[DIVA's face appears suddenly on each of their spheres, collected and neutral as always despite the creatures that had been gallivanting around the ship]

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[to anyone who's been watching the repair or the ships afar, the engineers seem to have stopped, and the ships are looking quite well now. and for everyone else, all active spheres have projected a familiar face for a little update]

Attention all non-commissioned and field-enlisted personnel. This is DIVA with an update on the status of the ships ( Read more... )

[all enemies suddenly stop attacking and convulse as if being electrocuted. after that? they all fall down, never to move again, their armor suddenly smoking from the joints.

it's only a few minutes later that DIVA appears on every active sphere to give her latest report]

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[familiar alarms go off in every ship, with the flashing red lights, and, coming from all active Spheres, DIVA's voice is still slightly garbled with her earlier brush with the anomaly. if anyone is looking outside the windows, they will notice a ship in the distance, with a few smaller ones that seem to be getting a lot closer]

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[outside the windows, the anomaly racks the ships, whipping them about and even making the station quaver. this unsettling turbulence continues for days before a bright light blinds those on the station to the space beyond, lasting several hours before it finally dims. relative serenity returns to the space outside, and not long after, the voice of ( Read more... )

[alarms go off in every ship, red lights flashing everywhere. all active crew Spheres project the image of a woman, speaking in her soothing voice that's almost inappropriate for the situation at hand]

Attention all non-commissioned and field-enlisted personnel. This is DIVA with an emergency broadcast ( Read more... )

[for the first time in a week, something other than stars is visible outside the starboard ports and viewing decks.

a space station turns slowly, steadily growing nearer, revealing it to be much larger than even the largest ship in the fleet - seven or eight times the size of the Uesugithere's a distinctive, mechanical three-note chime; a ( Read more... )

[following a distinctive, mechanical three-note chime, a miniature holographic image of a woman is projected from all active crew Spheres. a singularly soothing female voice is heard throughout all ships as the woman speaks]

Attention all non-commissioned and field-enlisted personnel. This is DIVA with the scheduled status update for the fleet's ( Read more... )