As I regained consciousness all I could think of was that even my worst hangovers NEVER felt this bad! Man!, did my head hurt. Emergency take offs are hard enough on a body when you are strapped in, unfortunately I did not have that luxury. The last thing I remembered before everything went black was climbing up the access ladder and closing the hatch just as the invasion ship rocketed skyward. Well, I guess I'll just have to add headaches to the list of things I don't have time for. I have to think... I've read all the debriefs about the various Strogg ships, but... Now, what do I remember about this class of Strogg vessel? Hmmm... She is one really big mother... THAT is for sure! That just means she'll make a bigger noise when I take her out, because she *AIN'T* going anywhere if I can help it!
If I remember correctly, the Invasion Class Carrier contains several key areas... I'll have to get to the Flux Engine Room and adjacent Core Generator Room in order to power up the engines. Then I can send this ship straight to hell and I think that nearby star will do quite nicely! Aw, shit that means I'll need to re-route this pile of scrap metal as well. I'll have to make it to the Navigation Console and input the new coordinates. What else?.... Damn this throbbing! Hard to think... Ummm yeah, I'm beginning to remember now... Those reports, they mentioned something called Turignon Tubes - don't they lead to an emergency teleport to the commander's private shuttle? If I can make it there maybe.. just maybe.. I can make it home. So, all I have to do is fire up this baby and set course for the nearest sun, shut down ship security, find the computers which control access to the Turignon shaft, take out what remains of the Strogg Invasion Force and hope I haven't forgotten anything too important. Piece of cake! Crap! Did I mention that my week has REALLY sucked?!
Still... Something's nagging at the back of my brain - details I must've skimmed over while reading the debriefs. Wait a minute?! How the hell am I going to get around the ship?!.. Everything is damn DNA encoded!.. SHIT! SHIT! SHIT!... There has got to be miles and miles of ducts all over this ship this size... I better hope so... or this is going to be a pretty quick trip with a VERY unhappy ending.. MINE!... I vaguely recall other parts of the ship being mentioned but they were sketchy at best - not surprising really considering how infrequently a human actually get's off a Strogg vessel alive... Hang on, weren't there rumours of an onboard Black Hole Generator, Missile Launch Systems, and a Prisoner Processing Plant? Trouble is they muddle all the important stuff in with the routine areas like the Cargo Bays, Water Treatment Conduits and Hazardous Material Pools and shit. I wished I had paid more attention during that briefing - none of my worst case scenario simulations ever came up with this one!
Well.. that is enough thinking, time to start improvising.. it can't get any worse... can it?... Can It?!!
