brother tricked him, he would act with a more level head, and they would be in the top ten at this point. Sure, he could use the time disrupter to go back to the time it happened, but it would be un-beneficial. His current racecraft would be right here in this spot, while his past ship would be back towards the beginning of the race, running into a shield mine. Drakeâs most crucial motto is to never run backwards on a racecourse. Traveling back in time is fine, as long as you continue racing forward, besides the Oblize brother, undoubtedly, has his own time disrupters, and would just follow pursuit. Drake would just have to continue hoping Oblize needed to stop and refuel.
âSteady as she goes ⦠letâs keep that racecraft out of range.â While he was saying it, Drake was thinking this strategy would ultimately end in a showdown with Ced. As long as they were moving diminutively slower, Drake understood they would not be able to stay out of weapons range forever.
CHAPTER FOUR
Live Always in Space and Time
T he Future Fuels team worked vigorously in a chilling silence that was only penetrated by the hum of the engines. Drake recognized this as the calm before the storm. He had been in, and won, countless racecraft battles, but normally he was the hunter. He definitely had more experience than Oblize, but the fact that Ced was the one stalking made Drake uncomfortable. Drake rarely made use of his reverse cannons. These âinaccurate spitballsâ, as Kraus liked to refer to them, were only put to use if Drake was closing in on a finish, and did not have time to turn around and fight. As it was, when the time came, Drake planned to turn around, using right thrusters, so that his racecraft would take a wide, counterclockwise motion, to the three oâclock position. This maneuver would make the number seven racecraft have to turn, while fighting cannons, making it easier for Drake to evade. The thirteen racecraft would then be positioned to the left of the number seven, facing it. Drake would then be able to put the visual on screen, and commence racecraft war.
They traveled for weeks, racing past planets, with the younger Oblize brother closing in, meter by meter, which is miniscule measurements, when in space. Drake made absolutely sure that someone was manning the cannons at all times, in case they found themselves in firing range. Drake, in the meantime, never left his navigational chair, or his manual control. He had to be ready to turn at any moment. That moment occurred in the third week of cat and mouse racing.
âThey just entered range ⦠we have incoming cannon fire,â Jaws said, with panic in his voice.
âCut left thruster to fifteen percent.â Drake dodged the cannon fire, just in time, while beginning his wide, left turnabout.
âIncoming special weapon!â Jaws bellowed. It was an ice capsule, capable of growing to an enormous size, and freezing a racecraftâs components, but Drake was ready for it. He steered his racecraft up and over the mountainous ice area, barely skimming the top of it, with the bottom of his racecraft. Most of his racecraft was unharmed, but the bottom thrusters were frozen solid. Drake felt this happening while he was trying to dodge more cannon fire. He noticed the engine drop off, and slower reaction time, as the number thirteen was pelted with firepower.
âShield one down to seventy percent,â Sammy exclaimed, while gaining his bearings.
âFire right and left cannons now!â Drake now had the number seven racecraft on screen.
âMultiple right cannon hits, Iâm not getting anything from the left.â Jaws was sweating, and visibly shaking. âThey have four shields.â
âIs no fire ⦠Is stuck ⦠I go feex.â Bruvold got up, to go check on the left cannon. Drake had not expected this mishap. First, they are forced to fight with only two shields, and against four. Then, some
âSteady as she goes ⦠letâs keep that racecraft out of range.â While he was saying it, Drake was thinking this strategy would ultimately end in a showdown with Ced. As long as they were moving diminutively slower, Drake understood they would not be able to stay out of weapons range forever.
CHAPTER FOUR
Live Always in Space and Time
T he Future Fuels team worked vigorously in a chilling silence that was only penetrated by the hum of the engines. Drake recognized this as the calm before the storm. He had been in, and won, countless racecraft battles, but normally he was the hunter. He definitely had more experience than Oblize, but the fact that Ced was the one stalking made Drake uncomfortable. Drake rarely made use of his reverse cannons. These âinaccurate spitballsâ, as Kraus liked to refer to them, were only put to use if Drake was closing in on a finish, and did not have time to turn around and fight. As it was, when the time came, Drake planned to turn around, using right thrusters, so that his racecraft would take a wide, counterclockwise motion, to the three oâclock position. This maneuver would make the number seven racecraft have to turn, while fighting cannons, making it easier for Drake to evade. The thirteen racecraft would then be positioned to the left of the number seven, facing it. Drake would then be able to put the visual on screen, and commence racecraft war.
They traveled for weeks, racing past planets, with the younger Oblize brother closing in, meter by meter, which is miniscule measurements, when in space. Drake made absolutely sure that someone was manning the cannons at all times, in case they found themselves in firing range. Drake, in the meantime, never left his navigational chair, or his manual control. He had to be ready to turn at any moment. That moment occurred in the third week of cat and mouse racing.
âThey just entered range ⦠we have incoming cannon fire,â Jaws said, with panic in his voice.
âCut left thruster to fifteen percent.â Drake dodged the cannon fire, just in time, while beginning his wide, left turnabout.
âIncoming special weapon!â Jaws bellowed. It was an ice capsule, capable of growing to an enormous size, and freezing a racecraftâs components, but Drake was ready for it. He steered his racecraft up and over the mountainous ice area, barely skimming the top of it, with the bottom of his racecraft. Most of his racecraft was unharmed, but the bottom thrusters were frozen solid. Drake felt this happening while he was trying to dodge more cannon fire. He noticed the engine drop off, and slower reaction time, as the number thirteen was pelted with firepower.
âShield one down to seventy percent,â Sammy exclaimed, while gaining his bearings.
âFire right and left cannons now!â Drake now had the number seven racecraft on screen.
âMultiple right cannon hits, Iâm not getting anything from the left.â Jaws was sweating, and visibly shaking. âThey have four shields.â
âIs no fire ⦠Is stuck ⦠I go feex.â Bruvold got up, to go check on the left cannon. Drake had not expected this mishap. First, they are forced to fight with only two shields, and against four. Then, some
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