-Incoming Message From High Command-
Encryption Type EX16
To: Fleet Commander ErsadtSF
"Commander, Ill keep this brief. We need to recover Apollo. Four transports carrying marines and our newest planetary defence weaponry will be entering the Vulcan system shortly. I know your fleet is no match for the aliens, but if you can land and power up the defensive weapons, you can shred the alien fleet." <End Message>
The commander just finished informing his fleet when the transports arrived. Upon questioning one of their captains, the commander found that the marines needed five minutes to set up on the surface.
"Five minutes?? This battle will be over in five seconds!"
"I doubt that, commander," said one of the captains."a deep scan revealed that the majority of the alien fleet is on the extreme edge of the system, hunting for escape pods from commander Tycho Maudd's fleet."
"I see...prepare to jump."
(later)
The commander's fleet entered the Apollo system. Fortunately for them, their intelligence was correct. The fleet made short work of the 6 fighters guarding the planet, and the transports desended into Apollo's atmosphere.
"Commander, the alien fleet has seen us. They're coming fast...."
"Power up weapons and shields. Move the fleet around Armstrong. Make sure nothing hits the planet."
"Sir, we have landed," said one of the transport's commanders."Good luck up there."
The alien fleet closed in and fired everything they had. ErsadtSF's fleet outnumbered them, but the aliens simply cut straight through the lines of fighters.
"Oh %#$@! Take us down to those fighters!"
The carrier was new to the alien forces, but, with 2 minutes left, 16 alien fighters swarmed over it. Heavy turbolaser fire reduced them to rubble, but not before they lowered the carrier's shields to 75%.
"Alright, get us back to...(explosion)"
The H.C.S. Infusion quickly figured out where the fighters had come from. An alien battlecruiser was right behind the massive carrier. It easily shrugged off the carrier's turbolasers.
"Shields at 55%,sir."
"Turn us into our fleet. Keep firing. Route all power to weapons and shields."
The carrier hoped to lose the battlecruiser in the combat between the other fleet ships, but it was pursued into its own lines, which were about to fall...
"Sheilds at 30%, 20%, 10%.."
A huge explosion rocked the whole ship.
"Shields down! Commander, we're about to-"
Boom.
The battlecruiser was blown into a nearby asteroid. Another shot incinerated both the ship and the asteroid.
"Commander, the new defence grid is online. We have taken the planet."
The remaining enemy ships either retreated, or were destroyed by the remainder of the fleet.
The Apollo system now belongs to the Human Confederation
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My Fleet:
1 carrier
1 supercruiser
8 destroyer M5's
14 ospreys
45 mantas
3 star cobras
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Macavenger's Fleet:
2 battlecruisers
27 cruisers
49 heavy fighters
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Ill put it this way - I dont write novels.
