The bridge was still filled with a white cloud, thinner but still present.
Thrawn and Pellaeon stood at the front of the bridge, both busy entering
commands into their tactical displays. The Chimaera was badly damaged,
perhaps the most it had ever been in it's day, but it had a good crew, it
was finally true. Pellaeon had fought all these years, fought for a new
beginning, a chance to use his military intellect, and to win through the
night. Thrawns plan had worked, to a degree, he had planned for the other
ships to come in from behind the Violator, and that is what happened, but
only after they took extreme amounts of fire. The Annihilator was just as
damaged, though its shields were recharging faster, maybe the Chimaeras
generators had been hit, but with the chaos that was running throughout the
ship it was hard to tell.
"Captain, we have the damage report from the engineering deck." Commander Alkar said, handing a small computer tab to him. Pellaeon placed it into his display. "Admiral, the solar-ionization reactor has been hit, it's not bad, but that's probably why our shields aren't recharging at normal speed. Also our internal communications relay system is down." Pellaeon said to Thrawn. "Yes I figured that much from the fact that they handed you the report on a disk." Thrawn was entering in coordinates, and transmitting them to the other ships.
The Violator was still running fast, but it was heading along the orbit of the planet, and the gravity was slowing it down. It was also slowing down the Star Destroyers chasing it, but their size prevented it from slowing them down too much, and they were slowly gaining on Veers. Thrawn was now entering in gravitational trajectories, and sending them to the Constrainer. "In 2 minutes they will create a gravity well, and we'll have them." Thrawn said, looking up at Pellaeon, "I want our fighters to do a sweep along the top and port sides, the Annihilator and ourselves will have to stay back, but the Avenger and the Judicator will come in from the bottom." Thrawn said. "Eye sir, I'll relay the message to fighter control." Pellaeon said as he walked over to the communications station.
"Captain, I have a problem." One of the ensigns in the control pit called to Pellaeon. "I'm in a hurry, what is it?" Pellaeon asked. "Well I didn't notice before, but I see it now, the Violator is leaking drive fuel." The ensign said. "What?" Pellaeon said, turning and walking over to Thrawn, "Admiral, the Violator is leaking fuel, it won't be getting away anytime soon, if they attempt to jump into hyperspace-" Pellaeon froze. He quickly walked over to his display, and did a history check, the Violator had been leaking fuel only since it entered orbit, meaning they were doing it on purpose. "Admiral, he's pulling the same move that we did to his defense platforms." Pellaeon said, now realizing that all 5 ships were deep inside the fuel stream. "Interesting." Thrawn said, as he read his own display, realizing the same thing, "Order the other ships to move outside the cloud."
Pellaeon and Thrawn quickly relayed the message to the other ships that were now moving fast out of the fuel path, as was the Chimaera itself. Veer's had obviously noticed they were moving out of the fuel path and ordered the attack. The Violator shot lasers at the fuel, and an explosion followed back to the ships. Only the Annihilator was still inside the fuel and was caught in the explosion. The effect of which knocked down its shields all together, and fried the entire port side. The Annihilator was now disabled and drifting down towards the planet Remoss.
Thrawn opened a COM. Channel to the other ships, " Get into position and lock tractor beams on the Annihilator now!" Thrawn said.
Pellaeon looked out at the Violator, which was now getting away.
"What shall we do about the Violator?" Pellaeon asked. "We'll just half to get him later won't we?" Thrawn said.
Just then, the Violator jumped into hyperspace, crashing right through the asteroid belt. It was strong enough to do so without sustaining much damage. But now, it was impossible to prevent Veer's from rallying the remainder of his fleet, it would be some time before they could find him again, and when they do, he will have all his ships, and it will be a damaging battle indeed.
Pellaeon stayed on the bridge throughout the remainder of the evening, surveying the repairs. Thrawn had returned to his quarters and was probably conjuring up a plan. It was almost 3 hours before all of their ships were in shape to enter hyperspace, and when they were, they immediately set off to Yarstoss. When they entered hyperspace Pellaeon decided to go figure out what Thrawn was planning now. Pellaeon reached Thrawns quarters and looked around for Rukh, who was still nowhere in site. Pellaeon hit the signal button letting Thrawn know someone was at the door. "Come in," Thrawns voice came back through the intercom. Pellaeon walked in, the whole room was dim except for one holo-painting.
"Look at it, this one was hard to find." Thrawn said, staring at the painting. "It's not as nice as the others sir, is this also Huttese?" Pellaeon asked. "Yes, but the this one was done by Veer's himself, in his academy art class." Thrawn hit a button and the holo-painting was replaced by a dim white light, the rest of the holo-projectors became lights as well and the room was slightly brighter. "These are not enjoyable times captain." Thrawn said, looking more serious than ever. "Yes sir." Was all that Pellaeon could leak out.
"But these will be our most glorious, heroes are not made sitting on occupied Coruscant, they are made fighting for its freedom." Thrawn said as he stood up. "Yes sir." Pellaeon said, he turned around and left, deciding Thrawn was busy. Thrawn stood there, staring out the window, remembering the glory of the once mighty empire. "We shall rise again," Thrawn said to himself, "and the remains of the rebellion will be our foundation."
"Captain, we have the damage report from the engineering deck." Commander Alkar said, handing a small computer tab to him. Pellaeon placed it into his display. "Admiral, the solar-ionization reactor has been hit, it's not bad, but that's probably why our shields aren't recharging at normal speed. Also our internal communications relay system is down." Pellaeon said to Thrawn. "Yes I figured that much from the fact that they handed you the report on a disk." Thrawn was entering in coordinates, and transmitting them to the other ships.
The Violator was still running fast, but it was heading along the orbit of the planet, and the gravity was slowing it down. It was also slowing down the Star Destroyers chasing it, but their size prevented it from slowing them down too much, and they were slowly gaining on Veers. Thrawn was now entering in gravitational trajectories, and sending them to the Constrainer. "In 2 minutes they will create a gravity well, and we'll have them." Thrawn said, looking up at Pellaeon, "I want our fighters to do a sweep along the top and port sides, the Annihilator and ourselves will have to stay back, but the Avenger and the Judicator will come in from the bottom." Thrawn said. "Eye sir, I'll relay the message to fighter control." Pellaeon said as he walked over to the communications station.
"Captain, I have a problem." One of the ensigns in the control pit called to Pellaeon. "I'm in a hurry, what is it?" Pellaeon asked. "Well I didn't notice before, but I see it now, the Violator is leaking drive fuel." The ensign said. "What?" Pellaeon said, turning and walking over to Thrawn, "Admiral, the Violator is leaking fuel, it won't be getting away anytime soon, if they attempt to jump into hyperspace-" Pellaeon froze. He quickly walked over to his display, and did a history check, the Violator had been leaking fuel only since it entered orbit, meaning they were doing it on purpose. "Admiral, he's pulling the same move that we did to his defense platforms." Pellaeon said, now realizing that all 5 ships were deep inside the fuel stream. "Interesting." Thrawn said, as he read his own display, realizing the same thing, "Order the other ships to move outside the cloud."
Pellaeon and Thrawn quickly relayed the message to the other ships that were now moving fast out of the fuel path, as was the Chimaera itself. Veer's had obviously noticed they were moving out of the fuel path and ordered the attack. The Violator shot lasers at the fuel, and an explosion followed back to the ships. Only the Annihilator was still inside the fuel and was caught in the explosion. The effect of which knocked down its shields all together, and fried the entire port side. The Annihilator was now disabled and drifting down towards the planet Remoss.
Thrawn opened a COM. Channel to the other ships, " Get into position and lock tractor beams on the Annihilator now!" Thrawn said.
Pellaeon looked out at the Violator, which was now getting away.
"What shall we do about the Violator?" Pellaeon asked. "We'll just half to get him later won't we?" Thrawn said.
Just then, the Violator jumped into hyperspace, crashing right through the asteroid belt. It was strong enough to do so without sustaining much damage. But now, it was impossible to prevent Veer's from rallying the remainder of his fleet, it would be some time before they could find him again, and when they do, he will have all his ships, and it will be a damaging battle indeed.
Pellaeon stayed on the bridge throughout the remainder of the evening, surveying the repairs. Thrawn had returned to his quarters and was probably conjuring up a plan. It was almost 3 hours before all of their ships were in shape to enter hyperspace, and when they were, they immediately set off to Yarstoss. When they entered hyperspace Pellaeon decided to go figure out what Thrawn was planning now. Pellaeon reached Thrawns quarters and looked around for Rukh, who was still nowhere in site. Pellaeon hit the signal button letting Thrawn know someone was at the door. "Come in," Thrawns voice came back through the intercom. Pellaeon walked in, the whole room was dim except for one holo-painting.
"Look at it, this one was hard to find." Thrawn said, staring at the painting. "It's not as nice as the others sir, is this also Huttese?" Pellaeon asked. "Yes, but the this one was done by Veer's himself, in his academy art class." Thrawn hit a button and the holo-painting was replaced by a dim white light, the rest of the holo-projectors became lights as well and the room was slightly brighter. "These are not enjoyable times captain." Thrawn said, looking more serious than ever. "Yes sir." Was all that Pellaeon could leak out.
"But these will be our most glorious, heroes are not made sitting on occupied Coruscant, they are made fighting for its freedom." Thrawn said as he stood up. "Yes sir." Pellaeon said, he turned around and left, deciding Thrawn was busy. Thrawn stood there, staring out the window, remembering the glory of the once mighty empire. "We shall rise again," Thrawn said to himself, "and the remains of the rebellion will be our foundation."
