When Push Comes To Shove, part 3
Posted on Wed Sep 8th, 2010 @ 1:32pm by Lieutenant Commander Karma Sinclair & Colonel Damon Raine & Lieutenant Kaj Mikkola & Lieutenant Lorne Jaxara & Lieutenant JG Ronnie Wolfe & Lieutenant JG Jerreck O'Connor & Lieutenant JG Aldara Rallis & Major Leroy Mangalia & Ensign Daniel Daniels
Edited on on Tue Sep 28th, 2010 @ 12:45pm
991 words; about a 5 minute read
Mission:
Peace, or Something Like It
Location: Various
[OLD]
Nods could be seen from every one of them. They were all seasoned fighters and very used to following orders. He knew they would follow his instructions without question.
"Good." He nodded. "Who are we?"
"RED CLAW!" Came the thunderous response.
[NEW]
R'rel gave a toothy grin. "Excellent. Get to you pods."
[Calypso Bridge]
"Are we going to sit here, and wait to be fired on, or am I going to get my blasters off?" Jaxara asked, slightly annoyed at the silence on the bridge.
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The merc ship that had initially fired on the Calypso came around for another pass. Tala lining up the shot for the starboard weapons this time "Target is locked and ready Captain." She said as she watched the Captain, figuring it would simply be a hand gesture this time. The other merc ship was cloaked and as in the last time, they would draw the attention and let the boarding party get in.
The Captain made a simple hand gesture and Tala fired at the starborad weapons array "Direct hit Captain, however there appears to be minimal damage. Their shields are well designed." She said realigning for another volley.
[Calypso Bridge]
Jaxara hit the fire button. Full power, 5 second stream. "Oops. Hand slipped." Jaxara said, getting annoyed, waiting for a fire order. "Direct hit."
Dara began studying the scans of the battle as it was beginning. Doing her best to gather as much information as she could on the enemy ships. These reports would be of interest to Starfleet.
Jaxara shrugged. He hit the fire button again. Phasers, and torpedoes this time. "Whoops. I am so clumsy today."
Kaj didn't bother waiting for an order, such things had lead to bad events before. His fingers became a blur as they flew over the helm controls, instantly pitching the Calypso forward right at her two assailers. However this was just the start of a rather sudden and rather non-standard set of manuevers.
"Everybody hold on! Jaxara hold you're fire till we're clear enough for phasers!"
The reason for the yelling suddenly became very obvious in a rather unpleasent way. The Calypso suddenly rolled one quarter turn and turned hard, angling for the space between the hideki and its companion ship.
However there was one glaring problem with this maneuver upon first glance.
There was not enough space to fit the Galaxy-Class between the two ships.
A plethora of proximity and collision warning lights and various noises assaulted Kaj's senses, and after a microsecond of trying to turn them off in a semi-polite fashion he opted to thump his console with a hammer-fist and shout.
"Shut up already, I know!"
Keeping his gaze fixed forward he locked eyes with the gap between the two ships, hands over the controls, muttering under his breath all the while.
"Alright you toadies, your move."
Jaxara smiled. "Let's see how clever they really are." He said. "I like your style, Kaj."
Karma moved to the tactical station and looked at the display. "Report, Lieutenant," he said before lowering his voice and adding, "We need to have a talk about your behavior when this is over."
"Our shields are holding steady at 97%. Our opponents, I can't get a clear reading of, at this distance." Jaxara noted. He then lowered his voice. "Well, if someone had issued orders, while we were being fired upon, I would have behaved myself. The last set of orders I received in Combat regard was from Commander York. 'Do not fire, unless fired upon'. We were fired upon."
Karma looked at him for a moment then said, "That's not the only thing I want to talk about. See what you can do about getting a reading on the other ships." He turned to look at the viewscreen and nodded. "Attack pattern Delta-5," he called out to the helm.
Kaj brought up the delta series of maneuvers and punched in the keys for Delta-5, taking but a fraction of a second to figure to which side the maneuver would be executed. With one final punch of the helm controls the Orion heeled over and started to accelerate and seemingly dive relative to the ships' positions.
"Roger that XO, Delta-5 to their port side, recommend the Omega-2 pattern as a follow-on in case the first barrage doesn't work."
"Weapons hot. Firing now." Jaxara said. "And my hands are busy. Get someone else on the scanners."
Karma mentally reviewed the Omega-2 pattern and nodded to himself. "Do it, Kaj." He turned and scanned the bridge. "Lieutenant Rallis, see what you can tell me about the other ships."
Jerry was working through Science II, and looked at his board. "Lancaster, give me a reading on those pirate vessels. Shields, weapons, you name it!"
Tala growled at the hit on the ship, she didn't bother to wait for the Captain to give the order "Firing forward array and targeting their nacelles." She said as she punched a few keys and fired the phasers hitting the Calypso again.
[Calypso]
The ship shook, but the shields held. "Shields down to 94%." Jaxara noted. "Initiating attack Pattern Jaxara Improvisation."
"Oh, gods, here we go..." Moaned the exasperated Chief Science Officer from Science II at the back of the bridge, where he had no chair, unlike his assistant Lancaster who was at Science Main - it occurred to him he should have usurped the position from her, instead of just taking what was available.
(To be continued...)
Lieutenant Commander Karma Sinclair
Executive Officer
Lieutenant Jorne Jaxara
Chief Security/Tactical Officer
Lieutenant Kaj Mikkola
Chief Flight Control Officer
Lieutenant JG Jerreck O'Connor
Chief Science Officer
Lieutenant JG Ronnie Lancaster (NPC)
Assistant Chief Science Officer
1st Lieutenant Leroy Mangalia
Marine XO
Ensign Silea Koritala
Security Officer
Lieutenant JG Aldara Ralis
Chief Intelligence Officer
Staff Warrant Officer Eve Gianni (NPC)
Helm
Security NPCs:
Rianna
Ensign Daniel Daniels
Lieutenant Lire
Hideki:
Tala
Merc Captain
Red Claw:
The Caitian
R'rel
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