{"sf1_id":959695,"sf2_id":null,"title":"Dragoness on a Far-away World: Chapter 1 Page 1","author":"Fayrensol","words":1108,"posted_at":"2016-01-29T16:21:00.000Z","tags":["Dragoness","Female","Sci-Fi","Space","space ship"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/959695-dragoness-on-a-far-away-world-chapter-1-page-1","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/view/959695","image_url":"https://www.sofurryfiles.com/std/thumb?page=959695\u0026ext=.jpg","description":"Story of an anthropomorphic dragoness marooned on an unknown planet, after escaping from a corporate organization she only calls 'The Corrupt'. The subject of genetic and cybernetic experimentation, her species destined to fight wars for the humans who enslave her kind, the desire to free her kin as well as ensure her future offspring remain free drives her onward despite near hopeless situations.","content":"As Fayr began to open the sealed access door that led to the\nspinal corridor of the ship, she braced herself for the worst. Depending on how\nfar back the sealed itself, she would be made aware of which portions of its\nhull were breached and therefore whether or not to expect she and her cargo\nwould survive long. Gold on black eyes watch intently as the mechanical whirr\nof hydraulic pumps heralds the unsealing, the door itself finally falling back\nand then sliding into one wall. Her eyes widen slightly as the situation down\nthe corridor made itself apparent to her, and she slowly fell down into a\ncrouch as the instincts her training imparted onto her started screaming.\nThe corridor itself miraculously showed very little damage\ndue to the crash. Many of the compartments of the ship were not sealed,\nindicating the internal sensors of the ship had not detected anything burning\nlike it had when it had sealed the flight deck and her in it. The lights\nflickered occasionally and if she were not staring intently and a possible\nthreat, she would have surmised that the fusion core of the ship could still be\nsalvaged. What truly drew the attention of the ebony scaled creature dragoness\nwas a lone figure sitting crouched at the end of the corridor. It had looked up\njust in time to see her crouch down, and seemingly imitated the motion; Fayr\ncould only discern parts of him in-between the flickering of the inset lights\nlining the passageway. \nSlowly at first, but with gathering speed the creature\napproached her with clearly hostile intent. Despite this, Fayr crouched there\nand calculated the situation with a cool demeanor that a casual observer might\nmistake as calm. In her mind, time seemed to slow down to a crawl; several\nimplants within her brain began to accelerate the rate at which her mind\nprocessed the situation, something only limited by the speed at which circuitry\ncould calculate and by the rate at which the biological cells could absorb the\nstimulus. Within moments she had read the pieces of its expression that could\nbe seen in the moments between light-flickers, calculated the rate at which the\ncreature would reach her, and the different vectors of attack that could come\nabout. Each response was generated, probabilities changing based on observed factors\nsuch as speed and the bunching of muscle groups observed in her opponent. All\nof this happened within the space of milliseconds and continued to play out as\nshe made a sudden realization that would change the dynamic of the entire\nencounter.\nIt was one of her kind, escaped from below. He was still\nunder the influence of the programming that The Corrupt had left them with,\nsomehow having been activated and intent on killing her. She realized at that\nmoment this might be their insurance for making sure she did not survive even\nif the ship did, having likely sent activation signals to those of her kind she\nhad stored within the armored cargo bay. A slow, warm smile creeped onto her\nlips as she realized this; it meant they had once more underestimated her\nresourcefulness. Bracing herself, she prepared for the moment the dragon nearly\ntwice her weight would come crashing into the flight deck entrance to kill her.\nShe already knew what her response would be at this point,\nas her mind automatically finished calculating the correct martial maneuver; use\nhis own energy against him. Stepping to the side suddenly, the moment he\nreached her she caught his outstretched and heavily muscled arm and let him\ncontinue his charge with a push and a twist. The movement managed to catch him\noff-guard, just as her other arm caught the back of his neck to force his\nmomentum downward. Her fellow dragon crashed head first into the back of the\nspecially designed cockpit seat, issuing a loud bang that reverberated down the\nlong corridor and echoed back; the seat itself was decimated by the impact,\nbreaking nearly in half.\n\"Looks like you didn't have the same mental upgrades. You\ncould have calculated that coming.\" Fayr observed quietly and coolly, speaking\nunder her breath.\nShe gathered no response from him, as he lay slumped over\nthe unbroken half of the chair. She knew she likely didn't kill him, more just\nknocked him out. She had taken a major gamble in that he wouldn't have the same\nability to calculate as she did. \n\"Now to take care of this situation permanently..\" The\ndragoness murmured, leaning over his armored skull. He was already slowly\nbeginning to stir, hardly showing the damage he had sustained. \nReaching over, Fayr settled her talons in particular pattern\naround his skull. The metal infusion within her talons conducted a massive\nsurge of electricity into his skull, causing him to become wracked with spasms\nfor a moment and before jolting awake and flailing at her. She managed to back\naway before he could strike her.\n\"Wh- what did you do?!\" Suddenly the ebony drake was\ncoherent, the feral and mindless look she had just moments before seen in his\neyes was gone. His voice was like rolling a hiss through gravel.\n\"I freed you. You are welcome.\" She knew the look of\nconfusion in his eyes. It was the look of someone who's mind was unrestrained\nby programming for the first time. He was coherent, able to use language, but\nit was like he was also a child; born to the world anew.\n\"Who are you?\" Was his obvious, second question. He was\nstill wary of her, eyes mistrusting due to her being the source of a recent\npain and likely quite a headache.\n\"Just call me Fayr. I'm bringing equality to our kind.\" She\nsaid with a serious face. He didn't seem to appreciate her use of humor\ncurrently, but she gave a smirk anyway. She held her hands up and backed away,\nas she knew his training would cause him to perceive the gesture as peaceful. \n\"I will let you recover for now, you've had quite a spill.\nEverything will be explained in time, but long story short I short circuited\nyour control chip.\" Fayr tapped her skull to visually indicate. Realization\ndawned on his face, along with fear.\n\"You... That violates our directives.\" He stated dumbly, still\nrelying on what The Corrupt had brainwashed him to believe. \n\"My friend, we have new directives... and they involve the\nfall of a corporation. The beginning of our kind's freedom.\" She stated as\nmatter of fact. Her smile was almost motherly as she prepared to teach her\nfirst new disciple.Prologue: Click for Previous Page"}