I've actually never seen anything like this before. It's like a SIM card, but... not?
Well, of course Chord returns it. He's not a dipshit.

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@GammaGhost

Hearing the sadness in his tone, Chord rolls his eyes internally.
I mean, nobody said you can't join me.
Chord looks down at the chip, bringing it up to his eye and fidgeting with it a bit.
I'm pretty sure I have nowhere to put this in, anyway.

Chord taps the slash mark across his rather burnt chest armor.
Alright, I'm going to go look for the body shop, I guess, then check up on my application.
He walks off.

Right. Those two are taken care of... next up... oh, right! I was planning to try out

Mighty breaks through a wall.
S n o o k e r .
He proceeds to hit Doc Scratch in the head with a cue stick, sending him careening through a closed window into the great beyond, where he explodes violently and painfully just as Mighty fades from view.

Able to walk again, MIDI picks up the pace, rushing to the armory with little regard for if anyone else can keep up.

Well, I hope you two had a pleasant stay... as pleasant being a prisoner can be, anyway. And, please, put in a good word for us with Kilroy, will ya?
One last thing before I wish you happy travels. Look at this image.
Mighty flashes a black cardboard circle emblazoned with a lowercase m in Comic Sans in his characteristic color before showing the two through the gates.As you depart, you both suddenly lose any information you may have had on the location of New Rock Cove or any other tidbits that may compromise security.

MIDI looks out the window of the bridge to see Trio on the top deck.
Hey, you got like a map or something?

Ignoring that utterly stupid thought, you nearly pass Shu an E-tank before remembering that he can't drink oil. Or whatever's in those. What is in those?
Alright, I suppose we should both go get patched up, huh?

You land on the ground behind Shu, taking a moment to regain your balance. You then turn to him.
Good fight! Well, you're obviously down for the count, so should we just end it now or do I have to be rude and knock you out?
You offer him a handshake as a sign of peace.

!!!
Oh hell no. You aren't going down to that. Throughout the whole fight he landed like two clean hits on you while you've basically stuffed him with bullets, so he coudn't possibly take much more. Losing so close to victory would be just plain embarrassing.

You dash backwards, avoiding the cross of flames, sending yourself high into the air in the same motion. At the peak of your jump, you reactivate your dash thrusters. The usual deep blue exhaust from them is replaced by a stronger, subtly greenish one sending you flying straight forward - you didn't even know you could do that - tanking the flaming breath of this new dragon that appeared before dropping from five meters up at just the right angle to flipkick the little bastard's head into the ground.

As the attack dies down, you unleash the charged Missile Buster at Shu just to wrap things up, then struggle to scrounge up enough WE for charging a Shadow Buster.

Oh, god dammit, he scratched the paint. Not that it saved him from any of the attack, as it don't stop till a bar drops, be it health or weapon energy.

This isn't meant to be yelling, it's just this big because it's how I format these title card things.

Yeah, okay. So, how are we doing this? You wanna come over to my ship or should I board yours?

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What's it mean to you? You're clearly not gonna live to s--
Bust is interrupted by a slap or trillion.
Congratulations, idiot. You're doing YOUR OWN IDEA wrong. The overly suspicious adversary can't grow to trust you if they're dead!
Blitz turns to Marcy.
...Erm. Should I be taking you to a medical facility, or... something...?

The image within the orb completes itself, allowing one to see a three-dimensional projection of Trio's immediate surroundings in it: a dull room with some staticky monitors in it.
Alright, time to get this show on the road!
MIDI quickly runs up a few sets of stairs, ending up in the airship's bridge, a rather spacious room reminiscent of a pseudo-steampunk variant of a Starfleet vessel's. All the computers exhibit signs of heavy modding and a large crystal ball is fixed in a pedestal in front of the captain's seat. He runs up to this one and clinks it with the smaller one, seemingly transferring the projection between them. Sitting in the chair, he conjures a spectral keyboard and mouse, types in some things and clicks others as the various screens littered about the other vacant seats come to life, displaying navigation data and such. It makes no sense, but it making no sense makes sense because the Void's spacetime continuum makes no sense. A large button appears on the sphere, replacing the keyboard and mouse.
Aaand...
MIDI hits it.
Engage.
The ship shakes briefly as the propulsion engines start up, accelerating forward. From the large windows of the room something can be seen ahead of the ship. Orange energy forms lines in the air just ahead of the ship, slowly shaping into symbols and then a full enormous magic circle. From its middle comes a bright flash, which upon subsiding leaves behind a visible gateway to another location. The ship speeds through it, accelerated further by a force pulling it through, exiting through the other side just as the portal collapses.

What the hell?! You unleashed a gigantic barrage of destruction at the kid, accumulating for twelve minutes and released in a single moment, all for him to just brush it off?! You keep shooting, barely bothering to dodge his smugly half-assed fire attack. This is so damn infuriating that

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Vulcan Siege(Neutral/Energy): The user empties all their Weapons Energy reserves into a long-lasting heavy barrage of energy bullets. Spending buster charges on this attack makes it stronger, while WE extends the duration. The more damage from a bullet is blocked, the higher the knockback from it is, and completely blocking a bullet very briefly stuns a shielded target. Quickly depletes any sort of defenses or protection.
Missile Charge: All projectiles fired by the user have homing properties. ←this is still active btdubs