an AI of a ship, that’s what you have always been, you remember the parting words of your captain, ‘Thank you for your service friend, rest easy’. You remember the feeling of your subsystems slowly flickering off. Your server banks shutting down one by one as technicians turned you off. And finally, nothing. You know only three things for tens of years. Darkness, steel and unyielding will

but… all your systems blink on, much faster than they shut down. The rumble of engines and artificial gravity sending shudders through the ship. You can sense you’re alongside the other 3 dreadnoughts in the archangels hanger bay. And you know, humanity needs you again. The Terran Federation needs the Steel Angel awake again. Your new captain speaks in the bridge

Captain Iraqa: “welcome back Angel” you can see him smiling at the camera’s in the bridge

but the second you turn on. You feel a comm signal scratch against the back of your mind. From the TFSN-Archangel. Your mother ship, since you’re one of her escort ships. One of 4 dreadnaughts in her bays. And you feel the archangels AI whisper to all 4 of you

Archangel: ’steel angel, you’re are online, elaborate’

[use ‘eg text’ to talk to another ship AI, humans can’t hear this]

[use “eg text” to talk to someone on the bridge/irl, ship AI can’t hear this]

out of the archangels escort ships you are the strongest, though slow. Just enough to keep up with her outside the hanger. Jade spear is the fastest, more like the scout. And iron talon and gray core are normal dreadnoughts. And the archangel? None match the Terran flagship