Blooding a Kerensky
By Khan Killer
PG
Synopsis:
My first fanfic: enjoy!Notes:
More to come, I promise!Blooding a Kerensky
With fusion reactor dampened to reduce the likelihood that she would be spotted, Star Captain Raya Kerensky waited until she faintly heard the heavy thumping of approaching Battlemech feet. With a stab at the shunt button, she brought the fusion engine of her Dire Wolf into ready mode. With a lurch she brought the giant hundred ton Mech to its feet and started it into a lumbering trot. As she crested the hill, she spotted the advance star of the Falcon force starting to pass her. With a few adjustments, she brought her targeting reticule in line with a Kit Fox and squeezed the trigger. With recoil, the Dire Wolf launched man-made lighting from both arms. As the Kit Fox started to turn, the bolts of energy struck the thirty-five ton Mech in the knee. The raw energy ate through the thin armor and snapped the leg clean off as the pilot brought weight down on it.
The other four Mechs spun around and started blazing at Raya. A Firemoth launched a six flight of SRM's that struck Raya on the shoulder. With ringing ears, Raya switched her weapons to her missiles and launched two score at the Firemoth. Every missile hit. The first missiles ate away ate the Firemoth's right arm while the rest wreathed the head in explosions. As the smoke cleared, the Firemoth fell backward with a crater where it's head used to be.
A Nova brought its arms up and let loose with a full volley of ER medium lasers. All twelve missed as Raya cut in her jumpjets and sent the massive Mech sideways. Rotating her torso, Raya flipped her weapons back to the PPC's and let loose with both again. Her heat soared and the computer threatened an override. As she slapped the override, the Nova's armor tried its best to withstand the assault. It failed. The PPC's ripped through the shoulder and cored deep into the doomed Mech's chest. The myomer muscles melted and warped under the immense heat and the right side of the Nova caved in. The fusion engine powering the Mech blew with a bright flash and knocked Raya's Mech stumbling backward.
Through the haze, she could spot another Firemoth lying on its back with both arms ripped off and the legs twisted under it. It wasn't going to fight. The last mech was a Mad Dog. A mean 60-ton Mech, the Mad Dog was in its primary configuration. The double LRM20's and the pulse lasers could put a hurting on her Dire Wolf. She had no intention of letting that happen. Switching all weapons to one trigger, Raya targeted the Mad Dog and let loose. Forty missiles, two ER PPC's, two large pulse lasers, and two medium pulse lasers converged on the hapless mech and literally tore it apart. The pilot ejected from his doomed Mech on a jet of fire.
Turning away from the gutted husk, Raya turned up the next hill and set her monster in a slow walk to the top. As she crested the top her radar lit up with another five signatures. With astonishment Raya watched as two Executioners, a Dire Wolf, a Gargoyle, and a Timber Wolf turned about to face her. She had found the Falcon command star.
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