Thu Dec 02, 2004 7:22 am by shadow43289
Isis and Osiris
By Shadow43289
Prologue
Omicron Minor System, Sirius Sector
26/14/804 (General Colonial Date)
The mists of Omicron Minor swirled, asteroids tumbled through the fog. Space bacteria littered the green expanse, carrying the potential of new life. But there was no life here to day only death.
Bright flashes of light crossed the void boiling away the nebula gases and shattering asteroids. The mists parted, revealing two ships. The ships circled each other firing massive volleys of high energy plasma and MAC rounds at each other. One ship was huge, a strange design that was unfamiliar but suggested origins much closer to home, its triple engine design, pitch black hull and odd dorsal and lateral fins screamed beauty and elegance. The second ship was smaller, it was dark grey in colour and its design was obviously Liberty in origin.
Suddenly the larger of the two ships stopped dead, black smoke pouring from its left engine, its shields collapsed. The smaller ship bee lined towards it intent on making the kill. The small ship let lose a barrage from its missile pods, the missiles screamed towards their mark and exploded 7 meters away from the larger ships hull. Too late the smaller ship realised the trap that had been sprung upon it, it veered upwards over the larger ship, but that too was a mistake. The big ships guns plasma guns fired; at such a close range the bolts penetrated their targets shields and ripped open its hull, destroying the precious flow systems underneath.
The smaller ship shuddered as its fusion drive spluttered and died, it began to drift, huge plumes of coolant and fuel spurting out into space. The larger ship circled its crippled opponent, destroying any guns that still fired and destroying any secondary power sources, until the ship was quite dead. A dozen special equipped Rhino freighters, launched from the large ship, each escorted by two brand new
Liberty mk2 Defenders. The Rhino convoy flew towards the ship, but slowed when a brilliant white light emerged from the dead ships stern; the light grew in intensity until it blotted out everything. Then without warning the ball of light shot up the length of the ship towards the bow. Then it was gone, the light, the ship were just gone. The larger ships poised for a moment as if it were sniffing the area, then it flipped end over end, rolled over and flew off towards the edge of the gas cloud, leaving nothing but debris in its path.
Debris slowly spread out, some drawn into the gravity of some of the larger asteroids. One half blasted piece rotated as it fell towards the rock, it caught the faint light from the system star. The light made it possible to read the printed letters on the hull piece, Osir…
