April - 2549
Urgk-
I gaged as the smell, and taste, hit me. My God this part genuinely sucks so fucking hard. Bear with it, bear with it...
"T-minus 2 hours till slip space emergence."
Ah, that's why. Better then an emergency. Still... waking up from cryo still sucked after around 8 fucking years. Couldn't the damn eggs figure out how to make waking up, oh, I don't know, not make me want to off myself?
Ok, that was an exaggeration, but it still sucked hard. A technician appeared in front of my pod, and began to type. I ignored him, and went about my standard checks.
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Feet and legs, beginning to feel again. Hands and arms, yep, twitching properly. I can twist my head, breathing good. Need to piss, yep normal. The tech isn't panicking, that's fantastic.
Eventually, he lifted a thumbs up, and the pod opened. Other techs were opening pods around me, and people were getting out. Time to do my business...
Just before we emerged into the unknown, the bridge crew, captain, and I were stationed on the bridge. Final system checks had been preformed, guns loaded and charged, and crew in their suits.
We had voided the atmosphere in preparation for immediate contact. No one wants explosive decompression after all. Now, we waited.
10 minutes. 7 minutes. Some of the crew began tapping their legs or fingers. 5 minutes. 3. Me and the captain sat, stone still and hard faced. 2 minutes. One minute.
"All crew, one minute till emergence. Brace."
30 seconds. 20, 10, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1-
"Emergence suc-"
ENEMY CONTACT AHEAD! THEY'RE POINT B-"
"ALL GUNS, TARGET THE CRUISER! FIRE ALL GUNS. HELM, DIVE TO SEVENTY ONC-"
"ARNOLDS GOT HIT, HER ENGINES ARE DEAD, HER GUNS ARE UP AND LAU-"
Shit went from 0 to 150 in a matter of seconds. We had dropped on a covenant strike group, and I don't know who was more surprised.
We were fighting an ORS class Heavy Cruiser, 5 CRS class light cruisers, 2 CAR class frigates, and 4 SDV class corvettes. This would get... vicious, and fast.
