by Doc 42 » Wed Oct 28, 2009 4:09 pm
"All units, this is Exodus lead, probe data returning 10 seconds. Request real time military com link."
The Exo ship powered on, the ship officers working diligently in the bridge. The Com's officer turned in his chair, saying to the captain "Link established, connections are coming through now." The captain nodded approvingly, then the nav officer said, sounding enthusiastic "Captain, we're making better time than anticipated, even just going at one Leed, we should reach the edge of the sphere within the hour! We can get through this!" The captain shook his head and said darkly "You think they're going to let us go? We may be the only Marican ships active at the moment. Everyone else is grounded, even the bloody independents. When we reach the edge of the sphere, we're going to split. With luck, a max of three ships will get away. Being a Marican warship they'll make sure we aren't one of them." The atmosphere in the bridge fell silent and grave, only to be broken by the Weapons officer shouting "Probe data returning now!"
Entering the real time link he had created with the other ships, the captain quicky narrated to the others in the formation "Contact! ID: 2 Jr-10 drone cruisers. Here we go, friends... "
"Roger that lead, 7 here, can we go around them?"
"Negative, 7. Basic scans suggest that they're pursuit variants."
"4 here, Cheese it has rad guns active and ready"
"Stray Wolf 6, 4, rad guns won't do **** against those things. Use them for point defence but unless you've got a secret stash of torpedoes handy stay out of the fight if you can..."
"Lead, entering enemy effective range. Shields up and scanners on full. Civillian ships, get your screening guns ready, concentrate on enemy missiles. Get your fighters and pilots ready now, and for gods sake, make sure your crew and passengers now exactly what they're doing in all scenarios. Expect Sentinel breaches and mutli fronted boarding attempts.
Combat ready ships, rather than shooting, our ship is going to act as centralised fire control. We're going to feed you with targets and co ordinates and we need you hitting them practically as we call them."
"Stray Wolf here, it's only two cruisers, we should be able to handle them without much difficulty."
"Negative stray wolf, not only do those cruisers out class us but they're going to be working in complete tandem with each other. If we're gonna have any chance we have to do the same."
The com went silent for a few moments, only to be broken by a deep methodical voice
"Kodiak 5.... Let them come."

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**** off TT"-Doc 42
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