Quezacotl
The Govt stages a false memorial for the "suprise" attack by the prylak on the station, but for the most part, the concensus is kept as clueless as possible.
"Sir, We've recieved word from a surviving dreadnought sent on Kamikaze."
"Great.. did the Prylak fall for the plan?"
"Afraid for the most part they didn't. The station didn't get a chance to blow up, their beam basically froze the time of the station so it couldn't detonate."
"Damnit...." He turned to face the officer.
"The good news is we were able to take out four Prylak dreadnoughts on our own."
"four prylak dreadnoughts? with our own pieces of crap? How'd that happen without damage from the station?"
"Dont know sir, but it did."
"Ok.. ok.. Where's the starfortress now?"
"Um.. We dont know sir. "
"WHAT?!" Red's face is suddenly full of rage... or fear. "How could you lose a ship like that? It's not even a fleet! It's a Giant station of guns!"
"We're sorry, sir."
"SORRY?! Think 'Sorry' will save the lives that will be lost wherever the Starfortress strikes at?! Get your people on it! We have to find out where it's headed! God.. how are we supposed to deal with a fleet of Prylak ships that big?!"
"Fleet, sir?"
"Yes fleet... You know the Starfortress carries it's own fleet!"
"Sir, it left it's fleet behind to destroy the station nearby. We just lost the starfortress itself. "
"Hmm... that's some good news... ok.. Set that station to explode, but on manual... As soon as a temporal disturbance is detected, detonate. Otherwise, Wait until the ships are in close range. Also, tell the defense fleet to use their beams... constantly. It's our only hope. Use the beams at long range with our fighters trying to knock out their long-range weapons before they hit us too hard, and use the asteroids whenever possible. "
"Yes, sir. I'll send the orders right away."
Around Kivak (or whatever the system is called) The 2 dreadnoughts and 24 battlecruisers are wrecking havok on the station, and the only ships present are a minimal defense fleet- a single lazerus that was assigned to protect that quadrant of space is present, along with numerus frigates, and a crapload of fighters. The LAzerus pilot knows he can take out a single battle cruiser, but he can't get one alone. The fleet minus the Lazerus converges on the attacking fleet, and the javelins and space bombs drift and scratch the shields of a couple battlecruisers, which quickly turn to fire on the Raiek fleet. Although a few frigates are incinerated, the rest keep moving towards the lazerus, which was hidden behind debri and a large asteroid. The LAzerus charges the Battlecruisers, taking them both on, and the defense fleet charges with their primary weapons. Soon, the Lazerus' thoron beams finish off the two prylak ships, but by now the station has a few units of shielding left. The Lazerus commands it to explode, destroying a couple nearby battlecruisers, and damaging a dreadnought pretty bad. The Raiek recharge their shields as quickly as they can, all the while using their heavy thoron beams at a distance while they move away (monty python style), and one by one, a few battlecruisers fall, explode, and damage surrounding vessels, and javelins by the fighters pick off the damaged ships, launching their javelins randomly into the fray.
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"I- I Swear Officer.. The Dwarf was on fire when I got here!"
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"....This is only what I think. We can't in a million years guess what goes on in the snarling, churning bowels of Red's head."
~ESPilot
(This message has been edited by -REDCHIGH- (edited 02-28-2002).)