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[i][b]~~~~~~Port Royal - Calm Seas / Rocky Reef - Trident Hull/Bow~~~~~~[/b][/i]

Power was being stretched thin once again. Though he was still busy working on clearing up the message sent to him, Nomis still took time to monitor the progress of the Birugs he had sent off to deal with the new arrivals on the hull. While the screen revealed the quickness in which each of the Birugs appeared to be dealt with, the echoing sounds of explosions from further down the length of the ship was the real indicator to how things were going. Yet it still didn’t seem to faze Nomis, the man soon adding more power to the array even when it meant weakening the bubble-like shield that surrounded the outskirts of the reef and everything within it. 

Swiping his hand once more, sending a handful more of the Birugs to the source of the fighting, Nomis’ attention came fully back to the screen, the message once more repeating, this time much clearer than before. 

“[color=0054a6][i]This is Thyia, message rece….. Master Clacverk. Ilios is being informed this second. Additional informati…has also bee...re.eived and examined. Estim……..time of available Lyphemus class ship to locati…is that...four hours, 14 minu…tr..smission end.[/i][/color]”

It was at that moment the shield of energy rippled throughout its surface, as if something had struck it suddenly. Glancing to the distance, Nomis’ eyes glared at the sight of a Gummi Ship, something no ordinary person would have means to owning, even those confiscated by the Empire usually had some kind of markings, yet it was clear this was not the case. At full operation something so small wouldn’t have even gotten close to the outer shields, the weapons more than capable of obliterating the tiny ship, something like this only being possible with the event of the crash and the drain in power by just keeping the basic systems online. 

"[b][color=004b80]Hey, get back![/color][/b]" Roared a voice from the newly arrived ship, the weapons latched onto its sides suddenly firing before a series of loud explosions echoed louder from the source of the fighting, and coming in time with the immediate deletion of the red Birug dots on the second screen. 

Things were beginning to get out of hand, and that was something Nomis was not going to allow again. Already the scientist was busy with the console the message came through, the green text soon reappearing to tell its user that the actions were immediately done. 

[color=007236][i]...Command(Lyphemus System Re-Order):

Power Distribution Order (Previous):

Enabled

(1)Internal Carbon Dioxide Converters 
(2)Internal Magnetic Locks (Floor 12 - Sections A1/E9)
(3)Internal Magnetic Locks (Floors 1/11, Floors 13/20)
(4)Internal Sensors
(5)T.R.I.D.E.N.T Class C Shield Emitters 
(6)Central Processing
(7)Long Range Communications Array
(8)Short Range Communications Array
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Power Distribution Order(Current)

Enabled

(1)T.R.I.D.E.N.T Class C Shield Emitters 
(2)Long Range Communications Array
(3)Central Processing
(4)External Sensors
(5)Secondary Weapons

Disabled

(6)Internal Carbon Dioxide Converters 
(7)Internal Magnetic Locks (Floor 12 - Sections A1/E9, Automatic Sealing)
(8)Internal Magnetic Locks (Floors 1/11, Floors 13/20, Automatic Sealing)
(9)Internal Sensors
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The first thing to be noticed was that of the shield. What had once been completely invisible suddenly shimmered into existence, the light blue energy that made it up now much clearer, tinting everything that laid beyond the shield in the brighter colour. While the rest of the functions wouldn’t be as noticeable unless used, the way the shield seemed that much more stable was the important part of the reordering. 

It was now that Nomis finally turned his sights down towards the back of the ship, the vague sight of what appeared to be the Gummi Ship already having landed during the time he was busy enacting the new commands. The Birugs he had sent down were nothing but scrap and gears now, he could sense it as he raised his clawed hand in their direction, and though there were many more still buzzing around the array tower with him, the older man now had a better use for the destroyed swarm he had sent originally. 

[b][i]~~~~~~Port Royal - Calm Seas / Rocky Reef - Trident Warship/Stern~~~~~~[/i][/b]

As the two groups began to reunite and introduce their new companions to the others, the shattered steel and gears strewn across the entire hull soon took on a familiar dark glow, the gears themselves the first to react before affecting the rest of the scraps. Suddenly it was like a wave of mice or rats skittering around the legs of Asahina, Shizuki and the others, the dark gears of various sizes moving together as if they were alive, the force of them just moving appearing to be more than enough to attract the metal pieces that made up the Birug’s casing, the entire swarm ignoring those around them in order to gather upon the landed Gummi Ship. Building from the hull of the cruiser up, the gears along with their raw resources soon took the shape of what could only be described as claws, their grasp spreading over the surface of the Gummi’s with every passing second until the points of all eventually crossed paths over the top of the ship itself, completing the cage like shape it had become. 

Though the ticking of the familiar gears could be heard like before the Birugs had just arrived, this time while being much closer than the flying machines, the sound was more dulled, the scraps the gears brought having doubled up during the cage’s construction, clearly to further stop any sort of escape act. While it was clear they were in no way capable of fighting back in their current form, the added layers would most likely give the living gears time to adapt and repair if damaged head-on. 

[b][i]~~~~~~Port Royal - Calm Seas / Hallways of Trident Warship~~~~~~[/i][/b]

With the majority of the Arianhods destroyed, their scrap metal bodies littering the floor around the telekinetic wielder, those that remained soon began to back away from the man and the range of the force he had used to completely break the other spider-like machines. While the sound of the robots squeaks and clicks of gears made it sound as if they were communicating with one another, everything, including the Arianhods themselves, went silent the moment power seemed to immediately cut off through the entire hallway, plunging it into darkness. 

The next noise of something changing was that of the repeated slamming of the heavy steel doors that were common throughout the ship, the shutters echoing loudly as they sealed themselves up, even the familiar glow of the doors consoles appearing dead to the world. The most troubling sound however was something that was very important, especially to the living Shinto, that of the many vents which collected and redistributed the re-oxygenated air throughout the ship, going deathly silent.   

While the now finite air within the hallway and others would last long for a single person as they were, it was unfortunate for Shinto this was not to be the case. The sudden event of complete darkness seemed to cause the Arianhods to re-evaluate the situation, the only sign of light now coming from the brief glow of the lenses from the machines just before their blasts of energy fired upon Shinto. Though some blasts would no doubt be redirected, the familiar sound of the lasers striking the surrounding metal walls along with the smell of smoke meant only one inevitability, that in time the oxygen within the hallway would be replaced with a heavy cloud of laser burnt smoke.