NationStates Jolt Archive


Space Piracy...

The Hand of Ganymede
11-05-2004, 21:48
After several years of running from one Coreworldian fleet after another...Always being one step ahead...The T.H.o.G High Command has felt their danger level has receded enough to find another base of Operations...Their original base was destroyed by a Coreworldian Fleet mere weeks after T.Ho.G's raid on CW's freighters...Having been warned of approaching CW ships...the base was stripped of all resources and evacuated...

Lt. Commander Jamison sat in the Command Chair of his ship...The HGS Vengeance...One of the newer ships in the T.H.o.G Command...His squadron was tasked w/ the 1st offensive ops in years...Since the CW fleets stopped actively pursuing T.H.o.G forces...The 8 ships in his squad "ghosted" silently in a holding pattern...Awaiting their "victim" After several days of laying in wait...Their quarry appeared on long range scanners...

*Commander...Convoy within scanner range...No escorts detected...Sensors say approximately 12 freighters of Corpsacian & Fedral Union Design*...

*Very good...Alert the squad to prepare for action*...

W/ that every ship became a flurry of activity as crewmen raced to finalize preparations for the upcoming ambush...Several moments later as every ship radio'd in their readiness

*Commander the convoy is within visual range*...

*Very well put it on main screen*

suddenly the mainscreen lit up and showed 12 freighters slowly & silently moving past the hidden squadron...

Tapping a comm button ...

*All ships...Commence Op. Lightfinger*....

w/ that all 8 ships of the small squadron leapt forward from their concealed positions and swooped down on the unsuspecting freighters...Firing on the key points of each ship with expert accuracy and detirmination...The 1st 10 Freighters stopped with engines, sensors, comms & wpn systems deactivated...The last 2 made a series of high speed turns an disappeared into a nearby nebula...

*Commander 10 ships are disabled and 2 have escaped...We have about 12 hrs before reinforcements can arrive*...

*Excellent...Contact the "Ravager"...Eggs are ready for pickup*

*Yess Sir*...

6 hrs. later...A Massive ship appeared out of warp and approached the strickened convoy as it came up behind the convoy...It's bow split open to reveal a gaping maw into the ship which was large enough to swallow up the 10 freighter's easily...40 minutes later the bow of the massive ship resealed and began to move off as the 8 ship squadron cloaked and leapt away at warp speed...
The Hand of Ganymede
12-05-2004, 01:52
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