The Devil You Know

[Inferno]

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The alarms on the Little Box were muffled by the pilot's own labored breathing, as they struggled in vain to stabilize the haphazard machine. The shockwave and resulting EM pulse had ripped all thrusters, weapons, and shielding offline, forcing the gunship into an uncontrolled spin.

Every few spins, the pilot caught a glimpse of the chaos that unfolded amongst the other vessels. The view was fleeting, however, and nothing seemed to make sense from these faint snapshots of the outside world. The Innocent Slaughter was wedged into the Big Box, likely the result of the same detonation that knocked the Little Box into the spin. Had the Navy found them? Was this the end? Or, had one of the other ships suffered a powercore failure? A gentle, familiar hum started anew, as the unsightly ship started to revive itself, easing the sickening ride to just an uncomfortable one.

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