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The admiral stood on the balcony still, watching as Safi’jiiva rained hell on what he knew as home. He still wondered… What did Breezie mean by ‘There’s always a bigger fish’?” Had she gone mad? In the distance, the admiral saw something… Something that got the attention of Safi’jiiva. He grabbed a telescope and looked into it, pointing it at the object… it looked to be something that looked like a disk attached to 2 thin boxes with a few other bits put on. It was getting closer. Rapidly. The object then flew past Safi’jiiva, clearly much larger than it. It shot orange beams which seemed to harm the beast.
Inside the Unreliable, Wally reads off the damages. “We’ve done minor damage to the scales… It should be able to be taken out with phasers alone.” Wally says.
“We can’t be too sure… Keep firing!” Breezie commands.
As the Unreliable fires its phasers, Safi’jiiva opens its mouth, powering up a Charged Beam. The beam manages to hit the ship’s shields, causing the bridge to shake.
“Shields down to 84%!” Sutaba yells, reading out the impact the charged beam caused.
“Looks like it’s trying to ram us!” Devoid yells, looking at sensors.
“Oh, I don’t think so. Evasive manoeuvres! Fire torpedoes once we’re clear!” Breezie yelled.
The Unreliable took a hard left as Safi’jiiva attempted to ram the ship with a Deadly Pin, causing Safi’jiiva to ram into the ground.
As it was down, The Unreliable fired aft torpedoes, damaging the scales majorly, but also the wings of the Safi’jiiva, leaving it grounded for a while. Whilst it was grounded, The Unreliable took its chance to regenerate its shields.
Safi’jiiva was not happy that it was being kicked around by a creature it didn’t know and attempted to tear a nacelle off.
“Breezie, Safi’jiiva has taken flight and is approaching the port nacelle.” Devoid says.
“Fire aft phasers!” Breezie yelled.
The Unreliable fired aft phasers, making Safi’jiiva even more mad. This did redirect it from the nacelle, instead ramming into the bottom of the saucer. The Unreliable spun out briefly before stabilising using thrusters… Which is when Oisin saw something bad as Safi’jiiva approached the viewscreen.
“Oh no… Looks like we’ve pushed it to its limit… It’s going Supercritical!” Oisin yelled.
“That doesn’t sound good!” Andy responds.
“I’m detecting decreased protection on its chest… Looks like we might have a shot at killing it!” Sally says, checking the sciences console.
“Fire at will, Sutaba.” Breezie commands.
The Unreliable fired phasers at the now Supercritical Safi’jiiva, making it give chase as the Unreliable flew off.
Safi’jiiva began shooting flames at the Unreliable’s shields.
“They’re attempting to weaken our shields, but they are holding.” Sutaba says.
“It might be trying to perform its ultimate attack, Sapphire of the Emperor.” Oisin says, remembering what he read from eyewitness accounts.
“Let’s not give them a chance. Is their maw open?” Breezie says.
“Yep, charging up energy as we speak.” Sutuba reports.
“Fire a torpedo into it. Time for Safi’jiiva to get up close and personal with the torpedo.” Breezie replies.
As Safi’jiiva charges up the second part of its ultimate attack, the Unreliable fires a photon torpedo into the beast’s gullet.
The Unreliable flew away, exiting the atmosphere as the combination of the torpedo and the buildup of energy made Safi’jiiva explode, the shockwave being like a blast of wind across half the continent.
The away team returned to the planet in the same shuttle, seeing the admiral and many of the townsfolk gathered in the centre. They are studying its remains, its organs, its internal physiology, about as much as they could before the thing started rotting too much.
The Admiral looks at the crew, impressed. “I can’t believe it, I lived long enough to see a metal beast slay an elder dragon! Guess I’m in your debt then.” He states with a chuckle.
Oisin smiles, looking at his fellow hunters celebrating, shepherd and wolf, dancing and partying with one another… all the while he knows it will be temporary. “Stay as long as you’d like,” Oisin states “Just know that I’m staying here.”
Breezie raises a brow “Any reason why?”
“I saw how your metal beast took down what many would consider a god from your point of view, I could write notes and send my people into a golden age of technology.” Oisin admits “And even then, A hunter’s work isn’t done until he’s in the grave… even a shepherd needs to tend to his flock.”
Breezie sighs and pats him on the back “Don’t worry, you’ll see more of me soon. Perhaps if this place breaks the warp barrier.” She says.
Oisin blinks in confusion “Wait, what?” Breezie simply taps her badge and nods to him, leaving Oisin confused but optimistic as she walks to the shuttle and the shuttle leaves.
As the Unreliable and its crew warps out of the planet’s range, the adventure they had there would be in the history books, and the tale of these mysterious humans and their ‘monster’ allies would be passed down for generations to come.