I fly around to the aft of the ship in an attempt to finish off the other shockwave cannon with my cannons. After I send a couple of rounds its way, I pull up a tad and unload a few more into the bridge. Then I pull up and left in an attempt to take advantage of the ship's partial deadzone.
The heavy cannons blow the barrel clean off the turret. Though the rest of the assembly remains intact, there's no way that thing will be firing again unless this ship gets back to port. You take a few good hits from the LAMS, but for all intents and purposes, your mission is complete.
: [Well then. We've done all we can. I am going to what's left of the bridge to see if I can activate the Electrosphere system. Lieutenant, deploy a RHIB to fish those downed pilots out of the water.]
Bell grabs her flight bag from the sinking ejection seat and starts swimming after turning on her emergency transponder.
Due to the immense pain and bleeding, everything feels like a blurry mess. You don't recall much of the events that happen, only what happens during brief moments of consciousness. You remember swimming away from your seat. You remember seeing a Zentragothic RHIB approach you, and hearing the crewmen talking among themselves as they drag you aboard. You remember lying on your back on the floor of the boat staring skyward and seeing a crackling ball of energy expand from where the Octarius must have been. And then, you black out. (You aren't dead, what happens when you wake up is just going to be detailed later.)
I yank the ejection handle. The canopy flys off. The seat fires and I feel my body being flung by the seat. The seat reaches its peak height and releases a parachute. I claw at the pilot bag. I unbuckle myself and hold on. The seat hits the water. I fall out and take with me the pilot bag. A small raft deploys. I throw myself in and bring the bag in on top of me. I start looking about for the survival equipment.
As you finally find the survival equipment, you hear an ungodly shrieking noise come from the Octarius. You look over at it in time to see a massive EMP detonation, or at least something similar. Soon enough, the Zentragoth's RHIB comes for you as well, and you are taken aboard. Shortsword is there too, lying on a stretcher and being tended to by a medic.
MEANWHILE IN THE SKY
All of you in planes are hit by an EMP. It isn't a very severe one, and you're all able to recover. In fact, the only things that seem to have been seriously affected are your missile launch systems and HUD. Comms are a bit garbled, but at least you can still make each other out.
Kelton flies up behind one of the Mercanan planes.
: I got him, don't worry.
: What the hell are you talking about? Got who-
And fires a long burst of cannonfire into it. The Misfit plane spirals into the ocean, with no ejection seen. Kelton begins maneuvering to chase Junkers.
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