England Class Battlecruiser

Actions of Treachery Chapter 23 wrote:The bridge was in chaos as all of sudden for no apparent reason at this current sentence, all the lights dimmed and the ship's computer announced, "Primary Auxiliary power down to 5%. Weapons systems, warp engines, sublight thrusters, viewscreen, non-engineering consoles, and non-bridge consoles are now offline." There you have it.

"Overridden." Talmid interjected. "Turn the sublight thrusters back online."

"Sublight thrusters back online." the computer agreed. Then it brought its evil side out again and said, "Primary Auxiliary Power down to 3%."

It seemed everyone except for Talmid (and Dave the superserious tactical officer) was in a panic when Talmid got out of his facepalm and shouted, "NOW EVERYBODY BE QUIET NAOW. I want you all to listen to me and follow my orders *quietly*.

"Ahem, Lt. Tylers, put the ship into reverse drive on sublight thrusters, we're evading that nuclear-missile-whatever-it-is the old fashioned way. Dave, I want you to keep track of that warhead's course and let us know when we're clear of it. And Lt. Kyle, scan the interior of the warhead." Talmid ordered in a fleet captainly way.

Silently, Brad put the ship into reverse and it began moving backwards very slooooowly. At the same time, Albert was waiting for a readout on the interior construction of the missile, which also at the same time was coming closer and closer to the Talmidon.

Dave spoke up. "The missile is remaining on its original course."

"That's music to my ears," Talmid breathed. "But we haven't cleared it yet, have we?"

"Nope," Dave said, "but we're getting there."

Ten tense seconds later, Dave announced, "We're clear!" and at the same time the computer stated, "Primary Auxiliary Power is now offline." and the engines shut off.

There was silence for several seconds, until Dave announced, "The warhead is clear."

Then all the lights turned back on and the computer chirped, "Backup Auxiliary Power is now online."

Talmid facepalmed, while Gary said, amused, "There's such a thing?"

"COMPUTER." Talmid raged. "WHY YOU NO TURN ON BACKUP AUXILIARY POWER TWENTY SECONDS AGO." He stood up from his chair and stormed into his ready room.

"Are weapons back online?" Gary asked.

"Most certainly." Dave told him.

"Alright then, fire an antimatter torpedo on an intercept course with the missile." Gary instructed. "On screen."

As the bridge crew minus Talmid watched, the torpedo impacted with the missile and then with the tiny, minute flash that all antimatter torpedoes give off in destruction, both objects disappeared.

"ITZ A FAKE!!!!!!"