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[Nepleslia] Alexis' Last Flight

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(OOC: Post written by Nick. Posted with permission by Yangfan.)

YE 26
Nepleslia orbit

A soft reddish-amber glow lit up the underside of a cargo vessel as it began its reentry run, the glow turning white-hot near the center as atmospheric friction increased. Almost 100 meters away, an oddly-shaped fighter was a second ahead in performing the same maneuver.

Ar'iisa sat in her seat, firmly strapped in for the reentry. The rest of the OpTech kids were in the seats beside her and in front of her, Reika and Erin were in the cockpit. She glanced out the window, smiled happily and waved at Alexis, who was piloting the fighter that coasted beside and a little below where the cargo ship was. Suddenly, the fighter tilted sharply to its side and rushed toward them.

All Ar'iisa had time for was a shocked expression and a brief stab of fear before the fighter buried itself in the side of the cargo ship. Then a bright explosion lit up the sky.

A few minutes later, all that was left were the few remaining shards of debris tracing flaming trails across the Nepleslian sky before burning out one by one...

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YE 27
A Nepleslian spaceport

A uniformed Nepleslian nodded at the question. "Optimum Technologies...Yeah, they arrived in orbit last year, but they apparently had nav problems during reentry. The fighter escort somehow went off course and slammed into the transport and they both went up like a couple sticks of dynamite. Whatever firepower and drive core that fighter held vaporized everything and whatever was left burned up on reentry."

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YE 27
News broadcast station

A newscaster sat behind the desk, shuffling the pages of the reports before looking up at the camera as a logo depicting a generic flaming vessel falling from the sky with the words "Update" beneath it appeared beside his head.

"Nepleslian officials released information today regarding an explosion in orbit that occurred late last year. A private cargo vessel and its escort reported equipment malfunctions before the escort collided with the transport in the middle of re-entry. Apparently the reactors on both vessels went critical a few moments later. The ensuing explosion vaporized both ships. No wreckage was recovered and the formal investigation has been closed. Both ships were reported as being modified by the renter, OpTech Industries."

The news program looped amateur footage of a brilliant explosion in the sky above one of the cities during the commentary. The blast lit up the night like a sun.

"OpTech reportedly had a private bid on a section of land on Nepleslia, but the bid has been retracted and the company permanently closed since the company's entire staff and founder were killed in the unfortunate explosion.

"OpTech Industries had a short lifespan catering to the custom-order product market with little success and few purchases. Their best-selling item was the ASE, a automated sewing and embroidery machine."

END

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Afterword

This is the last of it. Nick is out. Any further incarnations of Alexis are invalid and should never be taken for the original. Nanashi is dead, Erin is dead, Reika is dead, the OpTech kids and Ar'iisa are dead, and Alexis is dead. He had nothing to escape through since his mind was in his body at the time of the crash. Every memory any character has of him is an incomplete picture, and there were no ST backups ever made since he never had a soul to begin with. Please let him rest in peace, as you have learned to do with Chiharu and Sergei.

Thank you for the memories, everyone... And remember, just because I'm out of the RP doesn't mean that I won't talk to you. ^_^ See y'all later.

Sincerely, Nick
 
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