[b]Somewhere in Space,
IRN Norico-Class Frigate, [i]Zhongzhu[/i][/b]
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"God, I can't believe that idiot." Captain Otome Huanan brow tightened as her tail angrily flicked back and forth, "What kind of moron smacks a 'to the tenth power' on the end of a FTL-jump equation?"
"Admiral, you should be so hard on him..." the XO Shenshi weakly mused.
"AND WHY SHOULDN'T I?! THANKS TO THAT FUCKER WE'RE NOW GOING THROUGH UNKOWN SPACE AT THE SPEED OF SHIT THAT CAME OUT OF HIS MOUTH!"

Otome sank to her chair and put a hand on her forehead, ever since that new guy showed up, anything bad that could happen happened. He managed to dump the entirety of his drink on to her files, dropped a load of ammunition that went off in the corridor like fireworks on drugs, and now this shit. Why would anyone need to add that many zero to a number in the first place? 

She sighed, "When will the damn techies find us a new FTL-drive to use?" The vice-admiral opened her mouth but Otome snapped at her saying "It was a rhetorical question."

"Well, on the bright side, we're almost out of FTL." Shenshi sung as she ordered the crew around for the preparations to come out of FTL, "All hands prepare to come out of FTL, resume Sakurite Generators on Captain's go."

Otome expected to see empty space, maybe a meteor or a gas giant or two, but the IRN Zhongzhu got a much larger, explosive surprise. They arrived to see a myriad of railgun blasts and missiles being shot over a gigantic planet, explosions and chaos all around; clearly what ever planet they arrived at wasn't in the best state. Some of the crew asked each other if they should begin shooting too.

"No! We will not start firing off our guns like monkeys with cannons! And where the fuck are we? Shenshi!" Otome shot out of her seat as the puzzled crew looked at the space battle like a very confusing movie. 
"Um... Um..." The XO ran her fingers across screens and holopads, looking at starcharts and planetary directories, "Umm... We don't have a name for this planet, its currently listed as 'Astomn-132'."

The bridge fell silent as the fighting paused outside, both sides seemed to be too intrigued on whatever just came out of FTL to shoot at each other. The crew of the Zhongzhu stared at the ships who in turn felt as if they were staring back at them. No one moved, only the gentle hum of machinery and rush of air from the vents broke the silence. The air of tension and surprise was heavier than the oxygen content in the air

"Captain," one of the communications officers finally broke the eternal silence, "We're getting two messages at the same time."
"Patch them through one at a time." Captain Otome sat back down in her chain and straightened her hat as the projector feed opened up to reveal a hulking body speaking to her in some alien language she had not idea what it was. She, along with some other of her cremates tried to talk back but clearly Shintoshi and whatever the giant was speaking didn't mix well. Even one of the engineers who had taught xeno-communication some years earlier had no idea. Despite all of the awkwardness and strange first encounter, they seemed to be along the lines of "friendly giants".

The second time, didn't go too well, they were (most likely) the same race as the being from the first transmission. There was noticeable amounts of un-called for aggressiveness against them which Captain Otome clearly did not appreciate. Perhaps not everyone heard of the concept of being friendly. She barely listened to the creature's ranting as she picked at her nails with one hand while pretending to be interested in what ever the hell he was saying.

"That was a fucking mess." Captain Otome sighed as she put her hat on the end of her armrest, "Alright people, congratulations, we've made first contact with a new race, now lets the the hell out of here, its not like we have any god damn diplomats on board to make this official. Shehshi, bookmark this place and get started on the calculations home to you. Remember, short bursts."
"Roger, Seris, help me with these will ya?" the XO began to write out equations.
"Copy that XO Shenshi." the ship's AI popped up next to him and began the complex calculation process.

As the crew prepared once again to go FTL, the entire ship rocked as a something hit it. Alarms went off as the crew rushed about what the hell was going on.
"Seris! Report!" Otome grabbed on to the edge of her seat the the bridge violently shook.
"We seem to be under fire from one of the sides." Seriz calmly said as ever, "I am afraid I cannot say who though, shall I attempt to hack into the computers of the enemy ships?"
"Fine by me," The captain recovered from the initial shock, "Damage control, how does it look?"
"Starboard side has taken some hits! The shields were at minimal but managed to block off some of the worst. We've sealed off the damaged compartments."
"Alright then," Captain Otome once again put on her hat and adjusted it with her slender hands, "Return fire! If they think they can shoot at the Emperor's finest like scrap metal targets, then we'll show them the strength of the IRN! All hands to arms!"

The crew cheered and rushed to their posts; orders where being shouted, updates where reported, gunners ran to their turrets as they emerged from the ship, and the MAD cannon was being spun up.
"Sakurite Generator out put is at 98%."
"Redirecting Gravitational Well power to main battery."
"Magnetic Coils are warming up, t-minus 2 minutes."
"Reformatting central computer for combat."

The [i]Zhongshu[/i] turned towards the starboard side to face the barrage of fire that was still being sustained like a heavy hail storm. With the captain's orders, the MAD cannon fired, piercing through at least on decently sized ship right down the middle and clipping the port side of another. As the main gun reloaded, the batteries opened up as the other side resumed their firing as well. The constant barrage of fire lit up the dark space like fireworks, shells and missile pelting the [i]Zhongshu[/i]'s shields. The MAD cannon fired again and again into the mass of ships, leaving beautiful trails as it streaked into space and dealing damage.

Captain Otome smiled, she had forgot how much she enjoyed battles like this.