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 Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 8:00 am
Steven was running over some specs. on his Scimitar when he heard he was gonna be taking part in an offensive maneuver.
“Finally! I’ve been wanting to try out some of the new modifications on this baby,” Steven said to his wingman who delivered the message to him. “So when do we leave,” he asked. The wingman then filled Steven in on the rest of mission. “So what do we do now Sir?” the wingman asked. “Well, you first walk over to your fighter, then you get it ready for combat, and when the order comes in you follow me into battle!” Steven said sounding a little annoyed.
Since his fighter was already primed, he sat in the cockpit and waited for the rest of his group to finish their own diagnostics.
The last man finished just before the order came in: They were to prepare for fighter vs. fighter action.
“My favorite kind of action,” Steven mused as he slid on his helmet and got the fighter ready for count down.
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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 2:20 pm
Kai keyed the Comms on his starfighter, to all the marines in fighters "Marines, make sure you focus on taking out the defensive guns on the drathonian ship so that our boarding parties don't get shot outa the sky, The flyboys'll take care of enemy fighters for us so we can focus on our mission" he then switched channels on his Comms to the pod engineering was in "All right, you guys are gonna take off a couple minutes after us then head straight in, My squad will return to the Hymn once we're done and get our own pod to support you guys" He cut the line then Lifted up, waiting for the signal to launch into the rapidly approaching fray.
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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 3:03 pm
Steven had finished launch preparation, and was waiting when the message came through. Steven grinned. He then switched his comm. to his squadron’s frequency.
“This is Green Leader, mandatory comm check, sound off boys,” Steven said to his squad.
“This is Green 1.”
“Green 2.”
“Green 3.”
“And Green 4 here bringing up the rear.”
“Good to hear boys. You heard the Cappy. Brace for launch, this will be one wild ride!” Steven said to the men.
He sat back, and waited for the que that would send him and the rest of his squadron over the edge.
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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 3:13 pm
Chapter One:
Sweet revenge
In an instant, The Battle Hymn Of the republic winked into existance just a mile from the rear lines of the Drathonian battle group. The Command ship and it's two escorts sat there, helpless. Before the lizards even knew it was there, the Battle Hymn unleashed a deadly blow, the Solaris Cannons on either side of the hull unleashing Pure Terran fury hotter than a supernova. The two escorts, and a few past them even, had Enormous holes blown through their entirity, the massive decompressions caused by this made the craft implode and crush as easily as soda cans. next a volley of torpedos were unleashedand sent at superluminal speeds towards the numerous other ships in the Drathonian siege, Causing widespread damage and chaos. Finally the fighters were released, pilots eager to kill as many of their hated enemy as possible.
It was only now that the remainders of the Drathonian fleet put up any sort of resistance, throwing all the weapons fire they could directly at the Battle cruiser, but to no avail, as it's shields had been raised. They did nothing now, but a continued ponding could damage the shields and break through, and of course fighters which could penetrate the shields, but the Hymn's flyboys were out having a party now. The commander of the enemy Drake class vessel felt a great chill of fear wash down his spine, leaving the reptile speechless, making a few of his bridge crew cower in fear, the rest taking over for him.
At the flash of light in the sky, the terrans on Terra IV gave a cheer, the commander there very much relieved, sending some vessels to aid humanity's new found hope. they pounded at drathonian formations, which were now stuch between a rock and a very angry ship.
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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 3:28 pm
"Aknowledged." Kurohime replied to the take-off time
After a couple of minutes, the pod with engineering took off.
It manuvered between the debris of drathonian ships and unfortunatly, some terran fighters.
"Well, least more of them are dying." Kurohime said calmly.
She was keeping an eye on the internal systems and making sure the cloaking device was working.
She could see the battle was fierce, and more Drathonian ships had started to arrive, they had to attach soon, or they'd get caught in the cross-fire.
She turned her data-visor (ooc - they have a name now, woot) and took a look at the target ship.
"There," she pointed to a spot at the rear of the ship, "Ok get your weapons charged and ready to fire, we're going in!"
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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 3:37 pm
The order finally came in. Steven let out a booming cheer over the comm link, and his squad did the same as they felt the batteries fire. Steven commenced beginning to ignite the engines. At the flip of a switch the Scimitar class fighter lifted up and shot forward. He was closely followed by the remainder of Green Squadron as well as the other squadrons.
“Here we come you lizards,” he shouted. In the corner of his eye he saw the pods successfully launch as well. “Now it’s a party!”
He then flipped another switch, and on came the traditional rock music; which had been a tradition in Green Squad since his Grandfather’s time.
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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 4:10 pm
Kai and his marines were part of the first wave off the Hymn, they shot towards the Drake before the Hymn had even stopped firing. Soon They arrived at their target, well before any defenses could get up, and began melting turrets off of the bristling hull. Kai made several passes, taking out airlock doors to make the pod's jobs easier. Withing the two minute time-frame nearly all the surface weapons and airlocks had been taken out by the marines, and Scourge fighters found their way out of the Drathonian ships to meet the Scimitars. Knowing they needed to get ready to board with minimal losses, Kai called his group back then contacted green squadron "Cover our tails, Will ya?" He called on the all hands channel. The trip back wouldn't be so uneventful, as a wave of enemy fighters blocked their retreat "Looks like We'll have to fight Our way back!" he yelled, engaging the nearest enemy.
***
The scourge fighters immediately fanned out, they knew that grouping together would only hurt them. Two went after steven and a large number followed them to attack his squadron, two of the Terran pilots taking hits, one taking one he'd never recover from. One good thing was that the enemy fighters didn't even notice the pods hurtling past them.
***
Back on the Hymn commad was overseeing the battle and coordinating the forces, lights, switches levers, buttons, all flashing, beeping ,moving, what have you, the place was alive with activity. "Admiral Ceres!" an officer called "The Port Solaris cannon has over-heated, if we fire it again too soon we'll lose the ship"
"Shut it down, We're doing fine, Terra IV is sending help for us"
"SIR!"
The cannon was immediately shut down, it couldn't be fixed now. But The Hymn was far from being crippled.
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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 4:29 pm
"Come on, I've been waiting for this all day, can't you make this thing go any faster?" Tom asked impatiently. He looked over the rifle. It didn't look like it would overheat. He'd never even seen videos of this sucker in action, and although he knew how to shoot, he didn't know what quirks this particular rifle might have. It was a little too late to worry about that, though.
He did everything he could to ignore the distinct noise of explosions, energy weapons, and screaming engines flying about their boarding pod. He should've taken a shuttle. They'd even launched the thing early. They were at risk, and he'd have to hope that he actually made it to the ship to fire his rifle. It would be pretty disappointing to have come this far...
Br-O Rifle Ammo: 75/600
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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 4:34 pm
Steven and his squad were have a blast. He had just shot down a lone Scourge when he recieved a message from Kai to cover the tails of the marines who were falling back.
"Don't worry Cappy, you got us covering you," he stated confidantly in the reply message. Seconds later him and the rest of the squad flew right past the marines, with literally feet in between them.
"You hear that boys? The marines need us to watch their hindquarters for 'em," he joked with his squad on their private channel.
They rolled into formation as another song came on the speakers.
"We've got some boogies on our ta..." Green 4 said just before his comm went out.
"We've lost Green 4!" yelled Green 3 as he took a hit as well.
"Green 3, stay in formation. Green 1, could you kindly get these cold-blooded monkeys off our back?" he ordered as he turned off the music; in memory of their lost wingman.
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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 4:57 pm
Soon the first wave of pods began slamming into predetermined spots on the hull of the Drake battleship, jolting the marines and few engineers inside. once pressurization was complete, the doors opened to the bewildered stares of unarmed Drathonians caught completely by suprise.
***
the fighters outside, however, were not unprepared for their own battle. the superior numbers were beginning to gain an edge over the Terran's superior fighters. The scores more even, it was up to the pilots who would win and who would lose. Green squadron was showing themselves to be quite a threat, and were being targeted by larger and larger numbers of Scourges. This wouldn't be a walk in the park.
***
Kai launched a volley of micro-missiles from his pods (look at the red things under the wings on my sig) at the ships between him and his destination, not really doing to much damage, but still scaring a hole in the formation for him to shoot through and get home. Most of his squad did likewise, having trained in this tactic quite a bit. It worked rather well, disorienting the enemy pilots and even causing a few to hit each other. Soon, the second wave of marines would be launching for the enemy command ship, and Kai wasn't going to miss it.
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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 5:13 pm
After a good deal of fighting, the strain was starting to show on Green Squad's ships. Steven's Scimitar had the tip of it's left wing missing, and and the other ships were not fairing much better. But they kept fighting as if the ships were brand new.
"Green 2, Green 3, split formation and flank my and Green 1's advance. Green 1, follow on my tail, we're taking it right to these scaly freaks." Steven ordered.
Greens 2 & 3 went to the left and right, Green 1 was right on Steven's tail. And Green Squadron shot right into the heart of the enemy formation.
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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 5:24 pm
needless to say, the enemy formation was taken completely by suprise with such abold move, and scattered into little defensive clumps of one or two fighters. throughout the battle, the superior terran pilots had been taking quite a heavy toll on drathonian ships, have a kill ratio of 8 to 3 in the terran's favor.
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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 5:32 pm
"Pleasant day, eh?" Tom told the open door, before throwing himself forward shoulder first, the rifle pushed against his other shoulder, facing upwards and spraying energy down the corrider. It stitched a pattern towards the opponents down away from him, his weapon spitting fire.
Br-O rifle ammo: 36/600
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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 6:01 pm
As Green Squadron shot towards the enemy at top speed the enemy ships began to scatter.
"Haha, they're running scarred boy's! On our advance, don't fire just pass through the openings, then wait for my command," Steven ordered as they neared what was left of the opposing formations. Then the men of Green Squad flew right through the enemy and came out behind the battle line.
"Green Squadron scatter!" Steven yelled on the comm. link, "find a target and send them to the abyss!"
The men scattered and struck out at the exposed flank of the lumbering enemy.
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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 6:08 pm
((I leave for a bit and the battle is already well underway!))
Meigan was launched out with the first wave, and her take off was less than perfect. She followed Kai around for a bit and then broke off into her own killing spree. She weaved her scimitar through multiple other ships, shooting them down as she passed. Her speed and control over her ship left a few drathonians amazed.
But as soon as she let her guard down to look for the captian again to catch up her ship's left wing was scraped by a shot from an enemy ship, luckly it wasn't criticaly damaged. She quickly shot down the ship that hit her and swirved around some more enemies, looking for Kai. Come on you can't be that hard to find with your bright, lime green-- She saw him not far from where she was and imediatly set a course to join him and the rest of the squad.
Odd thing was that there were no enemy ships in between them, had they already taken out that many of them?
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