THE VITAL GUARDER
PROLOGUE
"Blue's given us the go-ahead," Douglas announced, "We're launching the Vital Guarder!"
"Hasn't the Separation program been figured out yet?" Robert complained.
"What's taking those subs so long?" Marco added, "Come on, the sooner we're out there the sooner we come back in already!"
"Stop your complaining!" Simon snapped, "Charlie only cobbled them together a few minutes ago, so shut up and keep studying! We'll deploy the Vital Guarder as soon as we get the Reactor online. Kurt, your in charge of weaponry,"
"Gotcha,"
"You know we're only supposed to hold them back?" Carlos glanced worriedly over the side of the wall at his team-mate, "Try to keep damage to a minimum. Those are Federation Starships out there,"
Kurt didn't reply as Akihiro's voice came through the intercom, "Erm…Sub-room to VG Bridge…separation program figured out. Ready to go on your command,"
"'bout time," Simon muttered, "Okay, releasing docking clamps,"
"Sixty-eight seconds until Lift-ship separation," Anina called out.
"Hey wait a moment!" Kevin suddenly cried, "I'm reading a major power drop!"
"Say what?" Lucson gasped, only to be ignored.
"Lowering Lift-ship…detaching cables," Anina continued.
Suddenly the bridge went dark as the emergency alarms suddenly went off.
When we arrived in orbit of Orillia, we were attack by an unidentified, yet obviously Federation fleet. We can no longer avoid a battle with them.
From this point onwards, our true journey begins…
Yes, from this point on…