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3589: A Mutant Odyssey | daciasdesire | 2

 

You tell you girlfriend, naming one of the new class of fighter craft that had been developed to fight the increasing number of rebel ships that had been attacking the Academy's fleet.
"Oh, you pilot a combat ship," your girlfriend says in a slightly distasteful tone.

It had been long know that females made the better pilots. They were smoother with the controls and provided a much more comfortable ride for all the passengers aboard. That is why they were given almost solely transporters to fly. Males on the other hand possessed the pure aggression and will to destroy that was required in a fighter pilot. They flew their fair share of transports, almost, but comprised nearly ninety-nine percent of all the combat pilots.

"I thought you joined the Academy to fly peace missions?" your girlfriend presses you.
"I did, its just that they need new recruits to learn the prototype crafts and I did really well on all the test simulations," you say to try and alleviate her fears.
"Pilot ." You turn when you hear the voice of your superior flight instructor behind you calling out your name.
"Sir."
"Crews ready. Time for you flight drills."
"Meet me in my quarters later and we'll have dinner together tonight," you yell at your girlfriend as you fall in behind your teacher.

Your lessons in the new ship go well and you manage to pilot the craft will skill and a fair amount of daring. Your assessments have you second behind one other pilot by only 0.53% with just two weeks left in training. Your return to your quarters and find your girlfriend waiting for you having completed her missions also. She has already qualified as a transport pilot but you have sometime left, even though you have been in the academy longer, due to the newer, more sophisticated nature of your ship. You shower and change while she waits before leaving to the cafeteria for something to eat.

The food is plain and cooked in bulk as you would expect but are here for the company of your girlfriend, who you haven't seen in months, not the quality of the dining. After you have become reacquainted after your absences, conversation turns to some of the wilder rumor circling the Academy. "Have you heard what people are saying about the mutants as of late?" your girlfriend asks you.
"No. What's that?" you reply.
"They're saying that there has been reports made of mutants with that have developed superior intellects and not become mindless savages. They saying they have psychic powers and that they've formed an alliance with the rebel raiders."
"I find that very hard to believe. Everyone knows that the radiation destroys their brains."

Your dinner is then interrupted by the emergency alarm sounding and orange flashing lights coming on. A voice crackles through the loud speakers' saying...

 

What is the announcement for?

 
 

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