Chapter 2a: Omega

A Week Later

Merciless

Hyperpace near Bestine

The mess hall of the flagship Merciless was unusually crowded in this time of day, no it isn't lunch time or dinner but it was time for battle. There were thousands of Drakenesis in uniform crowded in to the mess hall. They were fighter pilots, they were here to watch the battle taking place without them, while waiting for the battle to begin the Drakenesis were busy talking, wrestling and some were having other kinds of fun in pairs or sometimes in groups of three.

Tetrarch Malcolm "Ace" Granger was busy talking with his squad, he was more incline to just talking than doing other sorts of fun with the females of the squad, while waiting for the battle to start.

"I still can't believe that the Strategos is going to start the battle without us!" Malcolm said to his squad mates in disbelief.

"Well sir, Strategos did not want to risk losing our citizen fighter pilots for this battle, as it is a sure win. After all we are infinitely better than any fighter Ghouloon and infinitely harder to produce, as I recall it is an old military maxim that a good pilot is more important than a good bird." One of his wing men answered.

"But still Rene, I would love to shoot myself some pussies."

"Sir, if you really want some pussies you can have Alexa's and Lyra's" Another wing man jokingly answered Malcolm, then pointed to the only two female members of their squad. As both females smirked, the rest of the squad laughed.

"It's not that I didn't like those pussies I want something that would shoot back when I try to hit them instead of biting me." Malcolm replied which made the entire squad laugh for both female squad members were known for biting while doing the deed.

But before anyone else could add the main viewer of the mess hall changed the image it was displaying from the dragon insignia of the domination to the front camera view of the Merciless, everyone knew what this means, the battle was about to begin. It currently shows the endless red swirling clouds of hyper space but all that is about to change. As a great battle would begin and they would just watch, although they would have one of the best seats in the fleet, still it would make any Draka depressed for their build in genetic aggressiveness would always want them to engage shoot and kill the enemy.

Sametime

Bridge

Merciless

Strategos Jacques was sitting in his command chair tapping his fingers on the handles, he was anxious for this battle could make or break his career. Although it was going to be considered a cakewalk, still he needed to plan this well, in order to avoid unnecessary casualties. One of his controversial decisions was not to include the citizen fighters and launch only the fighter Ghouloon to avoid unnecessary casualties on the citizen pilots, and also to confuse the Dilgar to make them think that Draka fighters are this bad, but still judging from their intelligence the fighter Ghouloon would still be more than a match for the Dilgar Panacas.

"Let us go over the intel again." He ordered his female second officer.

"Strategos sir, our intel suggests that the Battle of Bestine has already began a few hours ago with fourteen hundred Dilgar ships facing against a Leauge fleet of eight hundred Vree ships, six hundred Markab ships, two hundred Descari ships and two hundred other league ships as the battle began. That of course is not counting the orbital defenses of the planet. We do not know the current condition of both sides until we exit hyperspace and let our sensors see for themselves. However due to superior Dilgar training, ship quality and tactics we expect the Dilgar to win this battle with light to moderate casualties, which is not counting our intervention of course. Our intel also suggest that the Dilgar strike fleet is lead by the Deathwalker Jha'dur herself." Sherone replied

"Ahhhh, keep me posted if we gain additional intel." Jacques replied then slipped back again to deep thought.

"My fleet of twelve hundred ships would be more than enough to defeat this Dilgar strike fleet. Since the only reason that the Dilgar has been stomping the League is that they have been fighting warriors, priests, traders and peace lovers instead of true soldiers. That is why they won, cause compare to the League they are batter trained, equipped and had better tactics, but compared to the domination. They would be like the league they are fighting. We Drakas are the perfect soldiers, compared to that this Dilgar are just like children." He thought to himself

Then his thought was interrupted by a soft chime then his communications officer said.

"Strategos sir, the Archon has delivered his declaration of war."

"Then it has begun, now get me fleet wide communication."

"Yes sir, fleet wide communications already established." The communications officer replied after establishing fleet wide communications.

Realizing that the entire fleet was now watching and hearing him, Strategos Jacques began to speak.

"Honoured Citizens (Streategos always loved to address his men as citizens, which by its self is considered an honorific word in Draka language) long have we had a drive for perfection, instilled in us through centuries of great men and women's visionary brilliance. Centuries ago we drove the last of the impurities from our world and it now stands a beacon of light, of purity brighter than any star and now we stand upon another great moment in our history spreading our purity amoung the stars... the Dilgar will feel our wrath; their planets will be burned the purest white. Death to the Xenos! Long live the Domination! Long live the Race!"

Then he signaled his communications officer to cut the line by moving his right hand horizontally across his neck.

After the line was cut he said, "Now signal the fleet to exit Hyperspace as we have planed."

A few seconds later Twelve hundred ships suddenly phased out of hyperspace several hundreds of thousands of kilometers above and behind the Dilgar line, then the ships began to move to firing range. There were several different kinds of ships for unlike most species which relied only on one, two or three classes of ships to do everything. The Draka preferred their ships to be more specialized having a dozen of different ship classes.

As they exited hyperspace the sensors can now see the progress of the battle it showed the space near the planet being lit up as both League and Dilgar fleets almost clogged up the space between them with fire from different assortment of weapons.

Then Jacques said to his communications officer, "Signal the fleet to advance on the Dilgar line, using our pre planned formation."

In almost perfect unison the ships began to close in the back and the top of the Dilgar line, they were a bit bulky slower and a bit larger than most other races' ships of the same classes. Then as the gap closed in and as the enemy entered effective weapons range the Draka Dreadnoughts and Destroyers began firing their anti matter missiles and their high powered lasers, which unlike most races who preferred to use plasma based weapons the Draka preferred to use anti matter missiles and lasers. Other races simply chose to use plasma because their lasers were not as powerful as their Draka counter parts.

They moved in a pincer like maneuver with the most advanced Dreadnaughts and their cruiser escorts functioning as the tip of the spear.

As the larger ships made their volley of fire their Cruiser escorts also began to emit ECM's against enemy sensors and targeting solutions. While the Draka fleet carriers including the heavy carrier and flagship Merciless began to spit out Starfury fighters being manned by fighter Ghouloons, which are different from their Ghouloon cousins used by the marines because they are smaller and more or less thin also having limited fighter combat training. They were bred to fly fighters and act as cannon fodder for their Citizen arm counter parts.

As the Draka Lasers hit the Dilgar ships' trinium armor they quickly tore them apart. Explosions rang in the Dilgar flank as their ships were hit in their unsuspecting bellies. But before the anti matter missiles neared the Dilgar flanks the mass of Draka Destroyers and Dreadnoughts again let loose a second volley of fire from their Lasers and missile launchers this more or less lit the space in between both fleets. Then as the first volley of missiles neared the Dilgar flanks some of them hit the countermeasures by the Dilgars, some also were lost due hitting the blown away sections of armor and already destroyed ships. With all Dilgar fighters at the other side of the battle, this left their ships unprotected from the Draka anti matter missiles. Making most of them hit their targets as dozens of Dilgar ships were caught in the blast of thousands seemingly micro suns made by the impacting anti matter warheads of the missiles. There by annihilating the Dilgar Flank.

Then the Dilgar ships began to move to counter the threat to their backs. They moved in almost perfect unison with the kind of military discipline, that the Dilgar were proud of then the Dilgar line began to make counter fire.

This made the black colored Draka ships do evasive maneuvers, they looked as if they were black moths gracefully dancing in the night. They were also very hard to spot visually, without the aid of computer guided sensors due to their space black color.

Sametime

Otherside of the battle field

Deathwalker

" Warmaster, we have picked up a major energy surge at our flanks" Captain An'jash reported to Jha'dur

"Energy surge?" Jha'dur replied

"Yes, war master. They seem to be very similar in profile to opening jump points but we are not detecting forming jump points."

"DRAKA! There is no other race that does that kind of technology in going in and out of hyperspace." Jha'dur thought to herself.

"We are detecting eight hundred no nine fifty, no make that more than twelve hundred starships have just entered normal space. Sensors are trying to identify who they are." Captain An'jash continued.

"We are detecting partially biological plating and anti matter engines…

Draka, it is confirmed twelve hundred Draka ships have exited hyperspace and are now heading towards our flanks, Warmaster."

"Draka, why could they have possibly come to the aid of the Leaugue, none the less we know so little of their capabilities except that small encounter at Tirrith when one of their ships fought and won against four of our ships as we tried to confiscate its towed Brikiri ship that it so called Salvaged , but if we judge them by that encounter we are in for big trouble, captain recall all fighters we are to retreat back to Mitoc and regroup there.

"Warmaster, we can't communicate to the ships in our flank there seems to be intense jamming emitted by the Draka ships. Limiting our ability to communicate to the ships in the back of our line."

"Pass it from ship to ship captain, and I want the fleet to retreat as soon as the fighters are in the bays. We can't win this battle but we will be back and we will be back in force."

"Yes, Warmaster." Captain An'jash replied, as she sensed something different in her Warmaster's voice. She realized that it was because for the first time they will be fighting a race as skilled in the arts of war as they are and maybe more skilled.

"What is that big thing!" Captain An'jash reacted as she saw a four kilometer long ship.

"What do you think captain?"

"Warmaster, judging by the high amounts of communication between it and the rest of the fleet, its multiple hangar bays and the high amount of fighters exiting it, I would guess it would be a dedicated fleet carrier, also functioning as their command ship."

"Good thinking captain, I see you learned much."

"I learned from the best Warmaster."

"Why didn't we ever think of building one of those?"

Sametime

Bridge

Merciless

Strategos Jacques was viewing the battle, the Dilgar lines were crumbling, they were no match for the power of the race, that is how the universe should be, he thought. As he could see one after another Dilgar ships were being blown into oblivion as they succumbed to superior Draka firepower.

Then something caught his eye a volley of counter fire was fired from the Dilgar lines. They were plasma being spitted out by the enemy ships desperately trying to counter attack. As the plasma fire neared the Draka lines they were hit by lasers from the Draka cruisers and were also being hit from their fighter escorts. As they neared their target ships in this case the group on the left of the spearhead of the advance. A few of the plasma fire were also going past the ships as they were misdirected by the Draka ECM, as they were very near the ships, the Ghouloon fighters began to move into intercept course of the plasma hoping it would hit them and not the capital and some eventually did hit the Ghouloons but there were still a few left, another few also managed to miss the ships due to the evasive maneuvers being taken up by the Draka ships, which were unusually fast in its reaction time due to the fact that the Draka employed a pilot to ship phasing technology which directly connected the pilot to the ship coupled with the extremely fast Drakenesis reflexes of the pilot. This cutting the reaction time into a few nanoseconds. But some did eventually hit the ships they were targeting but it only did minor damage to the ship since they were only hit with so few and those that did actually hit were being spread out and absorbed by the partially organic armor of the Draka starships.

Then the counter fire from the enemy suddenly ceased. Then he heard the sound of the voice his XO.

"Strategos sir, the Dilgar ships are opening jumpoints they are beginning to retreat."

"Then this battle is already won. Signal the fleet to unleash as much fire as they could before the enemy can escape."

Then suddenly the Draka fleet unleashed thousands upon thousands of missiles and fired their ship to ship lasers upon the retreating Dilgar fleet. Making dozens more join their fallen comrades as laser fire began to impact the remaining ships, making them explode. Then when the first of the anti matter missiles reached the Dilgar, hundreds of the remaining ships exploded before the rest opened the jumppoints and exited to hyperspace.

Seeing the enemy gone and the battle wont Jacques said.

"Signal the fleet to move to the planet and commence repair of the heaviest damaged first and then tell the undamaged ships to scavenge the enemy wreckage. And congratulate the entire fleet, we won this battle."

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