Next chapter they are arriving at the Requiem system. Tell me guys, what do you think of the ship and the way I described it? Got any questions, advice or desires? Leave them in reviews and I will take them into consideration :)
"Ugh" Savora exhaled. The first night aboard this crude vessel was hard but survivable. Adrian had gracefully obliged and brought her the papers that described the design of The pride of Terra. A dauntless light cruiser it was indeed, but she was wrong about innovation. The rogue trader owners of this vessel had gone far and wide to modify it, not that the ship itself was without its quirks from the start. The ancient text described the machine spirit of the ship as resolute and xenophilic as the Gregorik house had installed a Eldar rune caster near the bridge, which made the vessel vastly superior in warp travel compared to its contemporaries. She decided to ask Adrian to let her check the component out. Besides that the ship came with multi layered to twin void shields which was odd since only full blown cruisers would usually carry them and at some point the house installed a barracks at the expense of a part of the cargo hold and henc forth they had around 3000 additional troops constantly under their command. She, much to her shock, realized she was placed in the luxurious quarter part of the ship. They would suffice, Savora thought as she realized that a lot of humans would kill to have conditions which she has. The ship itself was beautiful, despite the additional armor plating and reinforced interior bulkheads. Savora found the tenebro maze that was installed on the ship to be beautiful, shocking many troopers and officers by easily mapping her way around it, the triple heavy doors which lead nowhere being only a minor hindrance to her superior Eldar mind. However the pictures and pict captures of the ship were so far the only things that showed her its true beauty. The warpsbane hull being decorated in gold and beautiful runes which she could subtly feel from even the inside. The power ram was also decorated as on top of it stood a golden statue of an Imperial saint, between whos legs was located a turret. Bellow the power ram was a titan forge lance and aside from a few other components Savora found herself strangely attached to the ship.
"I keep telling you! Thats no proper way to treat the machine spirit!" the silly human ensign kept telling her. She was allowed to go to the lower parts of the ship only if she wore a helmet a mask or another disguise as that was the best way to hide her origin form her crew, even if she could just say she was a human from some distant colony and these apes would believe her all the same. Right now she was at the prow, the frontal part of the ship. The coupling to the power ram lay directly in front of her but the mon'keigh was refusing to let her near it. She pretended she didnt know that the cameras in the room transmitted all of this to the bridge, where undoubtedly Damien was talking Adrian's ear off about letting her mess with his precious technology.
"JUST MOVE! Captains orders!" she said as she moved besides the man, moving to the faulty cables. The ports and the jacks were all in correct order, but one coupling had faulty lining. Smirking she reach for it and pulled it out.
"NO! DONT DO IT!" It was too late for the human to intervene as she pulled the cable out. He was shocked as she casually laid it down on the floor. On the bridge it was a similar situation.
"Captain... we have lost 5% in power to the power ram, its power is now at 70%" a bridge officer said. Adrian nodded as Damien rose his head in victory.
"You see! I told you the silly xeno girl would doom us all! The machine spirit is not pleased!" He tried to shout through his vox but failed, only sounding cold and mildly irritated.
"Give her time, magos." Adrian spoke calmly and stoically as he saw Savora on the screen. She moved to the main power switch. No she wouldent...
"NO PLEASE DONT!" The poor ensign protests were in vain as Savora smirked and pressed the red button. The power node hissed and screeched, as if it was a overly tense muscle which finally got some release. There was a few seconds of pure horror as the entire thing cooled down. Just as the humans were about to start panicking and Damian was about to start throwing a tantrum, Savora pressed the button once more. The entire thing screeched as it came to power once more, as if it was an old man getting out of bed and angrily getting into his full strength.
"The power ram is back online!" The operator shouted.
"MY LORD!" Damien protested as Adrian rose his hand to silence him as he saw Savora move back to the cable she unplugged, plugging it back in again.
"The power ram is back on 100% power!" the operator declared loudly and turned around in joy. It was odd for the crew to fix such a issue in a single day, often taking a week or two. The crew celebrated as Savora proceeded back to the bridge, leaving behind a staggered and confused ensign. Poor confused human... she thought... It aint your fault you are retarded, if you only had the grace of dying or at least not breading we could co exist in this galaxy! She angrily thought while on the bridge Adiran shot a victorious look to Damian, who stood there confused. Upon her return she entered in a victorious and arrogant manner, seeing that at least some of the tension amongst the humans was alleviated. Looking at the magos she spoke softly as she removed her helmet.
"The machine spirit of the ship is pleased... sometimes you simply have to restart it... giving it a few moments of rest. I guess you could say in some ways machine and flesh are similar, as Im sure your biologis colleagues would agree." She spoke gracefully, seeing Adrian smirk mildly and his brother smirk widely.
"As said, xeno... the machine spirit of this vessel is xenophilic... so I understand its connection to you." He said and with that the argument was done. Bering approached her.
"My Lady, would you like to visit the rune caster now?" he asked her, gracefully offering himself as she still refuse to change her armor, not trusting these humans one bit. She nodded.
"Of course, lord Bering" she said, choosing to at least give a semblance of respect to the more polite humans. The said compartment was but a short walk away from the bridge and she concluded it was slightly behind and above the aforementioned compartment. The very doors to the rune caster were different, seemingly a blend between Eldar and human design, even opening elegantly without a sound unlike the human doors which screeched.
"Ah, my lord." Amanda said as she registered their entry. She was in the middle of the room on a platform, above which levitated obviously Eldar made crystals which eminated power which, as a Eldar and a psychically sensitive person herself, Savora could sense. Amanda closed her third eye in order to not harm the two. The room was vaulted and all white, clean as consoles gave statistics in both Eldar and Gothic. On the highest screen, the one which Amanda was looking before their entry was... the sea of souls and in the center of it was a large, shining beacon. Savora took a moment to process this.
"Thats what you see?" She asked Amanda. The woman nodded.
"That is what I see outside of this chamber, here I see the Astronomican much more clearly as well as other reference points and our destination. So it is much easier and quicker for us to transverse the warp, other ships in the fleet merely having to follow us. Time lost in travel and time lost do to warp time shifting is effectively halved." Amanda explained, holding her hands behind her back as she stood proudly in her Novis outfit.
"I see." Savora politely answered.
