Battlestations!!! Part 2

Posted on Sat Jan 15th, 2011 @ 11:36am by Lieutenant JG Randall "Iceheart" McGraw & Ensign Ewan "Calvin" Fraser & Commodore Samantha York & Colonel Damon Raine

623 words; about a 3 minute read

Mission: Peace, or Something Like It
Location: Turkana IV
Timeline: Current

OFF:

Randy looked around, and saw that the next closest ship's shields were down, and that the ship was maneuvering to warp out of there. "Eagles, attack pattern Theta Zeta 3, engineering hull on the marked ship." He targeted the Orion vessel, and then passed the signal to the rest of his craft. "Execute."

The fighters quickly swarmed around the designated craft and fired on it. "Hawks, finish her off! Eagles, on me for the next run!" As soon as he wheeled around, he saw that the ship had gone up in a fiery blast, and then turned to focus on the last ship, which had had their shields and warp drive disabled by the Calypso.

"BlackCat, this is IceHeart. Lead your squadron in on an attack run, lets take this next one out now."

"BlackCat confirms." Hobbes said with assured confidence. He quickly looked over his HUD and determined the location of the rest of the Razors.

"Hawks, on my wing. Close formation and break on the assault run. Gamma Two A; target weapon systems." The Caitian clipped. The green lights light up on his HUD signifying their acknowledgement.

The Razors dipped their noses dramatically and followed on their squadron leaders wing. The attack run wouldn't be made on a two dimensional grid, facing the Orion ship head on, but rather it would be coming from the underside of the ship where they were free to target the full mass of the enemy.

Eagles followed close on their heels, pummeling the engineering hull and warp core of the enemy vessel. As they finished their run, they followed Hawks around to the far side of the Calypso, as the warp core breached, destroying the final enemy vessel.

Randy surveyed the space around the Calypso. The only ship remaining was the one the Marines were in the process of capturing. "BlackCat, this is IceHeart. Good job on point. Take up position with your fighters, and prepare to scuttle the last Orion ship once the Marines are done. I am going to take the Valkyries back to the Calypso and take up position fore and aft, just in case anyone else is dumb enough to try anything."

"Acknowledged, IceHeart. That was a clean burn." He added, pleased with the results of the run. It was good to be back into the cockpit.

Hobbes patted at his arm annoyed by the way his fur was standing on end. Razors were unmatched in their speed against other fighter craft, but their weapon compliment and shields were lacking. The later was the source of his current static "problem" caused by the last ship breaching. His Razor was a little too close to the blast and the shields were having trouble mitigating the extra energy. The shield generator probably had a fused coupling causing the excess to bleed through. He resolved to pull it apart and rebuild it once back on the Calypso.

"Hawks, take up positions at the remaining Mercenary ship. Fly smart and wait for my command to scuttle." Hobbes transmitted to the Razor's. He then turned his own fighter towards the ship; looking only once before to make sure his wingman was with him.

"Calypso, IceHeart. Status on the remaining enemy vessel? I have people in place to blow it once our marines are back aboard the Calypso."

"The Marines are on the Merc ship. I'll notify you as soon as they're back on the Calypso."

"Acknowledged. We will be on station keeping, making sure no more of these numbskulls get any dumb ideas. IceHeart out."

Captain Samantha York
Captain
USS Calypso

Major Damon Raine {Hobbes}
Marine CO / Executive Officer
USS Calypso

Lieutenant JG Randall McGraw
Wing Commander
USS Calypso

Ensign Ewan Fraser
Squadron Leader
USS Calypso

 

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