S4, 06 Escaping the Base (November 18, 2018)

An entry to the Space Engineer league that took way too long to get posted.

April 2096

In Jakor’s base of residence, preparations are being made to abandon the base and make the move to System 55 with the rest of True Aurelia. The soldiers make an effort to take as much with them as they can.

Meanwhile, in one of the base’s many corridors, Jakor is setting charges that will be blown when they leave, creating a mess for any Imperium or Pax Aurelii forces that would want to move in.

Jakor’s comlink starts ringing.

Jakor: "Yes?"

Jaze: "Hi, Jakor."

Jakor: "Hey, Jaze. How’s it going?"

Jaze: "Pretty good. There’s still a lot of boxes to go. How about you?"

Jakor: "It’s kinda depressing preparing to blow up parts of our own base. Have you ever noticed how many different designs of hallways and rooms there are in here?"

The base shakes.

Speaker system: "Warning, we are being attacked by Pax Aurelia."

Jaze: "Jakor, are you still there?"

Jaze: "Huh?"

PAX-Aurelii forces come in.

Jakor: "Jaze, are you there? Jaze??"

Jakor: "I've got to go find them."

Jakor and Imperium soldier: "Aah!"

Jakor takes advantage of the soldier's surprise and takes his weapon.

Speaker system: "Warning, Imperium forces have invaded the building."

Jakor: "Now you tell me."

Jakor: "Nice, a plasma gun."

Jakor: "We're gonna have some good times together."

Meanwhile,

Jaze: "Uhh, what happened? It all went so fast."

Mark: "We're lucky that sentry turret wasn't completely packed away..."

Mark: "...Erik has the PAX-Aurelii pinned down with it."

Jera: "It looks like the control panel for the door got damaged."

Kirin: "Maybe."

Kirin pushed the crate up. It's contents are spilled on the ground.

Jera: "I think they could use those over there."

Kirin starts tossing the guns to the other group.

Kirin: "What happened to Rocket?"

orange-haired soldier: "His leg got shot, but he seems to be fine otherwise."

Jera: "It looks like we're all trapped here."

Time passes.

The standoff continues tensely.

Left soldier: "I think I hit one of them. I feel a little bad about it, though."

PAX commander: "How long is this going to continue?"

Soldier: "The Imperium reinforcements have been delayed. Some of the passageways have collapsed."

Jaze: "How are you holding up, Rocket?"

Rocket: "I'm fine."

Jaze: "You're just being tough."

Rocket: "Really, I'm fine."

Visor soldier: "Dude, you have a clear shot."

Silver helmet soldier: "Yea, but, I don't feel too good about taking it."

Visor soldier: "Hmph."

PAX commander: "This is taking too long. We'll have to do without the reinforcements."

The commander throws a force grenade.

Erik: "Grenade!"

Soldier: "Don't fire!"

True Aurelia: "Get away!"

VOOOOM

The PAX-Aurelians move out from their cover.

The other door opens, and everyone's attention is captured.

Jakor has made his entrance, just as the Imperium reinforcements have arrived. Everyone is stilled.

Jakor: "If you let the True Aurelia go, we will leave you in peace."

An Imperium soldier starts to raise his weapon.

Jakor: "If you make one move against me-"

Jakor: "The wrath of all of Aurelia will be upon you."

Jakor: "How are you doing."

Jaze: "I suppose we're doing fine."

Kirin: "I got the door open!"

Jakor: "Let's go."

Imperium soldier: "If only I could get a shot at Jakor."

The soldier raises his gun.

PAX soldier: "Jakor!"

PEW

Jakor:Aagh!

Imperium soldier:

gunfire

Jaze: "Wow..."

They left Zarus, and the capital ship took off to System 55.

WHEW. I've had this sitting around since April of 2016, and I've been putting it off until now. My writing had even less effort put into it for the sake of just releasing this already.