Escape pt3
The battle above Bestine had been going on for half an hour now, the last remaining Corellian Corvette's shields finally gave out under the sheer bombardment from the Ori warship's secondary weapons, exploding in a blinding flash as its large engine pods blew. All the while the Nebulon-class frigate's and the Mon Calamari battleship's shields held strong.
"Sir! the unknown vessel is launching some sort fighters!" the sensor officer yelled out, above the comotion, "Launch all fighters and bombers, i want this area of space free from enemy fighters!" Fillian barked.
The Ori fighters left the underbelly of the Ori warship, speeding towards the New Republic capital ships. Several of the fighters broke off from the main group and headed towards the planet, some of them had dimond shaped platforms attached to their hull, the remaining fighters engaged the Republic X-Wings, A-Wings and Y-Wings.
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On the bridge of the Faithful, commander Salen sat in his command chair, "Prior, is it possible for you and the others to concentrate your powers and strengthen the shields?" he asked.
"Doubt not the power of the Ori," the Prior responded, "All who follow the path will receive the protection of the Ori. Hallowed are the Ori,"
"Hallowed are the Ori," Salen repeated.
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"Sir! I'm reading that the unknown vessel's shields are recharging! I can't explain it sir, its like their shields are feeding off the incoming fire!" the sensor ensign reported, with a horrified look on his face. "Shields are down to 28! We can't take much more!" another ensign yelled from his station.
Fillian looked out at the battle, the lone Nebulon frigate's shields finally failed as a beam of enery cleanly blasted through the forward sections of the vessel, destroying it. He looked at his crew, "Send a message to the forces on the ground that we are leaving orbit and that they should expect an invasion," he turned to the navigation officer, "Initiate a tactical hyperspace retreat to the nearest friendly planet!" he ordered, "Yes, sir!" the navigations officer responded.
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"Commander the enemy vessels are retreating into hyperspace," reported one of the blue uniformed officer.
Salen smiled as he looked out the viewscreen, the enemy fighters returned to the capital ship, then the gaint vessel clumsily turned and entered hyperspace. He turned to the Firstman of the ground troops, "Prepare your troops for landing," After he said this a different Prior arrived, "I will accompany your men to the surface and teach the natives of Origin," the Prior stated, "It is will be an honour if you lead our troops in person," responded the firstman.
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Colonel Mitchell and the rest of sg1, stood in a corridor onboard the Odyssey, "Okay guys! Carter you take Teal'c and go to the engine romm and get all systems, Daniel, Vala your with me. Lets move out," he ordered. Sam and Teal'c broke off from the group, heading for the engine room. Mitchell watched them go. When they got out of sight he turned to Daniel and Vala.
"Okay, kids, we're going to the bridge," he said before walking off.
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On one of the spiral cities of Bestine, General Deson stood with his advisors at a holographic map, of the city and the surrounding area. As the last members of the briefing arrived the electronic doors slammed shut.
"Right. Everyone is here, good. Twenty minutes ago, we received an encoded transmission from the fleet in orbit. Apparently some kind of alien vessel had attacked and destroyed most of the fleet, the Purpose managed to jump into hyperspace. Their last report indicated that the enemy vessel had lanched fighters, on an planetary reentry course," He looked at all the men who stood around the battle map table, "We have no idea who these aliens are, but we know one thing for sure. They are defenitely hostile,"
"Now. I want this base on full alert, have fighters ready to scramble at any moment," he looked at the officer in charge of the ground based fighter squadrons, "All infantry squads are to take defensive positions here," he indicated to the entrance to the city, on the holo map, "At these points here and finally, i want patrols of five men, all along the perimeter," he looked up, looking at each person in turn, "We must defend the innocent population of this planet. We musn't fail,"
All the commanding soldiers saluted and walked out of the planning room to carry out their orders. Deson watched them go, "Good luck to us all," he muttered to himself.
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On the bridge of the Imperial Star Destroyer Defender, captain Arnos stood watching the strange vessel before him. The second in command walked up and stood beside him, "What is it Carlos?"
"Sir, stormtrooper units Alpha-2 have secured the crew of the vessel, including the one who appears to be the commanding officer. Alpha-3 have begun their sweep of the ship," Carlos reported.
"Good. Send in units 4 - 7 to secure the vessel. Send in tech crews as well, i want the ship brought online, so we can bring it to Moff Flennic," Arnos ordered, "Yes sir!"
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Sam and Teal'c walked through the silent corridors of the Odyssey. "Where are the those Imperial stromtroopers?" she asked, "They are probably in the key areas of the ship," Teal'c replied, "We can assume that some of them are in the engine room,"
It was 10 minutes later that they narrowly avoided the first Imperial patrol, "Okay now they show up," Sam remarked, "Indeed," Teal'c said. They turned a corner and quickly ran down the corridor, turning again ran half way before turning left into a little side corridor, Sam walked up to the door and got her key card out, she swiped the card through the card slot. Teal'c held both zats and stood at the entrance to the little side passage, the security system's lights went from red to green.
"Its a good thing that these security systems are still operational, i doubt that the Imperials would have been able to get in," Sam remarked, the door opened, "Lets go. Before another patrol finds us," they both walked throught the door and into the corridor beyond, another door greeted them at the end of the passage, Sam swiped her security card through the lock mechanism. The lights went green and the lock made a long beep before the door opened. Sam immediately ran to the Asgard core, activating it she checked the ships primary and secondary systems.
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"Mitchell, this is Sam, please respond," Mitchell switched his radio on, "This is Mitchell, where are you? Have you gotten to the engine room yet?" he clicked the radio off waiting for a response.
The radio clicked on again, "Yes. Teal'c and I managed to avoid the occassional patrol. I've checked the ships systems," Sam reported, "And?" Mitchell asked.
"Well, shields have recharged. Life support, Navigation and hyperdrive are all online. Asgard weapons on the other hand, aren't so good, their damaged. I dont think i can fix them in time. We can probably fire off a few shots before they stop working completely," Mitchell looked at Daniel and Vala, "Well lets hope we won't have to use them...anytime soon. By the way how is the Asgard beaming technology,"
"Asgard beaming is 100...at short range," Sam said.
Mitchell frowned, "I was afraid you were going to say that," suddenly he heard footsteps, Daniel grabbed Vala and they both crouched in a side corridor, "Sorry, Sam. But we've got company, be back in a few minutes, over," he said as he too ducked into a side corridor. The footsteps grew louder until dozens of white clad stromtroopers marched down the opposite corridor.
When their marching couldn't be heard anymore, Mitchell, Daniel and Vala all came out of hiding. "That was too close," Vala remarked.
"Lets keep going, before they decide to come back this way," Daniel suggested.
"Good idea," Vala agreed. They all jogged down the next corridor on their way to the bridge.
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General Landry sat on a metal stool in a grey cell. The door suddenly opened, flooding the dank cell with intense light. Five men walked in, three of them were white armoured stromtroopers, while the other two seemed to be some kind of naval officers. "Ah, you must be the captain of the unknown vessel," the lead captain, destinguished by all the medals and awards on his uniform said, "Tell me, where are you from? What planet?" he asked.
"I am General Landry, from a planet called Earth," Landry responded.
"Earth?" the captain said, clearly not convinced, "Okay, I will ask again. What planet are you from? Who are your people?"
"I told you, me and my crew are from a planet called Earth, from a galaxy called the Milky Way," Landry said.
"Very well, if thats how you want to play, then so be it," he turned to one of the stormtroopers and nodded. A buzzing sound heralded the arrival of a hovering circular droid, with many tools sticking out from it. One of the most prominant was a large needle. The captain turned back to his prisoner, "Lets begin. Shall we?"
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On the bridge of the Odessey the Imperial tech crews worked tirelessly to figure out how to work the ship. Stromtrooper sergeant Velos stood with three of his stormtroopers near the door, the other members of the squad were in pairs patrolling the bridge or helping the tech people around the bridge.
A sudden but distinct whining sound hearalded the arrival of three blue lightning arcs, they all hit Velos's stromtroopers. The victims silently collapsed onto the ground, unconsious. Three figures dressed in black vests with dozens of side pockets, they held strange curved looking weapons. The remaining stromtroopers on the bridge immediately raised their weapons and opened fire, dozens of blaster bolts flew at the new arrivals, except that all thw shots missed their targets as the enemies ducked out of the doorway.
The stormtroopers bore the brunt of the next volley, this time half a dozen lightining arcs slammed into the stromtroopers who weren't in cover, their bodies failling them as they collapsed on the floor, immobile. The last thing Valos saw was the leader of the hostile group, turn his weapon in his direction and a blue arc of electricity racing towards him. Then his world went white.
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Mitchell ducked as two more red energy blasts seared the wall next to him, he aimed his zat at the next stormtrooper, snapping of a shot before ducking into cover once again. Vala and Daniel opened fire again, taking out the last pair of stormtroopers with their weapons.
Mitchell carefully stood up and looked into the bridge, about half a dozen Imperial technicians cowered behind computer consoles. Vala herded the scared technicians into the back of the room, while Daniel dragged the unconscious bodies of the stromtroopers into a corner and binded them. Mitchell sat in the command chair and clicked the comm on, "Sam? Report," he said.
There was a moment of silence, "This is Sam, have you taken the bridge?"
"Yes we have. Are the Asgard sensors working?"
"Yep. Full power, they seem to be able to penetrate the shields of the Star Destroyers, i have locked onto every member of our crew. The second we are in range i'll fire up the Asgard beam and get them to safety," Sam reported.
"Thats good, but one more thing,"
"Yes what is it?"
"Can you lock onto any of the stormtroopers onboard?" Mitchell asked.
Silence, "Affirmative. I've got a lock on all the stromtroopers onboard...Wow there are quite a few of them," Sam said.
"So, lets go return the guests back to thair ship, and lets go pick up some old friends," Mitchell stood from the chair and walked to leftmost console and sat down again. He flipped a series of switches, pressec a few keys, ordering the Odyssey's engines to activate. Daniel sat in the other chair and also becan to work the controls.
He activated the comm and established a secure channel to the Millenium Falcon, "Hi there. this is Daniel. we are ready to receive the coordinates to your capital,"
"Rodger that, send you the coordinates now," Solo responded.
Daniel glanced over to Mitchell. "Okay, we have it," he switched his comm on, "Carter, get ready to beam,"
"I'm ready," came the reply. Mitchell grinned as he told the ship to power shields and engines, "Here we go!"
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The Odyssey's engines flared as it came to life, the ship flew steadily towards the lead Star Destroyer.
Han and Leia looked at the scene before them, "Well...let's get to the rendevous point," Leia suggested.
"I think that thats a good idea," Han agreed. He turned in his chair and began to work the controls.
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Onboard the Defender, SIC Carlos stood hunched over a console, inspecting it, when one of the ensigns yelled over at him, "Sir! I think you should see this!"
Carlos straightened and turned around, "What is it now?" he asked, annoyed.
"Sir the unidentified vessel's engines have been powered up, it is accelerating towards us now,"
Carlos looked at the viewscreen, "They managed to get the engines working," he muttered to himself.
"Hail the ship, find out what their status is," he ordered.
"Yes, sir!" the officer replied.
A few moments later the same ensign, turned around with a puzzled look on his face, "Sir? I tried to hail them, but for some reason they aren't responding on the comms,"
Another ensign raised his head from his console, "Sir! Unidentified vessel's shields power just went throught the roof, it has increased by over 300! They have also powered weapons,"
"What? How is that possible?" Carlos asked.
"I don't know sir, but they are moving on a parrallel course," the ensign turned around, "What are you orders sir?"
Carlos stood still for a moment, his eyes never leaving the approaching ship, "Raise shields! Power weapons, fire only to disable," he oredered.
'Yes, sir," The crew on the bridge shuffled and began to carry out those orders.
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Back onboard the Odyssey's bridge, Mitchell sat in the captian's chair, he looked intently out the viewport. "What the status of the enemy ship," Mitchell asked, glancing over at Vala who sat st the sensor console.
"They have raised shields and are powering weapons," Vala responded.
"Well, i didn't think this would be easy anyway," he leaned back in the seat, he switched the intercomm on, "Carter! Can we use the beaming technology now?"
There was silence for a moment, "Negative. We have to get closer to the target," Sam replied.
Daniel figited in his seat, "Closer?" he asked.
Mitchell just looked at him, he activated the comm again, "Fine. But when we get into range, start to beam. Don't wait for me to give the order, just do it," he said.
"Copy that,"
"Okay Jackson, get us next to that Destroyer." Mitchell ordered.
"Yes, sir," Daniel muttered to himself. Mitchell ignored him.
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While the Odyssey moved into position, the Millenium Falcon slipped stealthily to the rendeavous point.
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General Landry sat, chained up, in a chair, in the Imperial interrogation room onboard one of the Star Destroyers, he felt the effect of the drug that the droid had injected into him. It seemed that he would spill all his knowledge and secrets to his interrogators. The only thing that stood in the way was his military training, he had endured torture before, he had survived a prior plague, but this felt completely different.
"My patience grows thin. I will ask only one more time. What planet are you from?" the captain asked him again, "There is no point in hiding the fact, if you answer the question i will let you have food and water, all you have to do is answer my questions. If you do not...well let's just say, it won't be pleasant for you,"
Just as he said that Landry suddenly started to glow, and in moments had vanished into thin air. In his place, an unconsious stromtrooper sergeant appeared in his place. Arnos looked quizzicaly at the stromtrooper guards then back to the unconsious stromtrooper.
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The next thing General Hank Landry saw was a bright light and moments later he was looking at standard issue US Air Force boots. He looked up and saw Colonel Mitchel grinning down on him, "So this is how you high ranking people must feel," he remarked, his grin widening.
Landry looked around the bridge, the remainder of the crew were sitting or standing in various postions on the bridge, suddenly aware of where they are.
Landry quickly stood up, and catching the hint, Mitchell stood up and vacated the command chair, instead replacing Vala at her station. Suddenly the ship rocked, "We are taking fire," Mitchell reported.
Daniel got out of the Navigations station when Marks walked up to him, "Major, get us to the rendeavous point,"
"Yes, sir," Marks replied enthusiastically, taping in commands into his console.
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The Odyssey's egines flared to full power, as it began to out manuevre its cumbersome opponent, the ship made a sharp turn to the left, flying behind the control tower and onward towards open space. Just as the Odyssey moved out of the shadows, the second Star Destroyer appeared and began to bombard the Odyssey's advanced shields, while the other one slowly turned to the left, in order to get the ship into position for a broadside attack.
Thanks to the Odyssey's powerful engines, it managed to get to the next Star Destroyer at an alarmingly fast speed. When it reached optimal range, it opened up with its experimental Asgard plasma beam weapons.
The first few hits slammed into the shield, slightly weakening it. After a few more shots from the beam weapons, one managed to breach the shields and bissect the Star Destroyers main stuperstructure, cutting straight through the armoured hull and exiting just below the engine pods. As a result the Star Destroyer's main drive was damaged and it began to drift off as its engines failed it, also the weapons fire lessened.
Just as the Odyssey reached the rendeavous point, the Millenium Falcon initiated its jump to lightspeed. Its shields still bearing the brunt of the lone, functioning, Star Destroyer's wrath, the Oddyssey jumped into hyperspace.
