krowface | Terran Heavy Freighter

"Galaxy in Flames Ship Showcase: Terran Heavy Freighter" (Watch on YouTube)

Suddenly the CHIME of a hail notification cuts in for about two seconds. The Emergency Core, recognising the IFF tag as belonging to Consortium ships puts it through automatically. The sound of EERIE, LABORED BREATHING comes in over radio. The sound is slightly distorted, and so intense that it sounds as if the speaker has his or her headset mic pressed into their cheek.

AMY
(hushed, creeped out)
...Core? ... what is that?

EMERGENCY CORE
U.S.C. Freighter detected. Life support offline. Engines offline. Extensive damage to superstructure and vital systems. Escape pods have not launched. The vessel may have encountered hostile craft prior to your recent engagement.

Amy looks out the cockpit window. Her voice is small and awed, like that of a child after recent discipline from their parents. The dead freighter appears as a speck.

AMY
Dear God...

ZOOM IN - DEAD FREIGHTER

The freighter hangs floating in space, utterly ravaged. Its elements and components are highlighted as if from Amy's POV through her helmet HUD and marked with damage reports. Most of the main body of the ship is colored in red with a few green, undamaged sections.

GURGLING, LABORED BREATHING continues on the radio, interspersed with coughing.

AMY
(whispering)
He's dying.

EMERGENCY CORE
Affirmative. Breathing pattern is agonal. Death imminent.