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'''Asteroid Belt''' | |||
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“The asteroid belt?” Wilex asks. “You’re sure?” | “The asteroid belt?” Wilex asks. “You’re sure?” | ||
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You close the connection, and go to join the others. | You close the connection, and go to join the others. | ||
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“How did the asteroid belt even get there?” Telemachus asks. | “How did the asteroid belt even get there?” Telemachus asks. | ||
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“People used to think there was once a planet there,” she continues, “and it exploded to create the asteroids in the belt. But no one really believes that anymore.” | “People used to think there was once a planet there,” she continues, “and it exploded to create the asteroids in the belt. But no one really believes that anymore.” | ||
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'''Loose Lips Explode Ships''' | |||
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“It’s just empty space,” says Telemachus, frowning at his second astral disappointment of the day. | “It’s just empty space,” says Telemachus, frowning at his second astral disappointment of the day. | ||
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“They won’t risk sending long-range transmissions,” you reply. “If the UHW picked them up, it would reveal the presence of the base. That’s why they’re flying away from us. They want to get close enough to send a short-range message. But they’re not going to make it that far…” | “They won’t risk sending long-range transmissions,” you reply. “If the UHW picked them up, it would reveal the presence of the base. That’s why they’re flying away from us. They want to get close enough to send a short-range message. But they’re not going to make it that far…” | ||
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'''Open Sesame''' | |||
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“Those explosions won’t have gone unnoticed,” Lu Bu says, gazing out of the window as the last lingering sparks of a ship’s life are devoured by the void. | “Those explosions won’t have gone unnoticed,” Lu Bu says, gazing out of the window as the last lingering sparks of a ship’s life are devoured by the void. | ||
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Your thumb presses down on the fire button. | Your thumb presses down on the fire button. | ||
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'''Into the Breach''' | |||
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There’s a slight vibration through the flight cabin, as the ship touches down on the rock – near to the hole you blasted in its surface. | There’s a slight vibration through the flight cabin, as the ship touches down on the rock – near to the hole you blasted in its surface. | ||
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Almost as soon as the six of you leave the ship and begin to fan out – your steps firm against the artificial gravity generated from within the asteroid – laser fire comes from within the doorway. | Almost as soon as the six of you leave the ship and begin to fan out – your steps firm against the artificial gravity generated from within the asteroid – laser fire comes from within the doorway. | ||
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'''Centurian Secrets''' | |||
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Streams of fire fly towards the entrance, from your companions and from the battle bots pouring out of the ships that have landed beside your own. It’s so heavy that it seems to drown out the fire coming in the opposite direction. The Centurians don’t stand a chance. The survivors pull back inside, heading deeper into the base. | Streams of fire fly towards the entrance, from your companions and from the battle bots pouring out of the ships that have landed beside your own. It’s so heavy that it seems to drown out the fire coming in the opposite direction. The Centurians don’t stand a chance. The survivors pull back inside, heading deeper into the base. | ||
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You charge down the corridor, its walls and floor made of rough metal plates fastened to the asteroid’s rock, its ceiling left naked and unadorned. Your weapons blaze as new enemies to mass at the far end – their red lasers flashing towards you. What is it with evil people and red lasers? | You charge down the corridor, its walls and floor made of rough metal plates fastened to the asteroid’s rock, its ceiling left naked and unadorned. Your weapons blaze as new enemies to mass at the far end – their red lasers flashing towards you. What is it with evil people and red lasers? | ||
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'''Warmaster Kardoc (Boss)''' | |||
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It’s as though the asteroid plunged into an ocean, and the water surged through its entrance – filling every inch of space as it rushed to drown those inside. That’s how complete and unstoppable the devastation is. Battle bots fan out down each corridor, slaughtering every enemy they come across. But compared to the carnage wrought by you and your companions, their actions are as moonlight unto sunlight, as water unto wine. | It’s as though the asteroid plunged into an ocean, and the water surged through its entrance – filling every inch of space as it rushed to drown those inside. That’s how complete and unstoppable the devastation is. Battle bots fan out down each corridor, slaughtering every enemy they come across. But compared to the carnage wrought by you and your companions, their actions are as moonlight unto sunlight, as water unto wine. | ||
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“If you were working with the Centurians, you can probably understand me,” you say. | “If you were working with the Centurians, you can probably understand me,” you say. | ||
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Sickly green liquid erupts from his mouth, splattering across his chest. Then his great body gives one last shudder, before lying still. | Sickly green liquid erupts from his mouth, splattering across his chest. Then his great body gives one last shudder, before lying still. | ||
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By the time you get back to your ship, word has already spread. The communicator bleeps with the news of jostling transmissions, as a dozen people try to reach you. You’re about to reject them, still too filled with adrenaline and elation to deal with babble from the UHW. But you see that one of the messages is from Bjorn Bjorsson, and you decide to accept it. | By the time you get back to your ship, word has already spread. The communicator bleeps with the news of jostling transmissions, as a dozen people try to reach you. You’re about to reject them, still too filled with adrenaline and elation to deal with babble from the UHW. But you see that one of the messages is from Bjorn Bjorsson, and you decide to accept it. | ||
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