The weapons overloaded with the power being pumped into them from Mentat's ship. All noise within the primises was silenced for a moment, before an extremely loud ringing burst forth, as the area was filled with red. Beams of thermal energy were exploding and imploding the larger shots fired at them.
"Oh god! My ears!" An engineer shouted, unprepared for the shock. His hands filled with blood as he held them over his ears.
"Oh god! My ears!" An engineer shouted, unprepared for the shock. His hands filled with blood as he held them over his ears.
"FIGHTERS! OPEN FIRE!" Arik once again screamed, and in unison the captains replied, one column after another. The four lesser las turrets open fired, sending huge blasts after another, and the greater las turret opened up with three rounds, non stop.
"Fighters! Evasive action! NOW!" Arik shouted again, and waited, thinking quickly. "Starboard broadside guns, reload, and hold! Lesser las turrets, continue fire! Greater las turret, hold fire!"
"Roger that, Command. Alpha wing, break off! Evasive maneuvers!" The captain ordered, and broke off with the rest of the 50 fighters and 25 bombers and five torpedo bombers. Delta wing began doing the same, as well as Bravo and Cappa.
"Cappa leader, I'm hit! I'm hit!" The Cappa 1 bomber shouted, and then his massive bomber was hit, the shields buckling under the heavy fire. The wing and tail ripped off, flying through space. One fighter collided with the body, and it exploded with the ordinance inside.
"Stay in formation! Target the enemy Frigate! Bomb them to hell and back boys!" The Delta Wing captain shouted, and he looked to the side. Two more Cappa bombers were blown to bits.
"Boarding torpedoes! FIRE!" Arik shouted, and the three massive torpedo tubes fired their payloads. A large projectile gun turret aimed, and fired all three barrels, the massive rounds aimed for the place where the torpedoes would hit.
"Fighters! Evasive action! NOW!" Arik shouted again, and waited, thinking quickly. "Starboard broadside guns, reload, and hold! Lesser las turrets, continue fire! Greater las turret, hold fire!"
"Roger that, Command. Alpha wing, break off! Evasive maneuvers!" The captain ordered, and broke off with the rest of the 50 fighters and 25 bombers and five torpedo bombers. Delta wing began doing the same, as well as Bravo and Cappa.
"Cappa leader, I'm hit! I'm hit!" The Cappa 1 bomber shouted, and then his massive bomber was hit, the shields buckling under the heavy fire. The wing and tail ripped off, flying through space. One fighter collided with the body, and it exploded with the ordinance inside.
"Stay in formation! Target the enemy Frigate! Bomb them to hell and back boys!" The Delta Wing captain shouted, and he looked to the side. Two more Cappa bombers were blown to bits.
"Boarding torpedoes! FIRE!" Arik shouted, and the three massive torpedo tubes fired their payloads. A large projectile gun turret aimed, and fired all three barrels, the massive rounds aimed for the place where the torpedoes would hit.
"Sir! The weapons are overheating!"
"KEEP FIRING! DO NOT LET UP!" He said as the lasers started moving to hit most of the projectiles.
"KEEP FIRING! DO NOT LET UP!" He said as the lasers started moving to hit most of the projectiles.
"Uh sir those bombers are going to bomb us, And I don't know if the shields can handle such a hit!" Said one of his crew members on the bridge, then Marshal smirked "Alright then, TAKE EVASIVE ACTION! AND FIRE ALL PARTICLE CANNONS AT THE ENEMY SHIP!" Marshal said, and the frigate began taking evasive action, all the while firing its particle cannons at the enemy ship
"Sir, 35 out of the 50 Hellraiser rounds have been destroyed! 5 knocked off course! Ten left!" The Lieutenant replied, and began recalculating the course. "Self destructing the five!" And as soon as he said that the five that were knocked off course blew up in space, their shrapnel flying everywhere.
"Increase las fire! Starboard heavy las, open fire! Target their defense systems!" Arik shouted, and the las turret began opening fire again, one two three, one two three, and on. Huge blaster like discharges from the gun filled the space, flying into enemy defenses. Many were destroyed by enemy laser fire, but the larger ones began to make their way through.
"Sir, the three boarding rounds hit! Torpedoes are en route! Closing in. ETA one minute!" Once again the lieutenant reported, and Arik acknowledged it.
Meanwhile, the bombers began closing in for the kill. All of them saw the particle beams fired at the ship, but only one of them could do something about it. "Delta, Bravo, Alpha, we're going in. Avenge us! For HRA!" The Cappa captain shouted, and they ran into the way of the particle beams, some vaporizing, the others getting blasted apart, but most of the beams were stopped dead in their tracks.
"May God have mercy on their souls... Delta, go in for attack run! Target the offensive weapons! Bravo, wipe out their defensive! And Alpha, hit their engines! Go!" The commander shouted into his comm, and broke formation. His squad of 43 (7 fighters had been wiped out), and 20 bombers (all the torpedo bombers were destroyed and five bombers disabled) began making an attack on the particle cannons. When they were in range, the fighters opened up with eight lascannons, 60mm in width, and two 100mm high velocity projectile cannons.
The bombers began targeting the offensive guns, and began dropping their payload. 120 Valkarie missiles each, every one weighing in at 100 pounds, tore through the space and began targeting their nearly doomed targets. "I'm hit!" One of the bombers shouted, and the wing was smashed apart. Taken in by the gravity, the massive bomber crashed into the enemy armor, blowing up on contact and sending shrapnel flying.
The Alpha began dropping torpedoes, all going in a straight line, their 10,000 pounds of ordinance too clumsy to navigate via computer. Not all would hit, but hopefully one would. Those were the light torpedo bombers, though. The heaviest could go over 100,000, but the Arrogence didn't field those. Yet.
"Bombers, drop everything! NOW!" Alpha leader shouted, and open fired with his guns. 150 Valkarie missiles flew through the air, trying to lock onto a target: the engines. It wasn't hard.
Back at the ship, Arik saw everything begin to unfold before his eyes. He cursed that frigate when the Cappa wing was wiped clean off the slate. Damn that ship! Damn it to hell! And he was going to send it there.
"Sir! Particle cannons fired at us!" The lieutenant shouted, and looked out. Those particle cannons would be able to get through maybe three or four layers of shields, but not the other two. He hoped. The shields never were able to absorb the energy that well.
"PREPARE FOR IMPACT!" Arik shouted, and the particle discharges hit. Two were absorbed, but the others smashed into the armor, vaporizing a piece, and causing damage inside. The first wound. "Drop pressure doors around the wound! Get the repair bots going!"
"Increase las fire! Starboard heavy las, open fire! Target their defense systems!" Arik shouted, and the las turret began opening fire again, one two three, one two three, and on. Huge blaster like discharges from the gun filled the space, flying into enemy defenses. Many were destroyed by enemy laser fire, but the larger ones began to make their way through.
"Sir, the three boarding rounds hit! Torpedoes are en route! Closing in. ETA one minute!" Once again the lieutenant reported, and Arik acknowledged it.
Meanwhile, the bombers began closing in for the kill. All of them saw the particle beams fired at the ship, but only one of them could do something about it. "Delta, Bravo, Alpha, we're going in. Avenge us! For HRA!" The Cappa captain shouted, and they ran into the way of the particle beams, some vaporizing, the others getting blasted apart, but most of the beams were stopped dead in their tracks.
"May God have mercy on their souls... Delta, go in for attack run! Target the offensive weapons! Bravo, wipe out their defensive! And Alpha, hit their engines! Go!" The commander shouted into his comm, and broke formation. His squad of 43 (7 fighters had been wiped out), and 20 bombers (all the torpedo bombers were destroyed and five bombers disabled) began making an attack on the particle cannons. When they were in range, the fighters opened up with eight lascannons, 60mm in width, and two 100mm high velocity projectile cannons.
The bombers began targeting the offensive guns, and began dropping their payload. 120 Valkarie missiles each, every one weighing in at 100 pounds, tore through the space and began targeting their nearly doomed targets. "I'm hit!" One of the bombers shouted, and the wing was smashed apart. Taken in by the gravity, the massive bomber crashed into the enemy armor, blowing up on contact and sending shrapnel flying.
The Alpha began dropping torpedoes, all going in a straight line, their 10,000 pounds of ordinance too clumsy to navigate via computer. Not all would hit, but hopefully one would. Those were the light torpedo bombers, though. The heaviest could go over 100,000, but the Arrogence didn't field those. Yet.
"Bombers, drop everything! NOW!" Alpha leader shouted, and open fired with his guns. 150 Valkarie missiles flew through the air, trying to lock onto a target: the engines. It wasn't hard.
Back at the ship, Arik saw everything begin to unfold before his eyes. He cursed that frigate when the Cappa wing was wiped clean off the slate. Damn that ship! Damn it to hell! And he was going to send it there.
"Sir! Particle cannons fired at us!" The lieutenant shouted, and looked out. Those particle cannons would be able to get through maybe three or four layers of shields, but not the other two. He hoped. The shields never were able to absorb the energy that well.
"PREPARE FOR IMPACT!" Arik shouted, and the particle discharges hit. Two were absorbed, but the others smashed into the armor, vaporizing a piece, and causing damage inside. The first wound. "Drop pressure doors around the wound! Get the repair bots going!"
"Sir! Seven of our ten shields are destroyed!" An engineer shouted. Medics were working on the injured engineer, who was laying on the floor.
The ship shook as three of the beams exploded. "Revert the extra power to the remaining! We cannot allow another hit like that! Target their larger weaponry! Forget about the ship! Wing-Chun style! Hit the weapons! HIT THE WEAPONS!" Mentat shouted to his crew.
The ship shook as three of the beams exploded. "Revert the extra power to the remaining! We cannot allow another hit like that! Target their larger weaponry! Forget about the ship! Wing-Chun style! Hit the weapons! HIT THE WEAPONS!" Mentat shouted to his crew.
"FIRE ANOTHER!" Arik shouted, and closed his eyes tight, then opened them again. Three more shells fired into the enemy ship, moving faster than most the torpedo. It would hit before the torpedoes did. It had to. "Keep those lasguns firing!"
"Sir! The Lascannon rounds are getting through! Some have hit!" The lieutenant said, and inside, Arik cheered. The destroyer was being destroyed. "Incoming! They're going to hit our shields soon! NOW!"
The ship didn't move, but the shields began absorbing the impact. It was hard, but they were going to make it. Arik looked a little worried, but then he remembered. He had beams, too. If they wanted to play the laser game, well, he could do that, too. "Power up the two beam turrets!"
"Powering up. Ready soon."
"Fire when ready." Arik said, and four large lasers shot across the space, and impacted the enemy shields, intended to drain then destroy. After ten seconds, they stopped, cooling down and recharging. After all, they were immensely powerful.
"Sir! The Lascannon rounds are getting through! Some have hit!" The lieutenant said, and inside, Arik cheered. The destroyer was being destroyed. "Incoming! They're going to hit our shields soon! NOW!"
The ship didn't move, but the shields began absorbing the impact. It was hard, but they were going to make it. Arik looked a little worried, but then he remembered. He had beams, too. If they wanted to play the laser game, well, he could do that, too. "Power up the two beam turrets!"
"Powering up. Ready soon."
"Fire when ready." Arik said, and four large lasers shot across the space, and impacted the enemy shields, intended to drain then destroy. After ten seconds, they stopped, cooling down and recharging. After all, they were immensely powerful.
"Our shields are gone!" One of the engineers shouted, obviously panicked.
"DIRECT ALL FIRE TO THE BRIDGE OF THE SHIP! I WANT EVERYONE ON THAT THING DEAD!"
"Sir, their weapons will hi-"
"DO EXACTLY AS I SAY OR I WILL KILL YOU MYSELF!" Mentat shouted, staring at the ship as intense laser fight shot through large attacks, even more going straight for the bridge.
"DIRECT ALL FIRE TO THE BRIDGE OF THE SHIP! I WANT EVERYONE ON THAT THING DEAD!"
"Sir, their weapons will hi-"
"DO EXACTLY AS I SAY OR I WILL KILL YOU MYSELF!" Mentat shouted, staring at the ship as intense laser fight shot through large attacks, even more going straight for the bridge.
"They targeted the bridge!" The lieutenant shouted, and almost panicked. An attack of that size would defiantly hurt them. But would it go through the shields? Maybe... He hoped not.
"Counter those lasers! I want every close defense system we have canceling out those beams, NOW! Strengthen the shield! We can't let them get through!" Arik shouted back, and slammed his fist on the table. Instantly, the light Lascannon turrets began redirecting their fire at the beams, and the four lasers charged and fired at the enemy beams. The shields were the last line of defense. "CLOSE BLAST DOORS!"
"Sir! Our three shells hit the ship! Their shields weren't present, sir. Five light las rounds and one heavy las round hit, as well as two Hellraiser rounds! Boarding torpedo is near..." As he said that, the blast doors for the glass began closing, and soon, the entire bridge was shrouded in titanium.
"Counter those lasers! I want every close defense system we have canceling out those beams, NOW! Strengthen the shield! We can't let them get through!" Arik shouted back, and slammed his fist on the table. Instantly, the light Lascannon turrets began redirecting their fire at the beams, and the four lasers charged and fired at the enemy beams. The shields were the last line of defense. "CLOSE BLAST DOORS!"
"Sir! Our three shells hit the ship! Their shields weren't present, sir. Five light las rounds and one heavy las round hit, as well as two Hellraiser rounds! Boarding torpedo is near..." As he said that, the blast doors for the glass began closing, and soon, the entire bridge was shrouded in titanium.
"Sir we need to leave the ship immediately!" An engineer yelled, fire filling the engine room. "Overcharge every system in this ship! Send it on a crash course for their bridge. We need to make sure that the ship IS NOT LEAVING!" Mentat shouted, entering dozens of commands, until every control was glowing red hot. The crew of fifty ran towards the escape pods, the ship on an unstoppable crash course with the other ship.
Mentat pulled out a phone, dialing a number as he blasted off with two engineers and a pilot. "Lee?"
"Yeah amigo?"
"I'm going to need to call a favor."
"...What kind of favor?"
"I'm going to need that railway thermal energy gun of yours, and a new ship."
"Good god Wall, what did you do?"
Mentat pulled out a phone, dialing a number as he blasted off with two engineers and a pilot. "Lee?"
"Yeah amigo?"
"I'm going to need to call a favor."
"...What kind of favor?"
"I'm going to need that railway thermal energy gun of yours, and a new ship."
"Good god Wall, what did you do?"
Marshal flew back as the weapons hit them, "SHIELDS ARE AT ELEVEN PERCENT! TWO PARTCLE CANNONS ARE DOWN! ENGINES AS WELL!" an officer shouted, marshal then shouted "DIVERT ALL REMAINING POWER FROM ENGINES AND SHIELDS TO THE REMAINING CANNONS! TARGET THEIR HANGAR BAYS!...leave no place for those fighters to land! AND FIRE THE PHOTONIC TORPEDOES AT THAT SHIPS MAIN WEAPON BATTERY!" four fast moving torpedoes flew at the enemy ship, they were fast and powerful but could be destroyed easily,
"DIVERT THE BOARDING TORPEDOES!" Arik screamed when he saw that the ship was set on a crash course for them. No boarding now. He had to wipe out the ship. And this was going to be easier than he thought. "Redirect all starboard guns at the ship! Fire the laser batteries! Fire the light and heavy las turrets! Fire the light gun turrets! Just destroy that thing NOW!"
The boarding torpedoes managed to stop in their tracks and go below the ship, missing it completely. No capturing for them. As soon as the boarding torpedoes were safe, the two laser turrets fired their batteries, and four continuous, high power lasers blasted into the ship, as five Lascannon turrets gave unrelenting, rapid fire, high power las discharges.
"End this. End it now!" Arik shouted, and the nearest gun turret, the middle front, turned towards the nose of the enemy destroyer. Aiming very carefully, it fired all three barreles. Three huge shells, each bigger than a house in diameter, shot out of the barrel, moving at extremely high speeds towards the nose of the destroyer.
"Sir! Incoming!" The lieutenant shouted, and hit the red alert. Incoming particle discharges. "Off the port side, 56 degrees left, 25 degrees up! It's aimed at the hanger bays!"
"Close their doors, seal it shut! Strengthen shields!"
"Shields at 50%! The particle cannon's are hitting! Blast doors closing!"
"Hold on!"
The remaining particle cannons had managed to get through the already weakened shields, seeing as they were... Different. The shields could never absorb enough energy from those discharges. As soon as it hit the shields, they dropped 5%, and hit the hanger bays. It didn't hit the blast doors, though. No. It ripped right past them, and smashed Cappa wing's hanger bay, destroying it completely. Sparks flew everywhere inside, and a fire began raging as soon as the blast doors closed.
"Hanger hit! Cappa wing's dock is destroyed, repair bay damaged, and hanger bay shield generator hit!" The lieutenant reported back. "Getting a fire and medical crew down there! Sending in repair bots to fix the damage!"
"Return fire! Order the bombers out!"
"Alpha, Delta, and Bravo breaking off now, sir!"
And they did. The 125 fighters, 70 bombers, and 5 torpedo bombers broke off and returned into formation, flying back to the ship. They moved out of the way of the enemy frigate so the main batteries could fire.
"Fire the guns at the enemy weapons! Redirect the boarding torpedoes to that ship! If we can take the frigate, we might be able to get something out of this!" Arik ordered, and the frontal gun turret turned its attention towards the enemy, picking out their gun turrets, and firing. One shot for each gun they had to destroy. The boarding torpedoes soon shot into sight, flying along as the pilots redirected them. "Give them a fighter escort!"
"Roger that. Bravo and Delta return to hanger bay. Alpha fighter wing escort the boarding torpedoes!" Arik ordered, and saw the torpedoes and evacuation craft.
"Sir, the destroyer launched evacuation craft, and the frigate has four fast moving photon torpedoes that are aimed at us!" The lieutenant shouted once again, and Arik knew why he hated captaining ships.
"Close defense systems! Open fire on the torpedoes! Bravo wing, target the escape pods. 800mm lascannons, open fire on the escape pods!" Arik ordered, breathing a little heavier. He hoped the battleship would stay out of this, and let them fight out their fight alone.
The 800mm lascannons, the second smallest lascannons they had on the ship, and the smallest offensive Lascannons, open fired on the escape craft. There was one 800mm for every light Lascannon turret, and one on the heavy Lascannon turret. The fired at the same rate as the light Lascannon turrets, but with much more accuracy, and could target those escape pods.
Dozens of Lascannon discharges, similar to very large blaster rounds, began filling up the emptiness, and then, the Bravo wing appeared. 40 fighters fired off a few rounds before disengaging and targeting the torpedoes. Soon, the escape pods were out of the 800mm range, and they had to stop, but they continued firing at the ship.
((My God! This is exhilarating! What a battle! How are you guys feeling about it?))
The boarding torpedoes managed to stop in their tracks and go below the ship, missing it completely. No capturing for them. As soon as the boarding torpedoes were safe, the two laser turrets fired their batteries, and four continuous, high power lasers blasted into the ship, as five Lascannon turrets gave unrelenting, rapid fire, high power las discharges.
"End this. End it now!" Arik shouted, and the nearest gun turret, the middle front, turned towards the nose of the enemy destroyer. Aiming very carefully, it fired all three barreles. Three huge shells, each bigger than a house in diameter, shot out of the barrel, moving at extremely high speeds towards the nose of the destroyer.
"Sir! Incoming!" The lieutenant shouted, and hit the red alert. Incoming particle discharges. "Off the port side, 56 degrees left, 25 degrees up! It's aimed at the hanger bays!"
"Close their doors, seal it shut! Strengthen shields!"
"Shields at 50%! The particle cannon's are hitting! Blast doors closing!"
"Hold on!"
The remaining particle cannons had managed to get through the already weakened shields, seeing as they were... Different. The shields could never absorb enough energy from those discharges. As soon as it hit the shields, they dropped 5%, and hit the hanger bays. It didn't hit the blast doors, though. No. It ripped right past them, and smashed Cappa wing's hanger bay, destroying it completely. Sparks flew everywhere inside, and a fire began raging as soon as the blast doors closed.
"Hanger hit! Cappa wing's dock is destroyed, repair bay damaged, and hanger bay shield generator hit!" The lieutenant reported back. "Getting a fire and medical crew down there! Sending in repair bots to fix the damage!"
"Return fire! Order the bombers out!"
"Alpha, Delta, and Bravo breaking off now, sir!"
And they did. The 125 fighters, 70 bombers, and 5 torpedo bombers broke off and returned into formation, flying back to the ship. They moved out of the way of the enemy frigate so the main batteries could fire.
"Fire the guns at the enemy weapons! Redirect the boarding torpedoes to that ship! If we can take the frigate, we might be able to get something out of this!" Arik ordered, and the frontal gun turret turned its attention towards the enemy, picking out their gun turrets, and firing. One shot for each gun they had to destroy. The boarding torpedoes soon shot into sight, flying along as the pilots redirected them. "Give them a fighter escort!"
"Roger that. Bravo and Delta return to hanger bay. Alpha fighter wing escort the boarding torpedoes!" Arik ordered, and saw the torpedoes and evacuation craft.
"Sir, the destroyer launched evacuation craft, and the frigate has four fast moving photon torpedoes that are aimed at us!" The lieutenant shouted once again, and Arik knew why he hated captaining ships.
"Close defense systems! Open fire on the torpedoes! Bravo wing, target the escape pods. 800mm lascannons, open fire on the escape pods!" Arik ordered, breathing a little heavier. He hoped the battleship would stay out of this, and let them fight out their fight alone.
The 800mm lascannons, the second smallest lascannons they had on the ship, and the smallest offensive Lascannons, open fired on the escape craft. There was one 800mm for every light Lascannon turret, and one on the heavy Lascannon turret. The fired at the same rate as the light Lascannon turrets, but with much more accuracy, and could target those escape pods.
Dozens of Lascannon discharges, similar to very large blaster rounds, began filling up the emptiness, and then, the Bravo wing appeared. 40 fighters fired off a few rounds before disengaging and targeting the torpedoes. Soon, the escape pods were out of the 800mm range, and they had to stop, but they continued firing at the ship.
((My God! This is exhilarating! What a battle! How are you guys feeling about it?))
(I'd say it's pretty dang good.)
"Sir! Three escape pods have been hit! Thirteen remaining!" "Aim for the planet surface down below! We need to get away from their blast radius!" Mentat shouted.
"Sir! Three escape pods have been hit! Thirteen remaining!" "Aim for the planet surface down below! We need to get away from their blast radius!" Mentat shouted.
Marshal and his bridge crew held onto something as the ships hull was nailed by the powerful shots, "Sir the enemy has fired on the escape pods!" One of Marshal's crew members stated, then marshal looked at his helm officer "DIVERT ALL PARTICLE CANNON POWER TO SHIELDS! PUT US BETWEEN THAT SHIP AND THE ESCAPE PODS!" Marshal yelled, then turned to his tactical officer "FIRE A BARAGE OF PHOTON TORPEDOES!" Marshal yelled, and the tactical officer pushed a few buttons, and then eight more torpedoes flew out at the enemy, then someone spoke "Boarding craft!" Marshal nodded, then smirked "Evacuate that deck, then depressurize it!" Marshal said, smirking evilly, He had done this trick multiple times before
The three boarding torpedoes hit in three different places, ripping through the shields with their centralized EMP beam, and smashed through the armor with their explosive charges. The torpedo with the Space Marines hit the evacuated and depressurized deck, and then, unexpectedly, the side of the torpedo opened, and a one foot thick piece of titanium sealed the hole they made. As soon as that was done, the front opened, and ten Space Marines stepped out in full armor.
You couldn't hear their breathing apparatus's, but you'd know it wasn't normal. They stood eight feet tall, in armor the same color of Arik. The first eight held storm Bolters, bolt guns with intricate designs and patterns built and carved in the metal, and a drum magazine. The Bolters, in normal calibers, were 23mm in diameter. But they were never normal. The other one held a flamer, which could create temperatures hotter than most things on the earth. The last? A power sword and a storm bolter.
The depressurization didn't even affect them. They just walked to the pressurized doors, and attached two melta bombs on them. Walking away, they detonated them. And on the other two decks? The men didn't get out yet. The Space Marines warned them.
At the ship, they had hit the enemy ship with everything they had. If it was going to blow, it would blow now. Before it hit the ship. They couldn't let them hit the ship. And as such, they poured everything they could spare into that hunk of metal.
You couldn't hear their breathing apparatus's, but you'd know it wasn't normal. They stood eight feet tall, in armor the same color of Arik. The first eight held storm Bolters, bolt guns with intricate designs and patterns built and carved in the metal, and a drum magazine. The Bolters, in normal calibers, were 23mm in diameter. But they were never normal. The other one held a flamer, which could create temperatures hotter than most things on the earth. The last? A power sword and a storm bolter.
The depressurization didn't even affect them. They just walked to the pressurized doors, and attached two melta bombs on them. Walking away, they detonated them. And on the other two decks? The men didn't get out yet. The Space Marines warned them.
At the ship, they had hit the enemy ship with everything they had. If it was going to blow, it would blow now. Before it hit the ship. They couldn't let them hit the ship. And as such, they poured everything they could spare into that hunk of metal.
The escape pods entered the atmosphere of the planet down below. They headed for a patch of ice, as their gear was made to survive in sub-zero conditions.
"What? They're going into the polar ice caps? What can we do? Do we have any drop pods?" Arik asked, and he knew the answer before he asked it. No. They were a battleship. A Battle Barge designed for ship to ship battles and planetary bombardments. Not invasions.
"No, sir. We can only bombard them. But I heard that there is the rest of our fleet nearby. Perhaps, if we wanted to?" The Lieutenant asked hopefully. He didn't know if they were going to call them in, but it would be a good idea.
"No... How many men do we have?"
"Around 200 Space marines and 1000 Imperial Guardsmen."
"No, sir. We can only bombard them. But I heard that there is the rest of our fleet nearby. Perhaps, if we wanted to?" The Lieutenant asked hopefully. He didn't know if they were going to call them in, but it would be a good idea.
"No... How many men do we have?"
"Around 200 Space marines and 1000 Imperial Guardsmen."
"Alright! I have had enough of this! Drop the spatial mines! And send out a security detail to the breach site, Heavy Weapons" Marshal said, then turned to his tactical officer "Drop the mines so the cannot get near the planet! And Lock onto their Weapon batteries!" Marshal said, and the ship fired eight more photon torpedoes, and began laying photon mines
The escape pods released parachutes and jets to keep their fall at a safe speed. Minutes later they crashed into the polar caps. Mentat and his small team climbed out, trying to re-establish his connections with his men. "Hello? Are any of you men still alive?"
"...Thirty meters north sir. We have one casualty, the already injured engineer."
Mentat cursed, but he would have died anyway with the freezing weather on his disabled ears. "Regroup at this location."
A series of numbers was sent to all his men, a spot between most of them. The north pole of the planet.
"...Thirty meters north sir. We have one casualty, the already injured engineer."
Mentat cursed, but he would have died anyway with the freezing weather on his disabled ears. "Regroup at this location."
A series of numbers was sent to all his men, a spot between most of them. The north pole of the planet.
"Take out the photon torpedoes before they hit!" Arik shouted, and cursed them. He hated it when people got the better of him. But no longer. They were the Arrogance, the Battleship, the pride of the first fleet. They would win. They had to. Otherwise, it would be an embarrassment. "And open a channel. I want them to hear this."
The lieutenant nodded and instantly, the defensive and offensive weapons began blasting into the photon torpedoes that were aimed at them. The four laser turrets opened up with their batteries, and blasted apart two, before moving on to the next one. So far, so good.
Meanwhile, inside the frigate, they managed to blow the first pressure door, and with great success. The Lieutenant leading them, Duke, thought for a moment. "Wait a second... I just got a report. Scanners find that a group is coming towards us... Dunno what it is. Be on your guard!"
And then, the comm channel was opened.
"Attention, soldiers on the planet, and men on the Frigate. This is General Arik Taranis speaking. You have two choices here. Surrender, and we'll let you live, even treat you nicely. Or, you can fight, and we will leave no one to tell the tale."
The lieutenant nodded and instantly, the defensive and offensive weapons began blasting into the photon torpedoes that were aimed at them. The four laser turrets opened up with their batteries, and blasted apart two, before moving on to the next one. So far, so good.
Meanwhile, inside the frigate, they managed to blow the first pressure door, and with great success. The Lieutenant leading them, Duke, thought for a moment. "Wait a second... I just got a report. Scanners find that a group is coming towards us... Dunno what it is. Be on your guard!"
And then, the comm channel was opened.
"Attention, soldiers on the planet, and men on the Frigate. This is General Arik Taranis speaking. You have two choices here. Surrender, and we'll let you live, even treat you nicely. Or, you can fight, and we will leave no one to tell the tale."
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