Invasion! Oh wait, they're friendly... most of them anyway

[Swix]

"Uh oh" Erayna sent back, seeing all the not operating red lights on the defences Jack had sent her, with only the few cutting lasers operating. She couldn't do anything either, she'd need to be able to see whatever it was first. And since all her signals were now being jammed, she couldn't tell whether or not any help would be forthcoming from the station, or whether it was in trouble itself.

"Jack" she said "all my signals to and from our home are being blocked, I think there might be a Muzvus ship around here" and what else would a Muzvus ship be after around here... Stolen technology, of course, what better prize would there be for them than alien tech or even her ship? "I think we're in serious trouble. Where are Vulo and Lerillin? Can you warn them?"

[Coolpikaaa]

"Right!"


Jack sent a call through all halls, telling the organic guests to go back to their ship. He also warned them about a "Muzvus ship".

"I think I may have something that might be able to help...." Jack said back to the AI, searching through his neatly organized files.There must be something here that could help....

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Meanwhile, In the bottom decks of the station.
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A light flickered on. It was a video screen, showing a flickering image of an Eily flower. The screen washed over with static before dying completely. A few minutes after, a much smaller screen flashed to share the same image of the flower.

"DESIGNATE EILY-047, MISSION: PROTECT STATION. THREAT: UNKNOWN SHIP." A metallic voice called through the cramped room.Several other screens turned on at the end of it's voice.

"DESIGNATE SANDALPINE-047

DESIGNATE MIRROR-047

DESIGNATE CANADIA-047

DESIGNATE DULSE-047

MISSION: ASSIST EILY-047."

....and with that, the five drones hissed off the wall, cut a hole in the side of the wall and floated out into the vacuum of space.

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Back with Jack
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"I think I found something..." He was about to activate it when he detected a hatch blowing out from the side of the station. It was quickly sealed however...

-coolpikaaa

[Swix]

((I'll have to see if I can get a friend to play the Muzvus, it's no fun being both ))

'Okay...'Erayna thought absently to herself as Jack said he'd found something, but then got distracted and seemed to go quiet. The AI found herself waiting quite impatiently for her two alien 'companions' to make their way back, and soon realised she really needed something to do to occupy her. So she had a look at all the files she had from their home of every species the Consortium knew of, to see if she could do anything against a small cloaked ship. Apart from the reassurance that her protoship could only be destroyed or seriously injured with extreme difficulty on the others side, she found nothing of help. If there were Oktalun ships around, their Web would work to show it, but there weren't any. She was alone here with Jack, Vulo and Lerillin, and she hadn't been in existence that long. 'Of course, if it's a Warship out there' she thought, worriedly 'then we're all in even bigger trouble'

"Jack" she sent back to the other AI, although she couldn't help showing just how scared she was "I hope whatever it is you've found works, because if something did come through it could be anything from a scout to a shuttle to a warship"

[Coolpikaaa]

((Wow, sorry for my delay.))

"We may have just been attacked..." Jack send a request for a scan of the lower decks. It was denied.

"Wha-?"

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Space.
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Several objects not unlike smooth rocks floated out into the zero-gravity environment.Cables detonated outward from their sides, linking the small computers into tactical mode. They poured knowledge over the enemy ship, making comparisons with other threats, searching for possible weak points.

Then after the plan of action was decided, they arranged themselves into a pattern and thrust toward their target.

-coolpikaaa