Ok this your probably wonderin what the freak this is...huh?...Well like the title says it's a story written by Joel A.K.A NiGhTcRaWlEr...which some of you may know him as...and here's the story..
Adventure Through Space
By: Joel Matthews
Aboard the attack space craft Orion 5, the crew is working hard at their stations "How far until we reach the space station, Jones?" Captain Mannion asked "Another ten miles, sir" Jones replied, " we have it radar now." "Perfect," replied Mannion, " prepare the ship for docking" The space station, Jupiter 1, was now in sight through the front view porthole, it had taken NASA ten years to complete construction on the magnificent structure. It was the most advanced station that belonged to the U.S.A. It was made to accommodate a crew of 250 astronauts for four years, this would be the first mission for the new station. "Ten more feet to go, sir" Jones shouted out. "Prepare the main docking chamber." Captain John Mannion replied. There was a loud hissing sound as the main connecting tube joined up with entrance to the station. "We have soft lock" one of the lower ranked officers called out. There was another hissing sound as the tube was pressurized. The main docking chamber was secured. "Gentleman, we have successfully docked with the space station Jupiter 1, gather your belongings, this will be your home for the next 2 years, then we will clear the way for the next crew and return home to our families." Mannion's voiced crackled over the PA. As the men gathered their belongings, Captain Mannion took the opportunity to relax and think about what it would be like living on board the most advanced space station the world had ever seen. At the main docking chamber, the men waited anxiously for the Captain to arrive and open the main hatch. It had been a long flight, it had taken seven months, even using the new light speed plasma turbo engine NASA had designed four years earlier, the station was orbiting the planet Jupiter, this would be the first time man would see Jupiter with the naked eye. The captain arrived at the hatch 5 minutes later. "Gentleman, as you all know, this is the first mission for the new station, we will not know exactly what our mission is until we get inside." Mannion was delivering one of his little speeches. Mannion opened the main hatch of the ship and then preceded into the tube which lead to the main hatch on the space station. What he saw upon entrance amazed him, it was nothing short of a five star hotel with out the pool. He preceded farther into the station finding the crew quarters, which were basically hotel suites in space. Mannion found his room and logged onto the computer, which immediately pulled up the mission papers. They were to conduct test on the ships main thrusters and destroy any enemy that ventures too close. Meanwhile, in far reaches of the solar system, which was expanded to 20 planets, a craft from an enemy cult just made a jump to light speed heading straight for the newly civilized space station. After Commander Jones had settled in, he went exploring, finding the ships radar control room on the lower deck, he turned on the screen, which glowed emerald green. He shocked at what he saw. "Captain, you'd better down here. " Jones called up the captains room Mannion came down as fast as he could, "What is it, Jones?" "Take a look at this," Jones said pointing at the radar screen, "looks like we're gonna have visitors." An alarm sounded throughout the station followed by John Mannion's voice. "Attention, attention, we have an enemy ship on radar heading this way in light speed, this is not a drill, I repeat, not a drill, battle stations, man your battle stations" Every man onboard was shocked at what they heard, but they raced for the attack ships, which were docked around the station. In ten minutes there was loud whoosh of ships taking off from the station heading out towards the contact. Mannion and a crew of 15 raced towards the Orion, the Orion had far greater fire power then the smaller attack ships that were now racing towards the enemy ship at full speed. As they approached the enemy ship, they noticed the immense size, it dwarfed the Orion which was a pretty big ship on its own. The smaller, more agile attack ships looked like grains of sand next to this giant. The larger enemy ship opened fire first, turning the attack ships into space dust. There was only 2 ships left, one attack ship and the Orion. Not wanting to expose the Orion to the magnificent fire power of the enemy, Mannion stayed close to the hull, while the smaller attack ship out maneuvered the large cannons of huge alien craft. Inside the Orion, the crew was busy drawing up an attack plan, the first thing they to do was to take out the main cannon. They decided to use the Orion's new missiles, designed to destroy deadly asteroids, to take out the cannon. "Main torpedoes loaded, sir." the attack engineer called out. "Fire when ready, comrade." replied Mannion The attack engineer fired the large missiles which head straight on target, the next minute there was a large cloud of dust and gas as the big gun exploded, it had not been well built. "All right, now that the easy part is over, how do we go about destroying this big S.O.B.?" Mannion tried to crack to crack a joke. "The easiest way would be to destroy the main reactor plant." replied the technical officer. "All right, send an order down the attack ship, we're going to destroy thing from the rear end." the Captain called out The order was sent to the attack ship, both ships then headed towards the back of the large ship, this took a good 20 minutes. "What are we up to, sir?" Jones' voice crackled over the radio. "Jones? Is that you?" Mannion was glad to see him still alive. "Sure is Cap'n." Jones replied. "All right, we fire our all our nukes at the same time right up this S.O.B's fat rear end, this should completely destroy the reactor plant." the attack commander called out. "You hear that, Jones?" Mannion yelled out, "fire on my mark, three, two, one, mark, fire!" Eight nuclear warheads made their way in the engine compartment at the same time, it had been a clean shot. The warheads exploded, which started a chain reaction throughout the ship, an alarm could be heard going off on the inside, while smaller explosions took place on the outer hull of the ship. Both the Orion and the attack ship made their back to the station, the crews on both ships couldn't help but watch the enemy ship turn to floating space junk. "Gentleman, this is Captain John Mannion, when get back to the station, collect your belongings and then board the Orion at once, we're heading home, you hear that, Jones?" Mannion spoke into the PA and the radio. "Sure did, Cap'n, this is Jones, over and out." Jones replied As the smaller ship sped off to the station, Mannion couldn't help but think what had prompted the enemy to attack so soon, whatever the reason, he knew they'd be back. On board the station, Jones and the rest of the crew collected their belongings, most of it still unpacked, and headed back towards the Orion, they were going home, and they couldn't be happier Mannion thought to himself. The docking tube disengaged from the station and they were off, going home to see their families.