t|?Dattle of Barad-dűr(/b)
It was all over in a second. In a single second, the power of the Prylak's greatest weapon was unleashed, but not upon Barad-dűr, but upon the Loki itself.
With the sacrifice of the captain of the Typhoon , who wanted to stay onboard and personnally pilot the ship into the enemy starfortress, there came a tremendous explosion unlike anything the Confeds have ever seen.
Time came to a standstill as the front of the Loki was engulfed in white light, its shields being shredded apart all down its length. The hull shuddered and buckled as the last of the giant ships shield grid fell, and the front was now engulfed in flames as the explosion tore apart the front nose.
Barad-dűr itself was mostly protected from the blast by its shield grid, which was, however, also annihilated. The outer ring of Barad-dűr couldn't handle the strain and broke up and exploded, its disabled chunks floating through the system. Time continued to stand still in the system for quite some time as the Loki drifted back, slowly, its front blasted and blackened.
As the effects of the temporal disruption beam began to wear off, the remains of the Prylak fleet also recovered from the shock of the explosion. Thirteen battlecruisers were left, as was a single dreadnaught, and the Loki was still a serious threat despite having its shields blown away.
Suddenly, help arrived. Lythrawn's fleet, after having raced to the scene, finally hyperspaced in. Finally, Lythrawn could see just how powerful his Empyrean Supercarriers were.
Deploying several waves of StarNova Bombers were formed into an arrow formation, Lythrawn then led his dreadnaught and three battlecruisers into the fight. Hundreds of glowing hunter-killer modules were shot out from his fleet, tearing apart two weakened enemy battlecruisers immediately. Spacial beams lanced out, obliterating a third enemy battlecruiser.
The Confederate fleet meanwhile did what it could, firing off its last ammo and hurtling a few more asteroids into the Prylak Starfortress, tearing several holes in its weak armor plating. Lythrawn stopped his advance for a moment, and immediately the Empyrean Supercarriers moved forward. Once they were alongside his flagship, the StarNova Bombers shot forward towards the Prylak Starfortress.
They unleashed a hail of Quantum Bombs; warheads so powerful that they easily outclassed both Galactica's Anti-Matter Bombs and the Confederates Trans-Phasic Bombs. The wave of bombs hit the Loki amidships, penetrating through its armor and detonating, enveloping huge sections of the hull in balls of fire and debris.
As the enemy ships hull began to crumble, the Confederates quickly sent another one of the sections from the outer ring of Barad-dűr flying into the starfortress. The starfortress tried to shoot it down, but it was no use; the huge section crashed into the starfortress and detonated in a huge explosion which tore huge sections of hull plating from the starfortress. Massive rips and tears began to form in the Loki's armor as it began to implode slowly.
More hunter-killer modules slammed into its engines, causing the whole rear section to explode in a massive fireball. Two more battlecruisers were destroyed, being too close to the Loki when the engines detonated. Another battlecruiser fell as it was charged by StarNova Bombers, and then the three Empyrean Supercarriers and Lythrawn's dreadnought began to engage the Prylak Dreadnought. The huge vessel soon fell under heavy weapons fire from the Empyreans, and then Lythrawn ordered all his ships to back off; the Loki was about to explode.
Finally, in a gigantic explosion, the Loki finally exploded. Wreckage and debris flew throughout the system, and if it were not for the shield satellites, the central section of Barad-dűr might have been destroyed.
The last few battlecruisers were quickly hunted down by Lythrawn's ships, and as the explosion had cleared, the Confederates had to tend to the damage done.
Half of the outer ring had been completely destroyed, with the rest being blasted and useless. The central section had also suffered some pretty extreme damage as well, and all of the Confeds drones had been annihilated, save the dozen or so cloaked shield satellites. A little less than half of their fleet had also been destroyed. Lythrawn lost seven StarNova bombers and many of his ships had been pretty badly damaged, but that was quickly fixed and more StarNovas were constructed using materials Lythrawn had stockpiled.
The battle had been a victory. A costly victory, yes, but a victory nonetheless.
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OOC: Lots of thanks to Espy for letting me write this post.
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