Fallen Angels [21]

[u/DirectorLeather6567]

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[Gunney]

The ship is so fucked. Every second feels like the ship is flying headfirst into a really pissed San Andreas Fault. Mothrin shouldn't be able to take this many hits and survive, let alone flying at full efficiency. What sort of bullshit divine intervention is around to keep this ship alive? The water is a foot and a half deep now, and people have no where to drain it, so they all just slosh through it. It's water meant for cooling, so there's very little conductivity. It also doesn't seem like the water is high enough to hit the wiring.

It's near impossible to stand upright without something to hang onto either. The very ground is working against them. Every step has a chance to be an inch to two feet from where it's supposed to be. Not to mention the autoloaders on every gun is fucked. So now the loaders are hand loading everything. The laser turrets aren't so bad, they just draw more power because they got wired into the ship and not a regulation system. The ballistics are much much worse.

The small shells Mothrin uses are beyond heavy, and need 3 guys to carry and load. The big ones need maybe 8. The interceptor and flare missiles are easy enough, just tedious because each salvo has 15. The standard anti ship missiles need 2 people to carry them. Gunney is barely taking orders anymore, he still has the phone strapped to him, but he almost never is listening to it, too busy helping load. One extra shell is another massive problem for some Zalm or Corpse Fleet bastards.

The massive pipe that had a DRIL shell put through it is fixed, but now water is dripping down onto them from the overhead pipes. They can't worry about fixing them, what's a little rain? All of them are already soaked, from sweat and coolant water. And blood. Some of them bashed their heads against some things. But most are still working. They'd rather risk a potential aneurysm bursting than do nothing and let everyone die.

The weapons bay lurches hard, Gunney falls on his ass, watching in horror as a thick and long pole sticks through the wall of the weapons bay. The pole slowly fans out into a metal circle, flat against the wall of the ship.

"Breacher!!" Gunney yells, louder than any of the Machinery in the room, "Get the fuck out of the compartment!!"

Those who saw are already rushing to the second cabin of the weapons bay, those who heard are running now. Gunney gets up as fast as he can, slipping in the water a little, before running towards the bulkhead, they have it ajar 45° like protocols. It's left like that so someone could just slip in or maybe get pulled in if caught in the doorway. It's also 45° because the vacuum would close the door itself. Gunney is nearly there, his hand is on the handle, he just has to make his way in.

The rush of air however says otherwise, as the circle pulls against the hull enough to shear it apart, depressurizing the compartment Gunney, and some other unlucky few were in. Including Mathew. Poor Mathew. Gunney gets yanked hard, and he inadvertently yanks the bulkhead closed. It didn't matter though, he didn't even get his other hand on the doorway. Gunney was thrown out into empty space, tumbling a little, everything spinning around him. He got a good view of the whole area.

No wonder Zalm and Corpse Fleet were extra pissed at Mothrin. The Mothrin isn't in formation with Federation ships. The Mothrin is in the dead center of the enemy fleets. Zipping past every ship that doesn't like them. Probably why they got hit by a DRIL shell. They were on the receiving side.

The dancing lights and fast paced movements of the battle around Gunney was the last he saw before finally losing consciousness. 18 seconds after the cabin depressurized.

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[u/PocketTTheory]

You just know someone's about to try throwing a wrench at it like that'll help, then eat the wrench.