61This is practically unedited and sh-eye-t, please gloss over any mistakes, for it wasn't supposed to go on FanFic anyway. But I have released it for criticism. No terrible horrible criticism though.
Space. A vast expanse of emptiness. Cold, quiet, empty space. But some sounds ricochet through space; the sounds of death. Screams of the injured and wounded, those condemned to die. The sounds of those who have passed yell the loudest, the silence is almost deafening.
We are entering a low orbit now sir.
None know it more than the Vikings of the Barbaric Quadrant. Vikings were the descendants of the Vikings of old, from the once graceful Earth, located at the center of the Ruined Quadrant, the quadrant of the galaxy that has been completely decimated by the most powerful race in the universe, the Vyil, but all know the did it, when provoked by the Humans.
The Vyil are ten foot tall winged humans, born and evolved on a planet where the gravity was 20G's, They are far stronger, faster and more powerful than anything else. The sport Wings on their backs, ranging from; feather to scale, bird to dragon.
They spent three years, in heated battles destroying planets with unimaginable weapons, But once they had wrecked the first quadrant, they left, nothing has been seen of them since.
This planet, is capable of supporting a colony sir. Fertile lands, Nitrogen/Oxygen atmosphere.
Humans have been scattered across the galaxy, many of them in large generation ships. One of these graceful giants of a ship, was called Berk, the British slang word for stupid. (Don't look it up, I have...made it PG for my readers.)
The Berk was slowly entering a low orbit around a planet in the Barbaric Quadrant, a planet they were planning on settling on.
"Captain, we have successfully entered a low orbit, scanning planet surface for viable colony location" The pilot informed. "But we have low sensory telemetry of the surrounding space." The Captain of the vessel, was Chief Captain Stoick 'The Vast' Haddock, well known for his excellent decision making and his mountainous frame. His second in command, Commander Spitelout Jorgenson.
"Send a squadron of dragon fighters into geostationary orbit, to warn us of any danger." Stoick commanded. "Tell CDC to launch their ships, and inform Engineering to begin shield upgrades on the double." CDC, standing for Colony Deployment Command, were in command of setting up a suitable colony on the planet's surface., which they promptly did so, launching four cargo and passenger shuttles and six Nadder class Dragon Fighters as escorts.
"Engineering, this is the bridge, come in?" This time it was the co-pilot.
"This is Engineering, bridge I read you, how can we help?" The resident Chief Engineer, Gobber replied.
"Capt'n requests shield upgrades to start and be completed on the double." The co-pilot informed Gobber.
"Will do. Engineering out." Gobber finished, he hated speaking to the snobby people on the bridge. "Team, start doing shield upgrades, captain wants them complete on the double. Hiccup, you're with me!" With a cry, the engineering staff gave a confirmation of their orders. Meanwhile, a rugged muscled lanky man, about the age of twenty slid his way down a ladder to the left of Gobber.
"Shall we get started?" He inquired Gobber smiled at his confident crooked smile.
"Come on Hiccup, you know that we can't have shields active while we upgrade them." Gobber said. Both males moved to a large panel on the wall, taking it off to examine the conduits and data cells inside. Hiccups hand clasped a large dial. Slowly turning it, the four large conduits slowed in pulsating, before they stopped altogether. Gobber informed his multiple teams around the ship to swap out the data cells in each of the emitters.
"If the shield are down when we are attacked, we don't have enough dragon fighters to fend off the attackers. This is why the shields are important Hiccup." Gobber informed
"I know Gobber" Hiccup deadpanned. "You have taught me this before. We both know these shield upgrades are overdue. We worked on the calculations together, we can strengthen the shield sixty-seven percent, while decreasing power consumption be thirty-four percent." Hiccup played and turn several smaller dials, noting the changes he was making to the emitters, on a screen within the wall panel.
Dragon Fighters were the main form of fighter mixed with small-craft that was present throughout the galaxy. There were hundreds of different types, but the main classes of Dragon fighters were; Gronkle, a heavy attack bomber and capable of transporting troops, Nadder. the primary attack class with laser-gats and micro missile launchers along the tail, one of the fastest of the classes. Zippleback, two man ship, one gunner, one pilot, self-explanatory. Monstrous-Nightmare, The largest of common fighters, often known by the slang, Mother Gunner, it has many laser-gat turrets, missiles, and a small squadron of Terror-Drones, It can also transport three squadrons of troops.
Then there was the most powerful craft of all, only one in existence, The Nightfury, With the only one stationed on Berk. No one knows who the pilot of this magnificent spacecraft is. The craft is perfectly sleek, devoid of all seams and rough edges and colored completely black, the Nightfury has no visible engines, or weapons. It has no landing gear and is in constant VTOL, hovering just 4 meters off the ground. The whole ship seems to be one big gun, the energy of the weapons materializing on the hull before accelerating towards it target, never missing. IT travels on its own volition, being the only Fighter class ship to travel at QTL (Quicker than light). It never lets anyone touch it. Its technology was far more advanced than what the humans could achieve.
Hiccup and Gobber waited for the response from Gobbers team to continue with their upgrade. Once the response came, they began their work. Recalibrating systems and exchanging data cells. The work was complicated but they knew what they were doing.
Back on the bridge the captain was informed on the status of the Shield upgrades by the bridges Engineer envoy, before being interrupted by the pilots cry.
"Missiles! Port Side!" He screamed. The ship rocked with four great explosions on the port side of the ship. "We're venting atmosphere and have obtained minimal damage."
"What have we got!" Captain Stoick bellowed
"Outcast warships, coming in from our port side." The pilot panicked. "Returning fire!"
"Do we have shields?"
"No captain, I have lost contact with Engineering. Several reports state that conduits blew within Engineering" Another officer said.
The ship rocked back and forth, as the warships fired upon them. Dragon Fighters were deployed to counter. The Berks' Port side weapon banks were targeted first, most of the weapons had been destroyed.
Meanwhile in Engineering, alarms blared as steam and smoke poured from damaged pipes and conduits. Hiccup was at a console trying to complete the upgrade in a rush, Gobber was with an injured crew member, leaning him against the wall.
Gobber returned to the panel to complete the cellarbrations, which were almost done anyway. An explosion went off on the upper floor of the Core room, knocking a crew member down off the catwalk, onto a console. Gobber completed the cellarbrations and hobbled back towards Hiccup, who was desperately trying to complete several digital circuit patterns to precisely give the correct amount of power to the new upgrades. Too much power could lead to a reactor overload, to little could lead to a black out. Both were not good options at the moment. Gobber tried to help, by moving to the other console, but was caught in explosion, blowing him away from the console and knocking him unconscious. Hiccup completed the patterns and raced over to check on Gobber.
Aside from a few burns and cuts he was fine. Hiccup quickly moved back to the blown out console, hoping it was still operational. It wasn't. He would have to perform the power drive manually. Moving back to the wall panel, he turned the large dial back to full. He then made his way over to the steaming reactor core and manually input the codes required to start the shields. Moving back to the first console, Hiccup noticed that the shields weren't initializing, but that was an easy fix with an angry fist slamming on the console.
With the shields raised it was still very little help, with not enough power reaching the emitters due to damaged power relays, the shields were at thirteen percent and falling, fast. Although the Dragon Fighters had done a good job. One of the Outcast warships was heavily damaged and on a dangerous collision course with the Berk.
The collision was unavoidable with the shields taking too much strain, they collapsed, causing several of the emitters to short circuit and blow out. The Nightfury managed to deal with most of the rear section of the Warship, break it away from the ship. But a large chuck still collided with the Berk causing major damage to the ship.
"Sir we are losing orbit...Fast!" The co-pilot screamed.
The captain looked distressed, unsure on his next decision. "A-Abandon ship...Abandon Ship!" Stoick cried, the message being broadcast all over the ship, or what was left of it.
Engineering was a mess, debris littered the floor and explosions rocked every five or more seconds. Fires had broke out, one major one was coming from the shield panel. Hiccup was at a console doing what he could to stop the chances of a reactor core meltdown. HE told everyone to leave, which they did without question. Soon it was only him in the engine room, or the Forge as Gobber used to joke. Sweat was pouring from Hiccup's brow as he gave up. The escape pods launched and gone, he was alone on a crashing ship with no way out.
The ship started to rock and shake as it careened through atmosphere of the planet. The air resistance heating the metal at the front of the ship. It wasn't long before the ship hit the ground at full force. One hundred and three lower decks instantly crushed on impact, including Engineering.
Hope you like this concept idea, if you enjoy let me know, and if you want me to continue I'll give it thought. This originally wasn't supposed to see the light of FanFiction but here it is. Out for you guys and gals. Hope you enjoyed.
Please do NOT use anything to do with the Vyil They are of my own creation and I have been developing them for a year now for a project I am working on. Thank you
That's it for now…
Attero.