"Well a friend of Sam's is a friend of mine...relax a bit bud..I carry this rifle to stop bad things from happening.."
The Captain rolls her eyes with a face similar to a child seeing their parents kiss. "Well, regardless o'yer mushy feelin's, Miss Owen makes a right point--I plan we needs, and a plan we has. Ye see," and here she flicks a few more switches, bringing up images of the many past vessels which met their demise heeding the Siren's Call, each of varying size and origin, "I actually did me research fer this trip, and I found that there was a lot o'similaritudes wiff th'other ships what made this trip. Namely, they was standard issue. Plenty o' Falcon Class, Eagle Class, even a few Condors, big fella's right there... Anyhow, th'point is, where they went carousin' in wiff yer basic flight package, we be goin' in wiff special modifications--speed boosts fer breakin' past atmosphere 'nd any major threats, stealthy systemizations fer avoidin' th'threats in th'first place, I fink I 'eard some'fin 'bout high grade explosives... All kinds o'fun things!" Here her smile splits wider as she gestures to the local Novakid scientist. "Me Fateful Phateon, if ye'd be so kind as t'elaborate fer th'crew?"
" O-oh...uhm....yes...." Phateon stands up as he dusts of his robe " The reaction mass afterburners allow us easily outmaneuver many ships...even the small fighter types... The tachyon sink allows a single use....allowing us to go fifty-eight times faster than normal FTL....and a good bit farther..... We also have a photon refractor....a-allowing us to be invisible on the visible spectrum.... I also installed a null-wave gravity device.... The only way we can be seen is on a infrared spectrum...which the Tinderbox already has masking abilities for that.... "
"My, quite the list of 'accoutrements'; one might even say 'excessive'. So, how skookum is the tachyon gig anyway? You mentioned that it was dangerous; so I might want to know a few things before I kick 'em into gear. Last thing we need is a random explosion 'cause the containment fails or something."
"Yeah, it's a faster than light particle; so I understand what they'd be useful for. After all, something faster than light's gotta have an insane amount of energy; and like all high energy particles, they can be hazardous."
Will looks off as if trying to recall something, then looks back at him, "Naa..science was a rough ride for me..anything else though..I got ya covered.."
" Yes! A tachyon is a faster than light particle! The tachyon sink just catches them! All we have to do is initiate the tachyon sink. Wait a minute or two then turn it off! "
"And then it just acts like a battery for 'go-juice'? Okay, good to know; not sure how useful fifty-eight times normal FTL is gonna be useful in the sphere of influence of a planet. Sounds like we'd overshoot everything." Lucca's grin returns. "But it'll certainly help when we need to skedaddle from trouble."
Phateon rubs his hands together " I-I tried using a tachyon sink on a drone one time.....A-and I'm not allowed within three systems of the Litics system anymore...."
Lucca's grin vanishes again. "So there's still the risk of it going 'splody? 'Cause I haven't got a clear answer on that one."
" S-sploded...y-yes....C-caused a magnitude 9.7 localized planetquake and a class four tsunami....y-yes also... "
"How many 'jumps' did you get out of that thing before it went 'pop'? I like watching explosions from a safe distance, but being part of one is not fun."
