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arrow Fleet Captain Jonas Taylor
I.A.S. Vanguard, Bridge
On route to secret jumpgate site
The Vanguard along with the two other warships they picked up, arrived at the jumpgate. Everyone was on alert, but something was off.
"Captain, sensors are picking up only three warships in the area. Two destroyers and a cruiser. No other vessels or stations." The sensor officer reported.
This was odd, normally jump gates had small fleets of vessels and a defense station for protection.
"Put the vessels on the main screen." Captain Taylor ordered.
The main display flashed and it pictured the three warships in this area. They were not standard Imperium naval vessels, but black op warships.
"Tactical alert, set alert level one throughout the fleet." Jonas ordered.
Alarms sounded throughout the Vanguard, she was preparing for combat. Orders were sent to the other two vessels to do the same and prepare for battle. The black op vessels changed their courses to intercept the Vanguard's fleet. Missile locks were already going off.
"Enemy vessels locking on, incoming missiles." The chief tactical officer reported.
"Ready countermeasures, activate point defense batteries." Jonas ordered once again.
Missiles streaked towards their targets. The Vanguards point defense guns lit up and filled the empty vacuum with deadly lead. Missiles started to explode around them as they took hits, a few did managed to break through the flak barrier and impacted on the Vanguard's armor.