ZOIDS
Tale of Two Worlds
Chapter 4: Sabotage!
Jettisoning from the earth, the ship slowly rocked towards the preset point to which it would fire the Gluon Drive.
"Indicators sense incoming radiation wave," the intercom suddenly announced, "Everyone please retreat to the safe zone. I repeat, a radiation wave is coming. Please retreat--OR DIE!!! Hee hee; sorry about that."
The team scrambled to the center of the ship as the LZ-270 custom modified Experimental Class rocket braced itself for the deadly waves of radiation. The prof. sighed another deep sigh as he casually walked into the escape hatch.
Ten minutes later the crew resumed their original positions around the ship. Finally the professor began to admire the superior design of the rocket. It was the jewel of modern science. Two greenhouses were stationed on opposite sides while the nuclear plasma rockets fired methodically with precision unparalled to earlier systems while he reclined back at his cot. He began to wonder when the effects of deep space voyage would settle in. He began to think.
The Gluon Drive was only a recent development in the field of space-time. I won't get into the technicalities but it was based on warping the fourth dimension so that you could, in a way, teleport to your destination. The downsides were that the complicated chemical processes required to activate the warp were extremely dangerous, to the users and to the areas surroundings. For a while the government was against the testing of the new theory. Perphaps humankind would have been better off without this. The Professor paused with that thought, he got distracted by the sudden view of the earth in its full glory. The idea was discarded. He had no premonition that he was correct, but in a totally different way.
___________________
Back at the Zoid commissions headquaters the committee were puzzling over the sudden disappearence of another judge satellite.
"I bet the Backdraft group is behind this!" one man shouted, banging his fist on the table, "I thought we had shut them down!"
"Calm down Comissioner Jordan," another executive replied, "It is true that we have shut down the Backdraft. However, it is possible that some remnants of the organization may still exist and are plotting to try to take over."
"Executive Lee, you really think so? We spent billions on the operation, individually taking apart the empire, piece by piece. The probability that some sympathizer managed to reestablish the group AND pool together the resources necessary to destroy the satellites is very slim."
"Don't forget they may still have blueprints for the Charged Partical Gun."
"Impossible! We confiscated all of the paperwork. We even stumbled upon an advanced shielding system that can repel, and even deflect charged partical beams."
"In addition, the area Satellite 25 was in is devoid of partical residue."
"Men, I don't mean to interupt this meeting, but please, the reason we are here is to decide the Blitz teams next opponent." The comittee mumbled and whispered as the head continued, "According to the statistics from the last battle..."
"Comissioner, you really don't think that this battle is more important than our judge satellites."
"It is in my belief that the recent solar extremeties are to blame for the disappearances of our satellites. According to this statistical data, we are currently passing through a stage of space-time instability due to the unusual placement of our moons."
"Bah, humbug. Only techno geeks would understand that. I will repeat this once more. The Backdraft group..."
The argument continued as a storm started to settle around planet Zi.
______________________
"Begin initiation of the Gluon Drive!"
"Roger!"
"What?" the professor gasped jolting awake as suddenly the empty control room became overwhelmed with a myriad of activity.
"So they've started," he mumbled before covering the sheets over his head again.
"Proffessor! Professor! We really need you to analyze the situation as we get ready to make the jump."
"Argh." He muttered as he went up to the controls where a captain was frantically shouting orders to everyone.
"Okay, what's going on? Why all the rush?"
"GET OVER THERE!!!"
"Okay, okay."
"Captain, the generators are warmed up and ready to deploy at any time."
"What is going on?" the professor asked once more.
"We need to get the Gluon Drive operational in two minutes or else the ship will pass out of the stage where we are precisely aimed at our location."
Suddenly, a large clanking noise rumbled from the bowels of the ship.
"What was that?"
"I don't know."
"Standing by!"
"Get ready to fire the spark!"
"10, 9, 8, 7..."
"All crew members must evacuate all outside corriders Z and A!"
"6, 5, 4..."
"Engage aiming systems!"
"Three! Two! One..."
Clank, clank, clank.
"Wait! There's something wr--"
"Zero! Ignition and Warp on!"
BANG! The warphole began to open.
"Yes! It's working!" someone shouted.
CLANK CLANK! The ship shuddered from the tremendous force that it was straining against. Then suddenly, just as the warp had reached its peripheral, it began to recede.
"Someone tell me, what's going on!" The captain yelled.
Quickly responding, the professor explained, "I think boosters have been tampered with. We can't move."
"And how would you know?" the captain said.
"The clanking sound that we had been hearing was simply the rocket jets rubbing together. If we don't get into the warp, I fear this is the end."
"We have 30 seconds before the warp completely closes!"
Suddenly, out of no where, a judge capsule rocketed towards the ship.
"15 seconds."
"This is the end," he continued.
"10 seconds."
Speeding toward the helpless ship, the capsule tried frantically to repel itself.
"5"
A majority of the crew frantically jammed buttons, but to no avail.
"4"
Unsucsessful, the capsule issued an SOS signal to the ship.
"3"
"What is that?" someone suddenly shouted.
"2"
"SOS! SOS! Please move out of the way!" broadcasted the capsule.
"1"
"We are on collision--" BANG! The capsule hit the ship with enough force that both ships toppled into the warp just as it closed.
"..." No one was concious to celebrate their sudden hope, yet as it passed through the warphole, which would have blinded them anyway, mankinds first actual discovery of other life drew near, yet was so far, so far. What is the chance of two objects in space intercepting each other?
_____________________
Now it is necessary to rewind back in time when the Zoid Battle Commission never existed, the legendary Van Flyheight was still alive and the Death Saurer had been destroyed once more.
Tale of Two Worlds
Chapter 4: Sabotage!
Jettisoning from the earth, the ship slowly rocked towards the preset point to which it would fire the Gluon Drive.
"Indicators sense incoming radiation wave," the intercom suddenly announced, "Everyone please retreat to the safe zone. I repeat, a radiation wave is coming. Please retreat--OR DIE!!! Hee hee; sorry about that."
The team scrambled to the center of the ship as the LZ-270 custom modified Experimental Class rocket braced itself for the deadly waves of radiation. The prof. sighed another deep sigh as he casually walked into the escape hatch.
Ten minutes later the crew resumed their original positions around the ship. Finally the professor began to admire the superior design of the rocket. It was the jewel of modern science. Two greenhouses were stationed on opposite sides while the nuclear plasma rockets fired methodically with precision unparalled to earlier systems while he reclined back at his cot. He began to wonder when the effects of deep space voyage would settle in. He began to think.
The Gluon Drive was only a recent development in the field of space-time. I won't get into the technicalities but it was based on warping the fourth dimension so that you could, in a way, teleport to your destination. The downsides were that the complicated chemical processes required to activate the warp were extremely dangerous, to the users and to the areas surroundings. For a while the government was against the testing of the new theory. Perphaps humankind would have been better off without this. The Professor paused with that thought, he got distracted by the sudden view of the earth in its full glory. The idea was discarded. He had no premonition that he was correct, but in a totally different way.
___________________
Back at the Zoid commissions headquaters the committee were puzzling over the sudden disappearence of another judge satellite.
"I bet the Backdraft group is behind this!" one man shouted, banging his fist on the table, "I thought we had shut them down!"
"Calm down Comissioner Jordan," another executive replied, "It is true that we have shut down the Backdraft. However, it is possible that some remnants of the organization may still exist and are plotting to try to take over."
"Executive Lee, you really think so? We spent billions on the operation, individually taking apart the empire, piece by piece. The probability that some sympathizer managed to reestablish the group AND pool together the resources necessary to destroy the satellites is very slim."
"Don't forget they may still have blueprints for the Charged Partical Gun."
"Impossible! We confiscated all of the paperwork. We even stumbled upon an advanced shielding system that can repel, and even deflect charged partical beams."
"In addition, the area Satellite 25 was in is devoid of partical residue."
"Men, I don't mean to interupt this meeting, but please, the reason we are here is to decide the Blitz teams next opponent." The comittee mumbled and whispered as the head continued, "According to the statistics from the last battle..."
"Comissioner, you really don't think that this battle is more important than our judge satellites."
"It is in my belief that the recent solar extremeties are to blame for the disappearances of our satellites. According to this statistical data, we are currently passing through a stage of space-time instability due to the unusual placement of our moons."
"Bah, humbug. Only techno geeks would understand that. I will repeat this once more. The Backdraft group..."
The argument continued as a storm started to settle around planet Zi.
______________________
"Begin initiation of the Gluon Drive!"
"Roger!"
"What?" the professor gasped jolting awake as suddenly the empty control room became overwhelmed with a myriad of activity.
"So they've started," he mumbled before covering the sheets over his head again.
"Proffessor! Professor! We really need you to analyze the situation as we get ready to make the jump."
"Argh." He muttered as he went up to the controls where a captain was frantically shouting orders to everyone.
"Okay, what's going on? Why all the rush?"
"GET OVER THERE!!!"
"Okay, okay."
"Captain, the generators are warmed up and ready to deploy at any time."
"What is going on?" the professor asked once more.
"We need to get the Gluon Drive operational in two minutes or else the ship will pass out of the stage where we are precisely aimed at our location."
Suddenly, a large clanking noise rumbled from the bowels of the ship.
"What was that?"
"I don't know."
"Standing by!"
"Get ready to fire the spark!"
"10, 9, 8, 7..."
"All crew members must evacuate all outside corriders Z and A!"
"6, 5, 4..."
"Engage aiming systems!"
"Three! Two! One..."
Clank, clank, clank.
"Wait! There's something wr--"
"Zero! Ignition and Warp on!"
BANG! The warphole began to open.
"Yes! It's working!" someone shouted.
CLANK CLANK! The ship shuddered from the tremendous force that it was straining against. Then suddenly, just as the warp had reached its peripheral, it began to recede.
"Someone tell me, what's going on!" The captain yelled.
Quickly responding, the professor explained, "I think boosters have been tampered with. We can't move."
"And how would you know?" the captain said.
"The clanking sound that we had been hearing was simply the rocket jets rubbing together. If we don't get into the warp, I fear this is the end."
"We have 30 seconds before the warp completely closes!"
Suddenly, out of no where, a judge capsule rocketed towards the ship.
"15 seconds."
"This is the end," he continued.
"10 seconds."
Speeding toward the helpless ship, the capsule tried frantically to repel itself.
"5"
A majority of the crew frantically jammed buttons, but to no avail.
"4"
Unsucsessful, the capsule issued an SOS signal to the ship.
"3"
"What is that?" someone suddenly shouted.
"2"
"SOS! SOS! Please move out of the way!" broadcasted the capsule.
"1"
"We are on collision--" BANG! The capsule hit the ship with enough force that both ships toppled into the warp just as it closed.
"..." No one was concious to celebrate their sudden hope, yet as it passed through the warphole, which would have blinded them anyway, mankinds first actual discovery of other life drew near, yet was so far, so far. What is the chance of two objects in space intercepting each other?
_____________________
Now it is necessary to rewind back in time when the Zoid Battle Commission never existed, the legendary Van Flyheight was still alive and the Death Saurer had been destroyed once more.
