2: Sekhmet
We exited the hangar and entered a room that had several snipers stationed atop cargo crates. They were very weak, killed with a single shot from me, and three shots from Vela.
"Those are insects, not insectoids and what the fuck is with the little bears cowering in the corners?"
"Those are Tribals, they are non-aggressive labourers employed by the council, just as my team is. They have all been kidnapped by Mizar for slave labour."
She took me to the lift that led to the ships main storage. Inside we found a baby Tribal scrubbing the deck under the guard of two drones. I killed them, than saw a missile, fired by a large purple drone, coming at us. I managed to get a lock on it with one of my missiles before I had to push Vela out of the missiles trajectory. The giant exploded, sending it's innards scattering through the environment. We fought through the cargo hold to come across another landing pad.
"We're leaving! We hardly explored 3% of this ship! Don't you need to save those bears? Ma'am."
"Yes, but Juno will be coming through here. He can get the Tribals. We just came through to clear a small swath for him. He thinks he is good in combat, but he's not. He just needed a boost in confidence that this ship was not completely overrun with drones." We boarded our ships and left for another large ship.
"This is not a council ship like Anubis. It is a battle cruiser called, The Sekhmet."
We landed and saw a small blue humanoid who told us about the councils ignorance about tyranny. Vela opened a large crate that contained grenades and rescued a half dozen of those bears. We continued through the only unlocked door and found a large room with four doors, one was coded with a lock similar to the landing bay doors and two coded to the life force of the drones. We went to the lower left door and she found a machine gun. We continued through the other door and found more drones. Through the door straight across from us, we found three drones wielding full length shields. She killed them with a well lobbed grenade, allowing us to enter a empty, dead-end, occupied only by us and a mole man. He condescended her for being a woman, but stopped when I shot at his feet. He gave us a red key and showed us a tunnel that led to a rotunda near our original landing site. I tucked into my morph-ball while she had to crouch and crawl. We came into the rotunda, filled with fully-shielded drones.
"How can you tuck into a little ball like that?"
"I don't know the specifics, but I know that I can at any time, and it does not hurt me. Now, this rotunda is filled with drones."
The door at the top was coded to the life of only the four drones. We each took half. Their little metal, riot-shields could not resist my energy weapons, which tore through not only the shield, but through the carapace of the bugs. When they were dead, Vela ran up the ramp while I stayed near her, offering cover fire at all the drones.
"What's that totem pole doing here?"
"I don't know, but I cant reach it, so just ignore it."
I could with my space-jump thrusters and found that it seemed to do nothing but light up when I came near it. Through the door was our ships.
"Samus, before we leave, I want to see the woman under the armour. I know that seems awkward, but I'd like to see the face of my ally."
I removed my suit, revealing that I was a tall blonde, built like a gymnast.
"Where'd the suit go? And wow, you're an attractive woman, well built too."
"It's part of my cellular structure and thank you, you're a nice looking woman your self."
I did feel awkward, but I could sympathize with her, being a female minority in the male dominated military. Especially one that can dominate her counterparts in combat with either superior tech, combat prowess, or both. I reengaged my suit.
"Samus, I apologise for snapping at you back on the Anubis. I was thinking about the destruction of my fleet, than you appear and follow me, than I became jealous of your advanced tech, and I just snapped."
We boarded and soon landed on the planet the Sekhmet had been orbiting.