Chapter 28 Offense

In the conference room, Tuvok, B'Elanna, Paris, Harry, Janeway, Munro, and the Chief were seated at the table.

"Does anyone have any idea what this thing is?" asked Janeway

"I believe I do Captain. The most logical presumption would be that the Forge has sent a Harvester ship to…disassemble Voyager." Said Seven of Nine

"I was afraid that's what you were going to say." Replied Janeway

"Combining the records Seven obtained from the Borg ship…I would concur with Seven's appraisal." Said Tuvok

"Wait a second…didn't one of those ships tear up a Borg Cube?" commented Paris

"Yes, the Harvesters appear to attach themselves to the stranded ships and use massive claws to literally tear the ship apart. The Harvester aliens meanwhile, invade the ship, and plunder equipment and crew. The effect is utterly devastating." Replies Tuvok

"Great! Thanks for the pep talk." Says Tom

"B'Elanna, how soon will we get the warp drive and defense systems back online?" Janeway asks

"Not soon enough Captain, the isodesium is helping but it's still going to take several more hours." B'Elanna replies

"I'm open to ideas, anyone?" The Captain asks

"I thought I saw something in the Etherians records about some sort of 'Gunship' that's stranded here too." Said Ensign Harry Kim

"Yes the technology is consistent with that of Species 1567. They were engaged in a long range war in which they sent out giant automated dreadnoughts to destroy enemy outposts. They possessed impressive firepower." Replied Seven

"Captain, I've just reviewed some of the sensor data from the Etherians, there is what appears to be a UNSC ship in the debris here with us. Don't ask me how thats possible because I don't know how that could happen but I did a quick scan and the MAC gun is still online and has one round left. It's a small ship, a frigate. But if we can board it and the 'Gunship' Ensign Harry is talking about then we'll have two rounds to put into the Harvester ship." Cortana put in

"Life signs on either ship?" Janeway asks

"None detected on the gunship, but we've detected some kind of life form on the UNSC Frigate, but I can't identify it." Said Tuvok

"I can't see any better option, Tuvok, you Munro and the Chief put together a plan of action for the Hazard team. But fast, we don't have much time." Said Janeway

With that the Hazard team itself assembled in the briefing room. Tuvok was standing to the left while Munro, Cortana and the Chief were on the left side. Tuvok was briefing the team on the gunship.

"The dreadnought appears to be a giant automated weapon of mass destruction. There are only a few identifiable areas of the ship. This front area seems to be the control section. There is a barrel section seven hundred meters long." He said

"Seven hundred meters!?" said Telsia

Another team member whistled in awe.

"The rear sections seem to contain the ammunition, power and propulsion systems. Our objective will be to reach the control section and fire the weapon at the Harvester ship." He continued

"How do we know this thing still works?" asks Liz

"We do not. We have detected an active power source and the vessel does not seem to be significantly damaged. If fact we believe the weapon has never been fired. However as our sensors can barely penetrate the ship's hull, caution is recommended." Tuvok replied.

"As you can see, we've found a tear in the hull…" Munro began

"Whatever did that could…" whispered another crewmen

"We should be able to transport directly into the ship through this breach, saving us the time of having to shuttle over. From here it's only a short stroll to the control center here. Myself, Chang, Telsia, Chell, and Csatlos will beam in and escort Tuvok to the control room."

"Sounds like pretty heavy escort for a derelict ship." Said Csatlos

"We're not going to take any chances with this one. If all goes well, once we get Tuvok into the control room, he will fire the weapon at the Harvester and there will still be a Voyager to come back to. Any questions? No? There are two parts to this mission though. Team one consisting of the people I just mentioned will be going to the gunship. Team two, which the Chief will choose shortly, will be accompanying him to a UNSC Frigate we found in the debris field. The Magnetic Accelerator Cannon appears to be operational and there is at least one round left in the chamber. The Chief, Cortana and his team will beam aboard, power up the MAC cannon and wait until we've fired our round at the Harvester. If our round destroys it, everything will be fine. If it doesn't then we'll have a second shot to fall back on. Any questions? Chief? Have you selected your team?" Munro asked

"Yes, I have, Liz, Rick, Jurot, Michael and Oviedo will come with me to the Frigate." The Chief said

"Alright everyone, you have your orders, gear up and report to the transporter room. Both teams are going in heavy so grab plenty of ammo. Dismissed." Said Munro

Everyone grabbed their helmet because it appeared that both ships were void of atmosphere at the beam-in point. Everyone also grabbed more weapons and more ammo. The resident weapons experts managed to modify the combat shotgun used by the UNSC to have replicate-able ammo. They simply added a small power source with a button on the side so whenever the person is out of rounds in the chamber they press the button, wait two seconds then pump the mechanism and they're ready to go again. The Chief grabbed a battle rifle, shotgun, MA5C, Rocket Launcher, and pistol. He also grabbed a double handful of replication clips. These clips gave him as many rounds as the maximum amount he could normally carry. For example, before Voyager, he could only carry a maximum of six hundred rounds for his MA5B assault rifle. Now if he carried ten of the modified clips he now has six thousand rounds to kill enemies with. Same with the pistol, battle rifle, and shotgun.

Ensign Munro and his team beamed out first. Then the Chief's team beamed out….