David Jackson
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"Could someone please open a channel to the rest of the ship?" I asked, striding to the centre of the room to stand in front of the captain's chair before taking my seat. A whistle pierced through the air, I assumed that meant a com line was open. "To all lifeforms who are present on this ship, my name is Jacob Lyre, and from this point onward I will be the Squadron Leader in charge of this vessel," I said, trying to project confidence into my voice. I was uncertain if I was failing or not. BB said,…-
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The blaze of white light came to an end, and once again we had been transported completely, straight into another room. The room we were in now was much smaller than the Observation Deck we had been on before. We stood in the centre of the room, a sliding door behind me, and an empty desk with a human-rated chair in front. From my knowledge of shows like Star Trek, this looked a lot like a Captain's Ready Room, adjacent to the bridge. "Right, if we're going to be picking up a bunch of scared…
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[Quest Gained! Taking A Stand Become the latest Squadron Leader of the Guard, accepting Guard Leader Adonis' request. Rewards: 100XP, 'Squadron Leader' Title. Failure: - Reputation with The Guard, - Reputation with all in the room] This moment, as unexpected as it was, was so important to the future going forward that my mysterious secondary system was going as far as to get involved with the proceedings, and it clearly wanted me to take Adonis' offer seriously, lest I end up offending literally…
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"As many of you know, I am Adonis Venal, Leader of the Guard," The green-eyed alien said, sitting heavily in his own chair at the head of the table. "And I have failed in my job." Of all the things I had been expecting the leader of the entire Guard to say, an admittance of the most blatant truth there was sort of wasn't exactly what I was expecting, because he was right on so many levels. Not only was he right about this situation being his fault on the basis that he definitely should have seen it…
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Now no longer in immediate threat from Lara, I finally ended the Synchro mode between myself and BB, allowing my Artificial Intelligence to come out of its combat trance at last. BB stated the moment he was able to. Part of me couldn't believe that BB was still insulting me after everything we had been through, but to be honest I kind of had to accept his point. Lara seemed to shrug almost everything I did off, and even the attacks that physically moved her didn't do any damage. I had the distinct…
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I pushed past the alien who had been blocking my way and walked through the Guard's wall. There would be a time, somewhere in the future, where I hopefully wouldn't have to worry about the anti-human sentiment that seemed to be so prevalent among so many, but that day certainly wasn't today. The state of the people past the wall was clearly dire. More and more were arriving all the time, and many of them seemed to be injured. Whether that was from the Null Space Invaders themselves, or just the mad rush…
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My legs, moving of their own accord, took me straight out of the Guard building and across the bridge that I had first crossed all those nights ago when I had decided to explore the mega buildings that made up Prespian City. As I ran, the destruction that I saw before me filled me with dread, horror and sadness. The three emotions battling one another for dominance with each footstep. I was caught between wanting to cry, wanting to puke and simply wanting to run and hide. Billions of people had lived…
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I ran on auto-pilot, my propulsion pushing me from corridor to corridor, only just managing to avoid slamming into walls as I went. At first, I had no idea where I was going. The arena building was deadly quiet, I could only assume that everyone in the crowd had already been slaughtered by the Null Space Invaders or they had managed to get out with the help of Akash. But that silence didn't last for long. Before I knew it, I could hear the sound of screaming. I burst out of a final corridor, the doors…
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"Uh, boys… do you really think I'm just going to let you leave?" Lara snorted, rushing over to me in an instant. A quick use of on my arms was the only thing that allowed me to get my sword up in time, just narrowly managing to block an energy blast that she had thrown out. The quick movement of my sword caused her to dart back once again. It was the only option I had that could actually deal damage to her in this situation, It'd bite right through any manna based attacks or protections she had.…
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"If I'm so out of the loop, why don't you start explaining," I all but snapped at Lara, fists clenched in anger. "The last thing I remember was you falling off a bridge into the ocean below, taking out a Null Space Invader in the process. Now, this? Make it make sense." Lara gave me a small, pitying, smile. One that riled my anger up right away. "It doesn't matter why I'm doing it, human, only that I am," She said, "Now, be a good little monkey and die quickly." [[Quest Gained! The Big Bad I Lara…
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