>>5139977You didn’t get this far by just waiting on what the sea had to throw at you, so you settle on a far more proactive solution. Selecting a shark that’s nestled into one of your torpedo tubes, you optimize it for reconnaissance, its eyes widening, its senses sharpening in the seconds before it’s speared into the open seas. It hurtles towards the roiling storm on the blood-red horizon, and you wait with your heart beating in time with the waves slamming against your hull.
You can see through its glossy black eyes, staring straight ahead as it closes the gap with startling speed, the biomechanical rotors in place of its tail blessing it with speeds beyond nature’s crafting. As your envoy draws closer, the true from of the hurricane manifests—what you took for billowing storm clouds are in truth a cyclone of innumerable car-sized flies, buzzing around the bloated form of a colossal tortoise-like Amalgam. Its black shell is pitted with innumerable holes from which pour forth its fetid swarm, while its head resembles a frog’s distended features but with a chipped calcite beak. It's picking up speed, and with it bearing down on you full force there’s little time to get out of its way…
…you like when things are simple.
You claws snap shut, raking forwards in time with your cannons’ swiveling to aim on your onrushing foe. Your carnivorous constructs writhe in their torpedo tubes, sensing the hope of carnage in the air as you call out to all on board.
“Attention, passengers and crew—the storm ahead of us has been identified as an Amalgam.” You calmly inform them, waves of brutal acid crashing over your bow as the winds intensify. “Active crew, please stay on duty to address any damages. Should the need arise, I will-“
“May I be of assistance?”
The woman that’s stepped onto your bridge has to duck under the doorframe, her seven-foot frame a vibrating in place even as she takes a knee before your consoles.
“Vector…I feel as though it would be rude of me to request help from our guests before we’ve even engaged the enemy.” You reply, meeting the glowing viridian spheres that are her eyes with your own manifold stare.
“It’s the least we can do to repay your kindness.”
“You’ve already paid your fare in full.” You counter, keeping an eye on the creature in the distance.
“Dealing with constructs is my specialty.” Vector informs you, tilting her head towards your common enemy.
You don’t have time to play politeness-judo with your passenger, so the only question that remains is how best to approach the storm’s nexus.
>>Open with torpedoes—if your guess is right, then this thing’s underbelly could be a point of weakness.>>Start off with an artillery barrage to thin out the swarm and draw out any possible countermeasures.>>Unleash you entire arsenal, in full—holding back is a fine way to get yourself killed on the open seas.>>Write-InCHART YOUR COURSE
