FTL, The fall of the Federation.

[MrRazot]

As Sam took in what was said, a small beeping lit up indicating incoming fire.
"They've launched an offencive"


A single heavy laser shot flew towards the ship, followed by a sweep from a beam weapon, one after the other. The laser just hit and took out the first layer of the shield and luckily the beam wasn't strong enough to do any damage beyond the remaining shield.

[shkkf]

The weapons kept charging, heavier lasers weren't as easy to charge as simple ones. And these fired three rows of small shots after another. So they needed to make sure the target was where they aimed or all three shots could easily miss.
 
As the graphics of the ship came up, Tio watched in amusement that the pirateship, whilst shielded wasn't the best designed. Still it made up in its lack of armor  with firepower. And that is what he fired, a few good hits and the shield would collapse. The generator was already being overstressed as it was. He however obeyed orders and kept charging the weapons untill they lit up green. The 3D image was taken and swirled around to see where to best hit the enemy vessel. "Mhhh, let's see. Ah got it!" As he rotated the  model and hit double on the lefft unerside where the enemy beam was connected. Hitting it there would not only dislodge the beam, but because of the energy buildup of the weapon, the shield over there was less thick, able to being pierced more easily.
 
He pushed up for a link to the cockpit. "Try and fly on it's side, it'll get us a few hits. But with luck we can cripple that beam of theirs and overload the circuits.... IF we are lucky!"

[Oedipus Rex]

The scan panel, which shows all of the essential components of the ship, lights up bright green and indicates that the enemy's laser is offline. I respond to the intercom "Good job down there marine! Maybe you aren't entirely helpless." 

The enemy pirate watches as his attack bounces harmlessly off of the federation ship, and swears. With the laser gone he has no means of punching through the shield, and determines the best plan of option is a full retreat. He begins to power up his FTL drive.

[MrRazot]

Sam got the message "Rodger that"


The guns were down and that was the time to get in close. He pulled the ship into an optimal range beside the pirate ship where targeting would be easy and if the Pirate ship exploded, nothing would happen to them other than perhaps a shield taking the impact.

[shkkf]

Tio did not know that they got so close to the enemy vessel. It would be dangerous to get close to the ship. The explosion could damage the ship even with shields as a reactor would make the same blast as a small sun.

"I can fire again soon... I'll try and aim for the engine area." As the laser heated up again. He was trained for this, he knew this!... He was good in it and would use his skill to defend the ship.

[serpington]

Max happily floated around, seemingly calmly oblivious to the fight going on outside the ship. it took him a little while to find what he was looking for. Switching breakers and re-wiring panels. whistling quietly as he worked on, at the time, seemingly useless systems.

it didn't take him long to get the systems he tweaked running again, mostly just basic systems that most of the crew wouldn't even know were running unless he turned them off for a day, others would be more important later when they reached where they were going. he quickly did a reboot of the targeting systems, making sure they they were on target with no idea they were in use, also resetting the 3D map in the weapons room. he smirked a little at the thought of maybe leaving a few of the smaller systems off for a little, seeing if anyone noticed at all. With a final tweak he gathered his tools and enjoyed the lack of gravity for a little longer, thinking quietly to himself.

"i missed this feeling. i wish i could be back with my own, but this will have to do for now."

[shkkf]

As the two laser weapons were charging again, a sudden beeping sound catched the attention of Tio. The weapons expert went to the control panel in question as he arched a brow. A look of confusion as well as bafflement could be seen on his face as he entered in a few lines of code to see wether or not the system was optimal.
But to his satisfaction everything was working fine, at least from what he could tell. "That was odd..." Before he quickly pointed his attention back to the 3D map. The pirate ship was showing still with a small red circle where the last impact was.
 
And the other screens indicated the lasers were almost ready to fire again. "Aiming the lasers for their engine compartment, sir." He spoke through the comlink, his tail swaying left and right in amusement. This was much like target practice, yet easier. Their shields were holding and the generator wasn't being overtaxed. Yet he wished he was able to get a link to Max,... As the engineer could easily provide him with more power, or know of a method.
 
As the laser gave their signal to be fired, the cat aimed and opened the mechanism. He saw a few shots fly towards the hologram as they connected and was very much content. "A direct hit!" He yelled, however unbeknownst to the male, the hit was a complete miss. Further more only one laser had actually fired. The messing of the control system by Max had jammed one of the outlest and the heat inside of the chamber of the weapon was now trying to seek a way out, melting everything in its path slowly.
 
A sudden alarm went off, as Tio was spooked. The emssage indicating that one of the lasers had just went offline, to his horror as he took up the control panel for it, showing their ship in a holographic 3D projection the issue was within the laser chamber itself. His heart began to pound not understanding this, he had hit why then did the computer tell him there was still a buildup of energy? His eyes glanced over the other screen trying to pinpoint the cause of it as a sudden explosion began to rock the ship heavily.
 
The shockwave forced the man onto the ground as he bumped his head on the panel.

[MrRazot]

A message scrawled across one of the screens. "Hull integrity at 75%"
"Sir, we seem to have been hit... hard... but they're guns are down and our shields are up?"
Sam sounded panicked and confused, especially as the force from the explosion had hit him.
The one shot that had been fired at the pirates had also blatantly missed and from this range...

Regardless, the Pirate had managed to charge the FTL drive and had warped away to potential safety.

[Oedipus Rex]

I nod in reply to Sam. "There is now way the pirate could have hit us. It must have been an error. Prepare the ship for jump while I go see what just happened." I say before exiting the bridge and heading down to weapons control, only to find Tio picking himself up off the floor, the main control panel smoking. My right eyelid twitches as I see what this humanoid has done to my ship. "Marine what did you do? Tell me now or I swear to the war God I will throw you out into space."

[shkkf]

The cat grumbled as he pulled himself up and rubbed his head, he was hurt a small scratch, but nothing too serious. He shook himself a bit and tried to understand what the captain was asking off of him, the words circling in his mind as his mouth had trouble finding a decent response.
It then cleared to Tio what had occured and went to look at the numbers on his screen before he began to curse.
 
"**censor** it... We lost one of the weapons! How could this have happened?!" He growled and his eyes kept looking trying to figure out the cause. "There was heat buildup in the muzzle of the laser! It couldn't escape and must have overloaded the circuits thus the blast hit us... And not the pirate ship!" With his paws searching for the cause of the error. "It seems that someone had deactivated the release chamber of the gun!... One doesn't do that unless it needs to cool, as no energy can then get into the chamber. But when charging the power can't be interrupted! As it is directly gotten from the reactor..."

[Oedipus Rex]

I look over at Tio, still angry. "Strange, that can only be done directly at the reactor." I quickly go over the list of crew members in my mind, and where they were during the battle. Max and I were on the bridge, Tio was here in weapons. That only leaves the reptile unaccounted for. I sneer in anger and quickly exit the room, quickly heading down a few corridors until I reached a latch mounted in the floor. I pull it open angrily, revealing the maintenance tunnels, and wait.

[serpington]

Max floated slowly to the hatch and carefully left the room and entered normal gravity again, walking through the passageway to the nearest com panel. "captain, i'm back in signal range. contact me if you need me for anything." with that he kept walking and headed straight for his room, planning to get a little rest before he was needed again. still unaware that the ship had even stopped or had anything go wrong.

[Oedipus Rex]

After a bit of waiting, I decide a much better option and head up to the bridge. There I locate the intercom mounted on the captain's podium, and I press the call button, brodcasting tgroughout the entire ship. "Will the Recruit Max Shadow please report to the bridge."

[MrRazot]

"everything good captain?"
Sam turned to face the captain.

[serpington]

Max managed to just sit down when the message calling him to the bridge. He figured that there had been a bug in the systems or something there so he grabbed his gear again and walked to the bridge, quietly whistling to himself on the way.

Moments later he arrived at the bridge and looked around. "what seems to be the problem captain?"