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Author's infos Gender: Male Age: 53 Location: Las Vegas, Nv |
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It was a year after the attack on the Dentian queen that I finally left. Captain McCartney was headed out to take over a Marauder company and top sergeant Ambrosia was going with her. I was headed for the fleet academy for a six month ship handling course and then out to take over the carrier Honor. I brushed the cuff rings on my dress uniform and nodded to my aid. Lieutenant Jenks grinned before heading for the hatch. He stopped to let me go out first and the bosan’s pipes sounded as I heard the ship called to attention. I walked down and stepped onto the deck before saluting the ship’s crest and then the colonel that wore the ship captain’s braid, “permission to come aboard.” This wasn’t normal ship procedure for me but since my promotion to admiral I had learned to accept it. The colonel returned my salute, “permission granted.” He turned to walk with me as I crossed to fleet admiral Sinclare. I saluted and she returned it before turning to face the men still at attention, “Your crew admiral.” We had learned long ago not to over extend the crews patients. I smiled and gave a short speech before dismissing them. I looked at admiral Sinclare and she grinned, “not to bad Author.” I grinned, “thanks.” She gestured and we started for the distant hatch, “actually I needed to speak with you.” I glanced at her, “that bad already?” She shook her head, “Admiral’s Day and Delgot both had emergencies and admiral Telis was reassigned out of her rotation. That left me with admiral Michaels but he was just promoted off the list and is heading out as we speak.” She looked at me, “that leaves me with you as the only other admiral in third fleet until I get replacements.” I nodded to a squad of soldiers as they came to attention, “you expecting action?” She smiled, “no but we are in route to Deablo and there has been little heard out of the system. On top of that you seem to attract trouble.” I grinned, “this time I am safe aboard ship.” She snorted and then laughed, “that’s what worries me.” Her unmeant words of prediction came true not long after the fleet jumped into Deablo. Admiral Sinclare was aboard the battleship Douglas when the unpowered Spider fleet fired massive volleys of missiles and ship killers. I was on the bridge standing beside the captain as he jerked to his feet, “GENERAL QUARTER!” I remember reading a memo on a new ship installation, “Ensign Davis please activate the gravity shield generators and bring them to full power.” The captain looked at me and then grinned as I turned and opened my comm, “Flight... get the ready squadron out.” There was a gasp and I looked back to see the Douglas explode. I spun and started for CIC, “comm... switch to fleet command. I want all gravity shield generators on and at full power. Bring the cruisers and destroyers to the left flank. All ships are to fire at will.” I walked into the noisy CIC, “Log comm... get the support ships back and away.” I moved to my chair as the ship shook from impacts of the grav shield, “Nav... plot a course to break contact.” I brought up all my holo displays, “Tactics... find their command ship and concentrate fire on it.” I look at the busy section at the back of the room, “Damage control... I need reports.” A new display spray up and I took a moment to look at it before looking at the comm section, “get me a comm to fleet headquarters.” Out of all the ships, we had lost the battleship, a pair of cruisers and three destroyers as well as a single corvette. Everyone else had remembered the new gravity shield generators. I sat back and tried to look calm, “flight.” “Flight here.” I glanced at the updating enemy ship information, “load heavy with comet missiles and put every bird you have out.” “Aye sir!” I leaned forward to touch a ship in the display, “comm... tell the Horizon to pull back behind us.” “We have the command ship sir!” I slid out of my chair and stepped up to the huge holo tank, “all ships are to consider it the primary target.” I turned as a thousand sparks swarmed out of the Honor and spread out and my comm came to life, “Admiral England?” I sat and looked at the old fleet admiral in the holo, “we have lost the Douglas, two cruisers, three destroyers and a corvette. Fleet admiral Sinclare was aboard the Douglas when she was destroyed and I am in command. We face a single Spider nest fleet with support.” I glanced at the center holo as several men cheered, “comm... signal the fleet to switch to the two scorpion class battleships.” I looked at the admiral as the carrier shook again, “the good news is the gravity shield generators work.” He nodded as he worked a keyboard, “Second and Seventh are close and in transit. It will take less then a day for them to reach your system so hold on.” I nodded and glanced at another display, “comm... have the Tiger join Horizon. Tell their captains to expedite repairs.” I looked at the admiral, “we better do more than stick them for this.” He smiled, “I’ll let the emperor know you are pissed.” The holo display vanished as one of the two enemy battleships exploded. I nodded, “Tactics... get me a priority ship list. Comm... relay to the fleet to switch to the last scorpion. Also get those two corvettes behind us.” The battle raged for an hour as one by one we destroyed every ship. We lost another cruiser, a destroyer and two corvettes as well as thirty fighters before it ended. I sat back and looked at colonel Peters in the ships holo display, “set course for Deablo four.” He nodded as I looked around, “comm... send to all ship. Good job.” I looked towards the nav section, “nav... have the fleet match our course.” I looked at the system holo display, “tactics... get a few corvettes and destroyers out in front of us and tell them to keep their eyes open.” I relaxed, “log comm... have the support ships start searching for survivors.” I glanced across the room as the CIC hatch opened and general Samuels walked in. I grinned and waved and he crossed to me, “our turn?” I nodded, “more than likely the spiders have invaded Deablo four. I’ll need an ops plan as soon as you have it.” He nodded, “how bad did we get hit?” I looked at damage control, “we lost the Douglas, three cruisers, four destroyers and three corvettes.” I looked at him, “we also lost thirty fighters.” He nodded, “it could have been a lot worse if we didn’t have those new gravity shield generators.” I gestured, “get me a battle plan.” He headed for the hatch and I glanced at my aid, “Lieutenant Jenks... please send refreshments to the squadrons with my thanks.” He grinned and turned to his comm as I looked at after action reports pouring in from damaged ships. I glanced at the data flowing in from the other ships, “Scan... have the forward screen light up every planet, moon and asteroid between here and Deablo four. I want everything mapped before we get close enough for missiles to fire at us.” I looked at the comm section, “comm... send the after action damage report back to fleet headquarters. Request repair and maintenance ships to join us.” I glanced at the holo of colonel Peters in the chair holo display, “how is she doing captain?” He grinned, “in the green.” I nodded, “keep your people at general quarters until we are in orbit around Deablo four.” He nodded and I went back to watching the CIC holo plot. I sat up when the forward ship scans started coming in, “tactics... what are those anomalies on that moon?” A moment later the dots turned red, “spider missile launch platforms!” I stood, “tactics... order kinetic missiles from the Abraham and Winston. Nav... get those corvettes and destroyers back and out of range. Comm... tell the Malory to send all his recon drones ahead using active scans.” I moved to the huge holographic, “what are these bastards doing? They have never used missile platforms before.” More missile platforms appeared on isolated asteroids as the ones on the moon were destroyed. I shook my head, “tactics... rotate the cruisers forward to engage any platforms.” The sudden appearance of a second fleet moving out from Deablo four lit up the holo. I spun, “nav... send to all ship, reverse course.” I sat in my chair, “flight... get every bird you have loaded and fueled.” I knew better then to look worried and glanced at lieutenant Jenks, “Lieutenant Jenks would you have the cook make me a cup of tea?” He grinned, “aye sir.” I looked at the holo again, “scan... do we have details on their ships?” “It looks like two command ships and four battleships with a dozen cruisers and twice as many destroyers.” I looked at their course before smiling, “tactic... have every ship commence firing. I want the fire split between the two command ships.” I looked at the commander that turned towards me, “they are beyond range sir.” I sighed, “commander... the warhead on a kinetic missile will not detonate until impact. The missile track will disappear when it stops accelerating and goes ballistic. The spider fleet is maintaining a straight in course so do the math and fire the missiles.” He blushed and nodded before turning to issue orders. I smiled, “log comm... warn the support ships and get them moving out.” I watched the missile traces until they vanished and waited, “systems... would you add projected missile courses for us.” Ghost lines replaced the missile traces and minutes later I sat up as both spider command ships vanished in huge explosions, “tactics... switch targeting to the battleships.” I glanced at the comm section and the commander turned to look at me, “sir the destroyers have emptied their magazines and the cruisers are close to doing the same thing.” I thought and then smiled, “log comm... have the support ships hold position and start kicking reload magazines out with marker beacons. Nav... orders to the fleet, change course to two seven zero relative and execute nav plan whiskey. Have the destroyers head to the support ships to resupply. When the cruisers go bingo ammo they are to follow.” I looked at colonel Peters, “how are your magazines?” He grinned, “we are at fifty percent.” I turned to watch two of the battleships explode, “nav... how long before they are in range and can engage?” “Twenty minutes sir.” I accepted the cup of tea from lieutenant Jenks, “comm... rely an update to fleet headquarters on this new enemy fleet.” I took a sip of tea and nodded to Jinks before looking at the holo, “flight... when the enemy reaches engagement range send your people out.” I smiled as a half dozen cruisers and destroyers in the spider fleet vanished in explosions. There were more explosions on the last two battleships causing them to slow, “it looks like it may take them longer to reach us.” I finally shook my head, “tactics... have the fleet hold fire. Comm... tell the cruisers to resupply. Nav... what is their time to engagement now?” “Three hours sir.” I smiled, “flight... tell your people to relax. The spiders seem to be taking their sweet time.” An hour later I sighed, “captain Peters... you might want to rotate and feed your people while we have time.” He grinned and turned to issue orders and awhile later lieutenant Jenks handed me another cup of tea. It was another hour before the commander at the scan section turned, “the battleships have picked up speed.” I handed the empty cup to lieutenant Jenks, “what is the time to engagement?” “Thirty minutes sir.” I nodded and looked at the comm section as the commander turned, “yes?” She grinned, “the destroyers are resupplied and heading towards the rear of the spider fleet.” I smiled, “tactics... let the destroyers know to wait to engage until the enemy has engaged us.” Thirty minutes later I straightened as the spider fleet suddenly accelerated, “Tatics... all ships are to engage the two battleships. Flight... launch your fighters.” I moved to the holo, “they are getting sneakier.” A huge shifting on the edge of the holo in front of us had me turning to the scan section, “what is it?” The commander turned, “it looks like a fleet jumping in.” I waited and a second later nodded as fleet icons appeared, “comm... get me the seventh fleet commander.” I moved back to my chair and smiled when one of the spider battleships exploded along with several destroyers. The holo of Fleet Admiral Megan appeared, “looks like you are having a little excitement Admiral.” I smiled, “just a bit.” I looked around CIC, “systems... send an intel packet to the Jones.” I looked at admiral Megan, “my corvettes are empty and just running as a screen. My destroyers have resupplied and are engaging at the rear of their fleet. The cruisers are expediting their resupply and my carrier is down to a quarter of her magazine.” She nodded and glanced away, “we will be engaging in ten minutes at our rate of closure.” I nodded and glanced at the holo as the last spider battleship disappeared, “it looks like we are down to smaller ships.” It was several minutes before admiral Megan looked at me, “change course to one eight zero by two four five.” I nodded, “Nav... fleet course change to one eight zero by two four five and stand by for Seventh to merge.” Four days later I was standing beside the hospital bed, “I’m glad we found your life pod.” Admiral Sinclare grinned, “I was lucky Commander Jensen tossed me over his shoulder on his way to the life pod.” She sighed and looked at me, “I will have a few questions to answer on why the Douglas and the others did not use the new gravity shield generators. I have also reviewed your actions during the time you commanded the fleet. You were very good and I will be endorsing your actions to the review board.” |
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