Blades of Autumn

[Fuji]

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Sadako saw the Intelligence cruiser dawn before her.

"Alright. Lets get this party started." She said as the took the vial of shige, emptied it in the remaining sake and drank it all. After a few seconds the glare of the Shikoku star started blinding her.

"Shi.. that is bright." She put down the darkened visor of her flight helmet.

"Hey Alpha, when we get back I will have one massive hangover!" Sadako fired up her thruster at maximum speed and charged straight at the cruiser, while the adrenalin was coursing through her veins and was steadily increasing her heart rate.

"Target locked! And... missile away!" The torpedo was aimed at the primary engines of the cruiser. The ship's computer was showing the distance readings and time before impact. Impact in 4... 3... One of the cruiser turrets turned towards the torpedo and fired. 2... The torpedo was deflected by the EMP pulse.

The other turrets now turned to face Sadako's bomber. "Well that sucks." All the turrets opened fire and Sadako quickly broke off her trajectory. Due to the shigeakiki, her preception of time was slightly altered, making it look like the projectiles were slower than usual. Even so several shots impacted her shields before she got out of the cruiser's range.

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