Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-30700719-20170616114550/@comment-30700719-20170717212343

A large machine whirred to life aboard the Trieste. It began to fabricate stem cells, the tiny pieces of life that branch off into a fully-fledged being. Two hours later, it gave off a small ding, and the glass cover opened up, touching the hard metal below. My naked form awakens in the cloning machine. "God-dammit-stupid-fracking-fucking-AAAHA!" I took a few breaths, infuriated and frustrated. "Always, every time! Without fail! Why?"  "Oh, good plan! Even the Superboost engine only reaches that thing's cruising speed! There's no way to outrun it!" ICARUS sighs and continues.  "Fat chance." <-or shooting them down.> "That thing's too fast! You can't hit it with bullets!"  I contemplated this, then got dressed and strode out of the cloning machine room. "What was the third method of aborting engagement?"  I crossed my arms and lifted an eyebrow skeptically. "Really? Really? Sure, that's totally gonna happen..."