To Shining Death

[Locksmith]

Cologne System
03.01.836 AS

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When you can discern the distant outlines of a place you could call home, a peace descends upon your heart. A small but tangible feeling of security and the anticipation of a well-deserved rest.

It was deceptive.

As they approached Saverne, the group's sensors picked up strange, unexplained signals nearby. After making a quick stop to patch the hull and waiting for Chevalier to assume command of the flagship, the Von Claussen, the group departed to investigate.

It somewhat helped that Melusine was still with them. Other than that, everything had gone wrong from the start. Crimson Veil was beginning to feel the fatigue of the day sinking in, and, more importantly, the flagship's systems weren't fully operational. The engines were barely working, the main battery had shut down. Given the timing, all of this seemed like, if not sabotage, then a cruel joke of fate.

And fate was not long in coming. Within a minute, Crimson Veil saw something that would force her to work at a pace many times faster than she had originally planned.

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