drone released a cloud of ion particles, strong enough to scramble the scanners of the fighters and gunboats, but too weak to reach the Equinox.

*engine powercore at 99.998% efficiency*
*weapon powercore at 23.997% efficiency*

It immediatly restarted the cruise engine and headed for the coordinates it formerly transmitted
to the slave liner.

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<span style="font-family:Lucida Console"><span style="color:#33CC00">*personality core activated*</span>
Science consists of stating the obvious and linking the facts. </span>