11-01-2004, 20:07
**a warship drifted in the void known as space, it’s hull scarred, broken and cut deeply, she was the Nuritoshi maru, the last surviving Independence ship, if you can call it surviving.
The captain stood up from his chair his gray hair short and balding his was a tall and proud man he was old but his eyes would tell otherwise they were filled with a fire, a fire that could only be quenched through victory or death. He looked at the different view screens all displaying the same thing, 3 commonwealth starships, much larger and more heavily armed than the Nuritoshi Maru searching for independence survivors, searching for them, to kill them.
He looked down at a ensign sitting at his console “ensign what’s our chance of surviving an all out frontal attack on those 3 ships?”
“Our chance of survival for a full out frontal assault would be…” he glanced at the monitors on his console before looking back up at his captain” a 3 percent chan- incoming plasma mortars bearings 5,678 by 3,981 by 3,4..” the ship shook violently as it was rocked by the shockwave, the hulk of a once independence ship was torn to pieces by the plasma mortar only several thousand kilometers away from the Nuritoshi maru, then several move shock waves each one less powerful then the last shook the Nuritoshi Maru.
“Captain their trying to scare us out of hiding, what should we do?” the ensigns voice quivered, his voice told the captain what his facial expression would not, he was afraid.
“Nothing yet ensign” he said as he turned and walked towards a comm. Panel on a wall near him “ engineering damage report”
“wh.t wa. Th.. cap…n I ..nnot ..der…nd .ou .lease ..peat” the static garbled up most of the transmission to almost the point of being unrecognizable.
“Engineering damage report again Engineering damage report” he said slowly carefully pronouncing each syllable in a meager attempt to contact them.
“o.e mo..nt c..tain.. Sorry captain the comm. System was damaged I have to tranfer the single to a high band in order to achieve possible communication, anyways The engines still work amazingly but I can only guarantee a max speed of 55c, the hull is pretty beat up but for the most part it’s in one piece life support it pretty good, and our energy output is only in the yellow”.
The captain couldn’t give two ****s weather or not the energy output was yellow in this situation he hastily asked “what about the weapons what’s the status of our weapons?”
The chief engineer a little taken back replied calmly “we have 3 working point to point laser batteries, 25 fighters left, 5 Vulcan missile racks I might be able to jury rig a sixth one for one time use but no guarantees, and 7 small ion laser cannons Captain, oh and the mag pod”
“mag pod?” the captain never read about any weapon on the ship
“It’s a large device usually used in scavenging metal it creates a magnetic pull in a given radius pulling anything with metallic parts towards it at varying speeds” the chief engineer replied hastily.
“Thanks chief engineer “ he turned the comm. Channel off abruptly as he looked at his skeletal bridge crew, taking a deep breath he spoke loudly “all bridge personnel prepare for combat, power up non critical systems, prepare the fighters for launch, wake the pilots, begin powering the laser batteries, and full power to the engines” he paced slowly as the bridge crew immediately began work, the air changed to a thick fog of tension as the Nuritoshi Maru would see one last fight…
The three commonwealth ships the USS Neverwinter, the USS Tongesten, and the USS Eagle easily picked up the energy spike and immediately changed course moving slowly into a flanking position deploy several dozen of their own fighters in preparation.
The captain looked at the ensign again “ensign contact the fighter group leader and tell him to stay behind us until I give the order to do other wise” he spoke firmly his mind focused on winning this fighter and this war.
“Pilot I want you to move us between the right and middle ships as fast as you can push this ship, ensign message the fighter group leader tell him to keep the enemy fighters at bay for as long as possible” he paced he head never looking away from the view screen as the Nuritoshi Maru flew at extremely unsafe speeds in a debris field heading towards the 3 commonwealth ships.
Vulcan missiles streaked from the Nuritoshi Maru’s missile racks as the 3 laser batteries slashed and clawed and the side of the USS Tongesten’s hulls, the missiles impacted all over the hull leave minor pot marks to small holes in a shotgun pattern.
“Pilot take us around behind that ships engines NOW!” the captain yelled furiously as the ship rocked from the shockwaves of passing by missiles and plasma mortars, the USS Tongesten’s Plasma mortars broken it’s crude magnetic homing the Nuritoshi Maru and traveled onward making contact with the USS Neverwinter’s hull making spectacular explosions and burning deeply into it’s hull. The USS neverwinter leaned onto it’s side as it’s hull groaned in protest as the ship slowly turned towards the Nuritoshi Maru. The Nuritoshi Maru being a much smaller and faster ship easily was able to out maneuver the USS Neverwinter and get around behind the engines of the USS Tongesten, Vulcan Missiles streaked across the void shotgunning the Tongesten’s engines destroy or even completely removing several vital parts.
“Fire the laser batteries at the weakened spots!” the captain roared as the view screen was filled the display of the laser batteries ripping through the weakened hull of the USS tongesten slashing at vital energy lines.
The Tongesten’s lights flickered then died as the ship titled forward drifting dead in the void without power. Wasting no time the Captain immediately ordered the pilot to strafe the bridge of the USS Neverwinter. The ship turned widely as she began to pick up sufficient speed flying deep on towards the Neverwinter’s bridge, it was do or die and the Captain was the only one who knew his plan.
“Ensign what’s the status of the fighter group?” he didn’t want to know the moment he sent those fighter pilots out of the hangar is the moment he sent them to their graves.
“7 fighters are left sir, should I recall them?” The ensign replied quickly he was on the verge of panicking. The ship rocked violently as laser fire and missiles racked what was left of the Nuritoshi Maru’s hull.
“No we need them to hold of the enemy fighters, tell them to keep fightering till the last fighter is downed” he spoke firmly, he would have to live with the fact that he sent those men to their deaths but no wasn’t the time” can we still launch the Mag pod?”
The ensign confused replied “yes captain but only directly below us..”
“”Good.. Pilot take us around for one more strafe on the bridge” He sat down slowly closing his eyes before staring menacingly at the view screen, The ship was blown slight off course as the 3 surviving point to point laser batteries were removed completely from the hull leaving only several large gashes in her hull.
The ship continued forward as the hull slowly was worn away into nothingness.
“Ensign fire the Mag Pod!!” he yelled as a explosion ripped through the entire ship leaving a large hole straight through the side of the ship but the plasma mortar, the captain lay on the crumbled on the floor dead from burns and shrapnel, as the crew yelled orders to each other, the mag pod slowly drifted down and clamped onto the hull of the bridge and activated it’s self sending out magnetic waves slowly beginning to pull anything that have metallic parts towards it, including the protective covering of the Plasma mortar rounds. The Nuritoshi Maru slowly drifting forward crashing into the hull of the USS neverwinter hulks of ships began to shotgun her along with the plasma mortars eating their way through her skin, followed by a spectactular explosion completely destroying the USS Neverwinter and the Nuritoshi Maru, only the USS Eagle survived.**
The video log recorder stopped playing as the lights were turned back on revealing a black haired balding man sitting behind a desk with the insignia of “The Republic of The Centuri Station”
He looked at the crowd of reporters on the station then directly at the camera taking a deep breath letting the words slowly form in his mouth
“I am Steven Resslin leader of Centauri Station located in the Alpha Centauri system, we have been abandoned by our Home planet and we have fought a bloody war that cost the lives of those like the crew of the Nuritoshi Maru and so many, many others, the war has past and we proper, the bloody has dried and we still stand proud, we make this announcement to all to show we have not faded into the void like so many of our sons, fathers and grandfathers have.”
The camera pans to a outside of Centuri station showing what appears to be a makeshift shipyard attached to the side of the station orbiting around a unknown planet then goes back to Steven.
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“we welcome all trade with any and all space faring nations and welcome any diplomats…Thank you for your time”
he stands up slowly giving a quick glance at the camera once more before leaving the press room.
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Steven Resslin
Leader of Centuri Station
Alpha Centauri
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The captain stood up from his chair his gray hair short and balding his was a tall and proud man he was old but his eyes would tell otherwise they were filled with a fire, a fire that could only be quenched through victory or death. He looked at the different view screens all displaying the same thing, 3 commonwealth starships, much larger and more heavily armed than the Nuritoshi Maru searching for independence survivors, searching for them, to kill them.
He looked down at a ensign sitting at his console “ensign what’s our chance of surviving an all out frontal attack on those 3 ships?”
“Our chance of survival for a full out frontal assault would be…” he glanced at the monitors on his console before looking back up at his captain” a 3 percent chan- incoming plasma mortars bearings 5,678 by 3,981 by 3,4..” the ship shook violently as it was rocked by the shockwave, the hulk of a once independence ship was torn to pieces by the plasma mortar only several thousand kilometers away from the Nuritoshi maru, then several move shock waves each one less powerful then the last shook the Nuritoshi Maru.
“Captain their trying to scare us out of hiding, what should we do?” the ensigns voice quivered, his voice told the captain what his facial expression would not, he was afraid.
“Nothing yet ensign” he said as he turned and walked towards a comm. Panel on a wall near him “ engineering damage report”
“wh.t wa. Th.. cap…n I ..nnot ..der…nd .ou .lease ..peat” the static garbled up most of the transmission to almost the point of being unrecognizable.
“Engineering damage report again Engineering damage report” he said slowly carefully pronouncing each syllable in a meager attempt to contact them.
“o.e mo..nt c..tain.. Sorry captain the comm. System was damaged I have to tranfer the single to a high band in order to achieve possible communication, anyways The engines still work amazingly but I can only guarantee a max speed of 55c, the hull is pretty beat up but for the most part it’s in one piece life support it pretty good, and our energy output is only in the yellow”.
The captain couldn’t give two ****s weather or not the energy output was yellow in this situation he hastily asked “what about the weapons what’s the status of our weapons?”
The chief engineer a little taken back replied calmly “we have 3 working point to point laser batteries, 25 fighters left, 5 Vulcan missile racks I might be able to jury rig a sixth one for one time use but no guarantees, and 7 small ion laser cannons Captain, oh and the mag pod”
“mag pod?” the captain never read about any weapon on the ship
“It’s a large device usually used in scavenging metal it creates a magnetic pull in a given radius pulling anything with metallic parts towards it at varying speeds” the chief engineer replied hastily.
“Thanks chief engineer “ he turned the comm. Channel off abruptly as he looked at his skeletal bridge crew, taking a deep breath he spoke loudly “all bridge personnel prepare for combat, power up non critical systems, prepare the fighters for launch, wake the pilots, begin powering the laser batteries, and full power to the engines” he paced slowly as the bridge crew immediately began work, the air changed to a thick fog of tension as the Nuritoshi Maru would see one last fight…
The three commonwealth ships the USS Neverwinter, the USS Tongesten, and the USS Eagle easily picked up the energy spike and immediately changed course moving slowly into a flanking position deploy several dozen of their own fighters in preparation.
The captain looked at the ensign again “ensign contact the fighter group leader and tell him to stay behind us until I give the order to do other wise” he spoke firmly his mind focused on winning this fighter and this war.
“Pilot I want you to move us between the right and middle ships as fast as you can push this ship, ensign message the fighter group leader tell him to keep the enemy fighters at bay for as long as possible” he paced he head never looking away from the view screen as the Nuritoshi Maru flew at extremely unsafe speeds in a debris field heading towards the 3 commonwealth ships.
Vulcan missiles streaked from the Nuritoshi Maru’s missile racks as the 3 laser batteries slashed and clawed and the side of the USS Tongesten’s hulls, the missiles impacted all over the hull leave minor pot marks to small holes in a shotgun pattern.
“Pilot take us around behind that ships engines NOW!” the captain yelled furiously as the ship rocked from the shockwaves of passing by missiles and plasma mortars, the USS Tongesten’s Plasma mortars broken it’s crude magnetic homing the Nuritoshi Maru and traveled onward making contact with the USS Neverwinter’s hull making spectacular explosions and burning deeply into it’s hull. The USS neverwinter leaned onto it’s side as it’s hull groaned in protest as the ship slowly turned towards the Nuritoshi Maru. The Nuritoshi Maru being a much smaller and faster ship easily was able to out maneuver the USS Neverwinter and get around behind the engines of the USS Tongesten, Vulcan Missiles streaked across the void shotgunning the Tongesten’s engines destroy or even completely removing several vital parts.
“Fire the laser batteries at the weakened spots!” the captain roared as the view screen was filled the display of the laser batteries ripping through the weakened hull of the USS tongesten slashing at vital energy lines.
The Tongesten’s lights flickered then died as the ship titled forward drifting dead in the void without power. Wasting no time the Captain immediately ordered the pilot to strafe the bridge of the USS Neverwinter. The ship turned widely as she began to pick up sufficient speed flying deep on towards the Neverwinter’s bridge, it was do or die and the Captain was the only one who knew his plan.
“Ensign what’s the status of the fighter group?” he didn’t want to know the moment he sent those fighter pilots out of the hangar is the moment he sent them to their graves.
“7 fighters are left sir, should I recall them?” The ensign replied quickly he was on the verge of panicking. The ship rocked violently as laser fire and missiles racked what was left of the Nuritoshi Maru’s hull.
“No we need them to hold of the enemy fighters, tell them to keep fightering till the last fighter is downed” he spoke firmly, he would have to live with the fact that he sent those men to their deaths but no wasn’t the time” can we still launch the Mag pod?”
The ensign confused replied “yes captain but only directly below us..”
“”Good.. Pilot take us around for one more strafe on the bridge” He sat down slowly closing his eyes before staring menacingly at the view screen, The ship was blown slight off course as the 3 surviving point to point laser batteries were removed completely from the hull leaving only several large gashes in her hull.
The ship continued forward as the hull slowly was worn away into nothingness.
“Ensign fire the Mag Pod!!” he yelled as a explosion ripped through the entire ship leaving a large hole straight through the side of the ship but the plasma mortar, the captain lay on the crumbled on the floor dead from burns and shrapnel, as the crew yelled orders to each other, the mag pod slowly drifted down and clamped onto the hull of the bridge and activated it’s self sending out magnetic waves slowly beginning to pull anything that have metallic parts towards it, including the protective covering of the Plasma mortar rounds. The Nuritoshi Maru slowly drifting forward crashing into the hull of the USS neverwinter hulks of ships began to shotgun her along with the plasma mortars eating their way through her skin, followed by a spectactular explosion completely destroying the USS Neverwinter and the Nuritoshi Maru, only the USS Eagle survived.**
The video log recorder stopped playing as the lights were turned back on revealing a black haired balding man sitting behind a desk with the insignia of “The Republic of The Centuri Station”
He looked at the crowd of reporters on the station then directly at the camera taking a deep breath letting the words slowly form in his mouth
“I am Steven Resslin leader of Centauri Station located in the Alpha Centauri system, we have been abandoned by our Home planet and we have fought a bloody war that cost the lives of those like the crew of the Nuritoshi Maru and so many, many others, the war has past and we proper, the bloody has dried and we still stand proud, we make this announcement to all to show we have not faded into the void like so many of our sons, fathers and grandfathers have.”
The camera pans to a outside of Centuri station showing what appears to be a makeshift shipyard attached to the side of the station orbiting around a unknown planet then goes back to Steven.
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“we welcome all trade with any and all space faring nations and welcome any diplomats…Thank you for your time”
he stands up slowly giving a quick glance at the camera once more before leaving the press room.
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Steven Resslin
Leader of Centuri Station
Alpha Centauri
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**edit** changed picture to JPEG...BMP is not your friend :evil: