The Garden of Ships [Event]

ONI

MrBalkenKreuz The drone attempts to move but is too slow. The missile hits the small drone craft taking it out. Camera feeds linked on the mother destroyers view screen turns to static before switching to the next drones camera as it awaits in its small tubular launch bay.

The destroyer also readies one of its missiles to take out the strange object as it had taken out one of its drones.

MrBalkenKreuz

ONI
The Operators onboard the destroyer noticed that the magnetic pulses from the object stopped and instead, the magnetic field intensified greatly around their ships weapon mounts and critical systems, apparently they were being targeted by some sort of senor from the object, although the craft had until now only showed defensive measures, this sensor appeared to be intended for targeting an offensive weapon.

ONI

MrBalkenKreuz The Operators onboard the destroyer noticed that the magnetic pulses from the object stopped and instead, the magnetic field intensified greatly around their ships weapon mounts and critical systems, apparently they were being targeted by some sort of senor from the object, although the craft had until now only showed defensive measures, this sensor appeared to be intended for targeting an offensive weapon.

The ship's AI predicts that a weapons launch is going to happen from reading the readings coming out from the ship's main sensory equipment.Point defences are active captain. Standard 50mm SCAPS (sub-calibre armour-piercing) sabots loaded and armed. the weapons officer says as they wait for targets. Each of the turrets is equipped with a simple AI that allows it to take out targets much faster than a human brain can process. Paired to the main AI, this boosted the overall efficiency allowing nothing to get past.

KrankysFirebrand48

kola2134
The troopers move out with their displays showing infrared, x-ray and night-vision optic feeds at the same time. A troopers with an SMG walks in the front followed by a marine carrying a shotgun. Their cybernetic implants increasing their situational awarness, responce time and reaction time aswell as physical strenght, resiliance.

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KrankysFirebrand48
A light mechanical hum as the unit approaches the engine room, a turning of gears and moving within.
Then snap, door drops open as a large turret drops down within a second, the barrel spinning already as the heavy weapon begins firing away.

Brank @ONI
The ilde turrets sat ominously, then some began to shift and move as they seemed to take target.

Brank

kola2134 @ONI
Vic holds up his hand to halt then chucks an ION grenade at the turret

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Brank
the turret fizes out and is disabled

Brank

kola2134 @ONI
Vic lets down his hand.
"One down, let's move."
They keep moving ahead

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Brank
The mixed squad after coming across a main hall that leads to a heavy blastdoor bridge and two turrets, that upon turning the corner began letting loose gunfire down the hall.

ONI

The rest of the team moves forward with Vic. They keep a watchful eye on the disabled turret.

MrBalkenKreuz

ONI
As the minuets dragged on, the expected attack, never came... instead a deathly silence fell over the CIC of the destroyer with the tension in the air almost seeming to burn into the minds of the operators as they waited for something to happen.....

Whoever commanded that ship or whatever it was behind that object, was playing "Chicken" with the Destroyers, and the tough part about playing chicken....... is knowing when to blink.....

ONI

MrBalkenKreuz The ships personell go back to focusing on trying to get their lost men and woman back. The main AI communicates with the defence networks continues to wait for any targets. Still vigilant of course.

KrankysFirebrand48

kola2134
As soon as the turret deployed the frontal marines deployed their hardlight shields, large enough to protect their bodies while those behind tried to find cover and duck behind it. One of the shielding marines took a sticky grenade with his free hand, lifted it to his mouth and primed it with his teeth. He threw it from behind the shield onto the turret. However, the shields wouldn't hold long under this heavy fire. The shielding marines were backing away as quickly as they could.

Brank

kola2134 @ONI
The Turret fires into the group as they duck back behind the wall. A Scream is let out as Ivone is torn to shreds.
Vic:
"IVONE!- Damnit, someone take out that turret!"

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KrankysFirebrand48
The marine threw the grenades' in the split second it took the gun to destroy the shields and shred everyman in the hallway that didn't duck to the side or drop down. An explosion happening a few seconds later and the rapid heavy gunfire stopping.

KrankysFirebrand48

kola2134
The four frontal marines were ripped apart by gunfire. As the fire stopped the marines looked around the corner with their cameras to make sure the turret was offline.

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KrankysFirebrand48
The remains of the turret were a distorted barrel with a light fire and sparks emoting from it and the large blastdoor behind it.

KrankysFirebrand48

kola2134
The marines step out. First they scan to make sure the fire might not detonate any ammo. Then they continue down the corridor.

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KrankysFirebrand48
They arrive upon the large blastdoor to the engine room.

Brank
The gunned down solder drops down dead as the turret lays a suppressive fire fire over the area.

MrBalkenKreuz

ONI
Seemingly satisfied with its stare-down the sensors of the unknown craft shutoff as the operators onboard the UEG destroyers breathed a sigh of relief.

Soon after ceasing its scans the sensor objects seemed to submerge back into the void, with the only thing that remained to justify its existence was a single fragment of the missile it had fired.

The Fragment Itself had been Inscribed with but only a cryptic description........ "Property of the [CE]"

ONI

MrBalkenKreuz The destroyer launched another one of its probs to investigate this fragment as it’s scanners and pin pointed it out of the other small bits of debris floating around.

Curious, the drone takes readings on the fragment before it heads back to the destroyer where one of the repair and recovery drones will grab it.

The recovery and repair drone is launched to collect this off fragment.