Skirmishes of the Dominion War
By: Pho
Rating: PG-13
Chapter 2: Ortegas Seven
Disclaimer: I don't claim to own Star Trek (any series or movie of it). It is owned by many people I'm sure, and Paramount I think. No infringement is intended, this is written purely for fun.
Year: 2372
"Take us out of warp," said Captain Kujou of the USS Freedomsong.
"Aye Captain," said the officer at the helm, he couldn't really recall her name.
"Give me forward magnification on the viewscreen, we're looking for our escorts."
On the viewscreen the image of a large gas planet came into view. However something was not right...
"Commander, give me maximum magnification on grid A-7," said Captain Kujou, his stomach sinking lower and lower as his fear mounted.
The image on the viewscreen shifted to that of the wreckage of three Miranda-Class vessels. One seemed to be just full of holes, another was missing its warp nacelles and most of its upper levels, the last was scattered around as pieces no larger than a ball. Their escorts had been destroyed.
Year: 2392
"The battlegroup you commanded at Ortegas Seven had already been destroyed when you arrived," asked the young ensign, doubtful.
"Yes," replied the Admiral with a stony glare," It had. Now let us get back to the story..."
Year: 2372
"Go to red alert," shouted Captain Kujou," raise the shields, power the pulse phasers, and arm the quantum torpedoes."
His ship seemed to come alive all around him as he shouted his orders, and the sirens began to blare, almost in sync with the red lighting now dominating the ship's interior.
"Ensign," he said turning to the officer at sensors," Give me a full sensor sweep of the area, and find out what weaponry was used on our escort ships."
He paced around his bridge as he waited, glancing over the shoulders of each of his officers one by one. Until finally the young officer at sensors spoke up.
"Captain, it seems our escorts were destroyed by Cardassian disruptors and photon torpedoes," said the Ensign, and then more alarmed," Captain! Two ships are decloaking off the starboard warp nacelle, only a hundred kilometers away!"
"Evasive manuevers," shouted Captain Kujou as he struggled to remain on his feet, the ship being rocked by disruptor fire," What type of Cardassian ships are they?"
"Keldon-Class Captain," shouted the sensor officer," One of the few types of Cardassian ships to have cloaking devices. I thought they had all been destroyed in the attempt to annhilate the Founder Homeworld!"
"Apparently not," said Kujou as he took over at tactical, for his tactical officer had just been killed in an explosion of decking.
The Defiant Class ship, the USS Freedomsong, veered about under the barrage of Cardassian phaser fire, unable to avoid most of the shots. The Freedomsong sped up along its axis and looped around behind the Keldons.
It released a full salvo of quantum torpedoes at one of the two Cardassian vessels. The first two quantum torpedoes only crackled against the shields, the third partially broke through, the fourth and fifth however, completely went through the shielding.
The crew of the Freedomsong watched in amazement as the Keldon buckled and exploded from the power of the two torpedoes.
The second Keldon turned suddenly and let loose a full barrage of disruptor fire across the small surface of the Freedomsong. One of the warp nacelles began to leak plasma, and sections of the shields simply collapsed.
As the Keldon went by and prepared to turn the Freedomsong tilted toward its agressor. Burst after burst left the pulse phaser cannons mounted in the sides of the ship, until finally a blast went through the Keldon's shields, leaving its engines disabled.
"Now I'll destroy it," muttered Kujou.
"Sir," exclaimed Commander Minarvi, the first officer," It is disabled, we don't need to destroy it!"
"Yes we do Commander. This is a war and it is about time you learned that. If we show them mercy now, they will live to kill more of our ships and our allies' ships later!"
The Freedomsong let loose one last hail of pulse phaser fire, pummeling the Keldon until it could no longer support life.
"Captain," shouted the sensor officer suddenly," Four Jem Hadar fighters have exited warp speed. Either they caught the battle on sensors or this relay station we're supposed to destroy is more important than we thought!"
"We can't fight that many," gritted Kujou between his teeth," but we have to try! Keep us in evasive manuevers, I'll target the lead ship!"
The Freedomsong let loose a full hail of pulse phaser blasts upon the first Jem hadar fighter, skinning it, its crew flying off into space.
The remaining three split formation, and began to pummel the already almost nonexistent shields of the Freedomsong with phased polaron beams.
"We have no weapons," shouted Captain Kujou as he slammed his fist on the now inactive console before him.
The ship continued to rock when the sensor officer suddenly shouted again," Captain! Three ships of apparently Romulan design have just decloaked! They are engaging the Jem Hadar, but I thought the Romulans were nuetral..."
"They are," murmurred Kujou," they are. Let me see the profiles on the three ships."
When he saw the sensor profiles he was astonished," Tal'Shiar ships, they have several classes of ships to themselves! The Romulan's most feared intelligence service is saving us."
He walked back over to the tactical console, which was now back to life, barely, with only one pulse phaser cannon functioning.
"Romulan vessels have re-cloaked," said the sensor officer warily," and the three remaining Jem Hadar fighters have been destroyed."
Kujou was happy at the turn of events, even if many good people had died today, at least they had not died in vain," Set course for the relay in orbit of Ortegas Seven."
"Aye sir," said the officer at the helm.
Once the Freedomsong was in range the remaining pulse phaser was used to destroy the relay in a steady pounding of blasts. Then under its Captain's orders, proceeded to warp speed, on the way back to Federation held space.
"Computer," said Kujou warily, later that night.
"Online," it beeped.
"Record and send to Starfleet Command the destruction of three Miranda Class vessles, the..."
Year: 2392
"And that was the first skirmish you wished to know about," said the Admiral leaning forward," but it certainly won't be the last we speak of."
"But sir, why would the Tal'Shiar save your ship," asked the Ensign, totally confused.
"All in good time Ensign, all in good time. That will come later in the story."
By: Pho
Rating: PG-13
Chapter 2: Ortegas Seven
Disclaimer: I don't claim to own Star Trek (any series or movie of it). It is owned by many people I'm sure, and Paramount I think. No infringement is intended, this is written purely for fun.
Year: 2372
"Take us out of warp," said Captain Kujou of the USS Freedomsong.
"Aye Captain," said the officer at the helm, he couldn't really recall her name.
"Give me forward magnification on the viewscreen, we're looking for our escorts."
On the viewscreen the image of a large gas planet came into view. However something was not right...
"Commander, give me maximum magnification on grid A-7," said Captain Kujou, his stomach sinking lower and lower as his fear mounted.
The image on the viewscreen shifted to that of the wreckage of three Miranda-Class vessels. One seemed to be just full of holes, another was missing its warp nacelles and most of its upper levels, the last was scattered around as pieces no larger than a ball. Their escorts had been destroyed.
Year: 2392
"The battlegroup you commanded at Ortegas Seven had already been destroyed when you arrived," asked the young ensign, doubtful.
"Yes," replied the Admiral with a stony glare," It had. Now let us get back to the story..."
Year: 2372
"Go to red alert," shouted Captain Kujou," raise the shields, power the pulse phasers, and arm the quantum torpedoes."
His ship seemed to come alive all around him as he shouted his orders, and the sirens began to blare, almost in sync with the red lighting now dominating the ship's interior.
"Ensign," he said turning to the officer at sensors," Give me a full sensor sweep of the area, and find out what weaponry was used on our escort ships."
He paced around his bridge as he waited, glancing over the shoulders of each of his officers one by one. Until finally the young officer at sensors spoke up.
"Captain, it seems our escorts were destroyed by Cardassian disruptors and photon torpedoes," said the Ensign, and then more alarmed," Captain! Two ships are decloaking off the starboard warp nacelle, only a hundred kilometers away!"
"Evasive manuevers," shouted Captain Kujou as he struggled to remain on his feet, the ship being rocked by disruptor fire," What type of Cardassian ships are they?"
"Keldon-Class Captain," shouted the sensor officer," One of the few types of Cardassian ships to have cloaking devices. I thought they had all been destroyed in the attempt to annhilate the Founder Homeworld!"
"Apparently not," said Kujou as he took over at tactical, for his tactical officer had just been killed in an explosion of decking.
The Defiant Class ship, the USS Freedomsong, veered about under the barrage of Cardassian phaser fire, unable to avoid most of the shots. The Freedomsong sped up along its axis and looped around behind the Keldons.
It released a full salvo of quantum torpedoes at one of the two Cardassian vessels. The first two quantum torpedoes only crackled against the shields, the third partially broke through, the fourth and fifth however, completely went through the shielding.
The crew of the Freedomsong watched in amazement as the Keldon buckled and exploded from the power of the two torpedoes.
The second Keldon turned suddenly and let loose a full barrage of disruptor fire across the small surface of the Freedomsong. One of the warp nacelles began to leak plasma, and sections of the shields simply collapsed.
As the Keldon went by and prepared to turn the Freedomsong tilted toward its agressor. Burst after burst left the pulse phaser cannons mounted in the sides of the ship, until finally a blast went through the Keldon's shields, leaving its engines disabled.
"Now I'll destroy it," muttered Kujou.
"Sir," exclaimed Commander Minarvi, the first officer," It is disabled, we don't need to destroy it!"
"Yes we do Commander. This is a war and it is about time you learned that. If we show them mercy now, they will live to kill more of our ships and our allies' ships later!"
The Freedomsong let loose one last hail of pulse phaser fire, pummeling the Keldon until it could no longer support life.
"Captain," shouted the sensor officer suddenly," Four Jem Hadar fighters have exited warp speed. Either they caught the battle on sensors or this relay station we're supposed to destroy is more important than we thought!"
"We can't fight that many," gritted Kujou between his teeth," but we have to try! Keep us in evasive manuevers, I'll target the lead ship!"
The Freedomsong let loose a full hail of pulse phaser blasts upon the first Jem hadar fighter, skinning it, its crew flying off into space.
The remaining three split formation, and began to pummel the already almost nonexistent shields of the Freedomsong with phased polaron beams.
"We have no weapons," shouted Captain Kujou as he slammed his fist on the now inactive console before him.
The ship continued to rock when the sensor officer suddenly shouted again," Captain! Three ships of apparently Romulan design have just decloaked! They are engaging the Jem Hadar, but I thought the Romulans were nuetral..."
"They are," murmurred Kujou," they are. Let me see the profiles on the three ships."
When he saw the sensor profiles he was astonished," Tal'Shiar ships, they have several classes of ships to themselves! The Romulan's most feared intelligence service is saving us."
He walked back over to the tactical console, which was now back to life, barely, with only one pulse phaser cannon functioning.
"Romulan vessels have re-cloaked," said the sensor officer warily," and the three remaining Jem Hadar fighters have been destroyed."
Kujou was happy at the turn of events, even if many good people had died today, at least they had not died in vain," Set course for the relay in orbit of Ortegas Seven."
"Aye sir," said the officer at the helm.
Once the Freedomsong was in range the remaining pulse phaser was used to destroy the relay in a steady pounding of blasts. Then under its Captain's orders, proceeded to warp speed, on the way back to Federation held space.
"Computer," said Kujou warily, later that night.
"Online," it beeped.
"Record and send to Starfleet Command the destruction of three Miranda Class vessles, the..."
Year: 2392
"And that was the first skirmish you wished to know about," said the Admiral leaning forward," but it certainly won't be the last we speak of."
"But sir, why would the Tal'Shiar save your ship," asked the Ensign, totally confused.
"All in good time Ensign, all in good time. That will come later in the story."