The SS Centauri continues sailing through space. After we marvel back at the deck, we return inside the captain's cabin. Mthrock continues being anxious about the ship's progress. The other crew members work hard at the controls to look busy for the Captain.
Mthrock:
COUGH! COUGH! WAH, COUGH! COUGH! COUGH! COUGH!
Leach looks into the telescope.
Leach:
Maximum speed maintained. Continuing on present course, Captain. Overpassing designated dwarf star Pluto now. It means with all great news Captain that we are now in the Solar System of scum we are also following.
Mthrock:
How much longer until docking time?
Leach:
I reckon within one hour after the traitorous scum's arrival time, sir.
Mthrock:
It must be sooner than that. Sooner than that you hear? COUGH! COUGH! COUGH! COUGH! UGH!
Skeletron:
We can't go any faster, Captain. We are tearing the hyperdrive engines apart now.
Mthrock:
Can't? CAN'T? You will tear the ship apart and get after those blackguards who want to steal my treasure! By the time we get there, it may already be too late.
Hook y'hand:
It probably already is. One hour. Three hours. Five hours. Ten hours. What's the difference? BURP!
Hong:
The easy option would be to reduce the weight of the craft. Such as removing any unnecessary items aboard. Items that are particularly heavy and serve little use.
Mthrock:
I will not have my rum removed from my ship. Never!
Skeletron:
The alternative sir I recommend would be to gradually add trim. We could also potentially divert the ship's supply of power by reducing the use of lighting and panel instrumentation. Therefore we are using less power and can store it more in the hyperdrive motors of the ship. The men can redivert and connect up new circuits into the motors.
Hook y'hand:
Not a bad idea, Skell! BURP!
Skeletron:
In the meantime, we begin major upgrades on the SS Centauri in the process. Not that I'd recommend it as such due to the delicacy and meticulous operation it will be. The Clam Shank H9 Modulator from the old Buhgo tanker we invaded a while back can be upgraded to a new and more highly advanced Yurpi Sadex Base Power Harvester to create a more efficient system of creating the energy wasted from the reactor to help repower the craft.
We see from the Captain's mutated hand he begins to get excited with the idea.
And the ion thrusters below deck can be reangled to a more horizontal position to help us fly in the direction we aim for. Of course, all this will be lethal to do whilst the ship is already critically unstable. And once the power has been implemented, the hyperdrive will of course be dangerously overloaded...
Mthrock:
Excellent, Skeletron. Excellent. Begin repairs immediately. Speed is of the essence!
Skeletron:
Immediately, Captain. Who needs to worry about losing a few limbs when they can bend and mould as easily as mine can.
He flexes his body freakily. The picture Leach looks out at to Earth is presented on a monitor, with the telescopic view of Earth millions of miles away from the ship largely zoomed in.
Leach:
Here is where the scum will be making out for, sir. This miserable rock – Earth.
Mthrock looks out in awe at the planet.
Mthrock:
Earth. Earth! COUGH! COUGH! COUGH! COUGH! WAH, COUGH! COUGH! COUGH! COUGH! The treasure lads. There, is our treasure. And when it is destroyed, we shall prove who is superior to the weak-minded simpletons who built we androids. HA, HA, HA, HA!
The ship continues to fly forward to destroy Earth...
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Terrahawks: The Terrahawks
FanfictionIn 2020, a Martian menace threatens the Earth. Evil androids who from Guk, a distant planet in Alpha Centauri, were once the servants of a civilisation similar to that of man. But they disposed of their humanoid masters, and swore vengeance on all h...
