Chapter 158 - Culinary exam (3) (1/2)
”F.U.C.K! VBIED!!”
Following his training to the letter Dax opened up the distance as fast as he could while shielding his head in an attempt to increase his chances to survive the blast. As the energy signature peaked the copse closest to Dax started glowing red as it detonated. The relatively small blast generated an electromagnetic pulse which traveled towards Dax at the speed of light, beating the qitons reaction speed and knocking out his ICI unit along with the rest of Dax's cybernetic implants.
CRITICAL SYSTEMS FAILURE DETECTED, RUNNING EMERGENCY DIAGNOSTICS… COMPLETE, PRINTING COMPONENT STATUS:
ICI V 20,5 'OMEGA': OFFLINE, CRITICAL SYSTEM FAILURE, REBOOT UNABLE.
EYE OF ARGOS: OFFLINE, CRITICAL COMPONENT FAILURE.
LAZARUS DEEP STORAGE: OFFLINE, CRITICAL COMPONENT FAILURE.
MAIN LINK 4: OFFLINE, CRITICAL COMPONENT FAILURE, EMERGENCY PURGE COMPLETE.
PRIMARY LIFE SUPPORT: OFFLINE, CRITICAL SYSTEMS FAILURE.
SECONDARY LIFE SUPPORT: OFFLINE, REBOOTING… REBOOT COMPLETE, COMENCE REVIVAL.. REVIVAL COMPLETE, AUXILIARY SYSTEMS ONLINE.
SYSTEMS ONLINE, DOWNTIME: 9 SECONDS.
With his cybernetic life support systems rebooted Dax once more became able to move, quickly shaking off the horrible feedback pain that came with using any cybernetics without a functioning ICI unit to filter out the false feedback as he examined the surroundings.
”F.u.c.k.i.n.g hell..”
Dax found himself lying a few meters from the point of detonation and immediately scanned his surroundings. The blast appeared to have primary been to generate an electromagnetic pulse, so the actual explosive blast had been relatively mild, still it had done more than enough to have been extremely effective.
(ICI is knocked out… So is coms, I'm moving blind.)
”Still alive? Interesting..”
”!!!”
Having been disoriented by the explosion and EMP Dax noticed it too late. Without warning a spear pierced Dax's chest near his left shoulder, his qiton physiology and armored skin offering no resistance as he was pinned to the floor.
”Stay put. I still need to stabilize the portal.”
Being pinned to the floor and having his rotator cuff tendons mostly served Dax lost the use of his remaining arm, but being the go getter he was Dax used his core and legs to twist his body, forcefully ripping the spear out of the ground and freeing him as he manually tasked still operating gray matter in his bloodstream to get his arm back into working condition. Ripping out the spear with the aid of his teeth Dax flung it back at the figure that had attacked him with it as he opened the range and tried to flee.