[Darkness]

... The droids explode. Eek!

Anyway, the capital ship hasn't crashed yet... But wait, there it is!

A small speck appeared in the sky in the south, gradually growing larger... What was it? Was it a meteor? No, it was not! It appeared to be... A very large ship! As it got closer, it could be recognized as Aphorite by design, by those who could tell such things, but there were many strange, abnormal growths on the exterior of the hull in several places. They were strange, yellowish tannish almost fleshy things, but there were very few who would recognize what exactly it was.

The ship was humongous; it was one of those capital ships, that can hold thousands of people and have hundreds of weapons. But this ship seemed to be in a state of disrepair, if the strange growths were ignored. Smoke billowed from it, creating a tail behind it miles long. There were gaping holes in the hull in some places, and one could almost wonder how it was still all connected in one piece. One piece or not, it seemed to be rather broken now, for as it came closer and closer, it became readily apparent that it was -not- slowing down. A crash landing was imminent.

And so it was. A short time after it first appeared in the distance, the ship collided with the sand of the vast desert, perhaps halfway between Maldenar and the southern border of the desert, created a huge wave of sand that flew into the air, almost encompassing it entirely before it settled back into the dunes, though a liberal amount of it remained across the ship. With the collision, some pieces had broken off, now scattered across the dunes in a small radius of the ship. Several parts seemed to have ignited, though it was rather obvious many sections of the interior had already been aflame.

All was still, for now...

[Neraphym]

Neraphym sees a dragon flying towards the wreckage. He knows precisely when he is now. He makes his way over to the ship and calls for Lohengrin. He carries him the rest of the way to the ship. Once there, he makes his way to the room where he jumped back into the past. He arrives just in time to see himself leave. He walks into the room to find Varulla and Atrya.

Neraphym: "I'm back. This device is a time machine. I went back and witnessed the crash. We need to get off this ship and destroy it, NOW! Let's go!"

They exit the ship and board call for Neraphym's starship to descend into the desert. They board the ship.

Neraphym: "Lock onto the crashed starship and fire until it is dust!"

They fire at it!

[Darkness]

The ship is destroyed.

...But in the wreckage... one small fleshy creature survives.

DUNDUNDUN!

Anyway. Now what do you wish to do?

[Neraphym]

Neraphym drops Atrya off at the closest town, then ascends into space. Once there, he follows the debris trail left by the Aphorite starship until he comes across the disabled ship that he launched into space earlier.

Varulla: "Wasn't that Atrya's ship? It survived?"

Neraphym: "Yes, it is. I saved it, and Atrya doesn't know that. She thinks we destroyed it along with the capital ship. We had to get something out of this, didn't we?"

She smiles.

[Darkness]

You board the ship and take over. You receive...


VR-690 -- ~Unknown Name~
HP: 3,000,000
Weapon Slots:
1 Pilot-Fired Heavy Weapon:
Slot 1: ~Empty~
4 Passenger-Fired Weapons:
Slot 1: Neutrino Cannon (900,000 Dark Matter DP) -- Built in, cannot be removed
Slot 2: Neutrino Cannon (900,000 Dark Matter DP) -- Built in, cannot be removed
Slot 3: ~Empty~
Slot 4: ~Empty~
Equipment Slots: 4
Slot 1: Annihilation Reactor (All Weapons' DP + 100,000) -- Built in, cannot be removed
Slot 2: Abyssal Vortex Shield (6,000,000 HP vs. All Damage) -- Built in, cannot be removed
Slot 3:Advanced AI Module (Allows up to 2 passenger-fired non-heavy weapon to be used by the pilot in addition to pilot-fired weapons) -- Built in, cannot be removed
Slot 4: ~Empty~
Passengers: 8

[Neraphym]

Neraphym: "Varulla, this ship can be yours. We'll take it to the shipyards for repairs and upgrades."

[Darkness]

This quest is now over.