Forsaken

[Misha_Gottlich]

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[RED]... [RED]... [RED]...

Taden was awoken in his system reconstitution pod by the blinking alarm in his optical display. Something was wrong. He arose from the pod and keyed up the urgent system message that was pinging away inside his CPU augment. An audio distress signal blared into his helmet feed.

''This is Lea Kaufman. To anyone who will receive me, we are in Omicron Nu. In fact we just jumped in the system. We are aboard an Overlord class. The Guildmaster is with me and we request support to these coordinates.''

Harrs stood bolt upright! Flashbacks from his own history with the Infected on a capital ship. His now mechanical fist clenched in rage. He uttered a single word before snatching his bombers authentication key and charging toward the hangar:
"Nomads!"
Taden flew down the corridor toward the hangar as fast as his augmented legs would push him. Several maintenance techs and base staff had to leap out of the way of the massive charging cybernetic pilot hurdling down the passageway. When he reached the hangar, Taden made straight for the Blacktip he had docked there and keyed up the activation codes. As the cockpit opened, he leaped across the last fifteen feet, diving into the crafts hatch.

Seconds later, the Blacktip's engines fired up and it launched from the hangar, departing Yaren at maximum velocity. It was only a matter of time before he was in Omicron-Nu, bringing some cold vengeance to the Infected on the Overlord class battleship.

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... The Battle is at Hand...

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