Chapter 137 The Pursuit 5 (2/2)

Although speeding up thrice was very good, he didn't know the range of the FTL Jammers the enemy was using, if he really took the risk to activate the overclock, it exist the chance of them unable to flee, the engine exploding, or the scenario that John wishes to see, they successfully escape.

”Warning! Side hatch has been opened.”

It was a gamble that John had in his hand.

”Side hatch has been closed.”

”Wait...” John suddenly thought of something, ”SAIL, can the time be increased if I stop the usage of power within the the ship?”

”Yes, by turning off all unnecessary power usage, the overclock could go on for a few more second before the engine reaches critical and could explode at any moment. Probable amount given: 5 to 10 seconds.”

John clicked his tongue.

*Crack*

*BOOM*

The ship violently shook as they were hit by one energy beam.

Such powerful beam could easily penetrate the weak shield around John's spaceship.

Red alerts appeared on the console as it showed the damage they received from the direct hit of such weapon.

”Damnit.” John cursed as he recovered himself.

While he was occupied thinking of a solution, they were hit and taken such heavy damage.

”Warning!” SAIL spoke, ”Direct hit detected. Damage partially absorbed by the Forcefield. Forcefield capacity dropped to 54%. Remnants of the highly concentrated laser beam penetrated the shield. Thruster 6 have been destroyed.”

”What!?” John checked the console and saw that the sixth thruster had stop working.

Such blow wouldn't change their speed in the space's vacuum if they were simply going straight in a line, but since John had to keep turning and twisting, the loss of a single thruster could be fatal as it would make maneuvering and acceleration a little slower, slower enough for them to be hit by a few more bullets and energy beams.

[There's no more time to hesitate!] John's eyes flashed with determination as he opened his mouth to speak, ”Peri, put on the-”

The moment he turned around, he saw that Peri had a small grey cylinder on her back.

Of course John recognized the object, it was one of his ship's Breathing EPP.

He was about to ask for Peri to put on a spacesuit, but from the looks of it, it was unnecessary.

”I heard your conversation with the AI.” Peri explained, ”I can probably guess what you are going to do.”

”Well...” John embarrassedly scratched his head as he remembered the fact that he was so focused that he ignored Peri's existence and only talked with SAIL, ”This at least spare us time.”

Breathing EPP. EPP stands for Environment Protection Pack, which basically is a device that creates a thin barrier between the wearer and the outside to protect him/her from planetary hazards and dangerous environments, such as lava, poison, radiation, and lack of oxygen.

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Each EPP had it's use, the one that Peri was using could carry a specific amount of breathable air to explore, or survive, in places that doesn't have air.

Such device wasn't that expensive, but John didn't have one, at least not until Lenny left behind some devices to John before he disappeared.

It was impossible for Peri to have taken his, as his EPP was inside his PIPS.

So, John could only assume that Peri had her own.

It wasn't strange, after all, such device was crucial to explorers and anyone with a sane mind that would risk travelling in the outer space.