Chapter 11: Recall
Alpha Centauri, RSS Dauntless
"All hear this! All hear this! We are now at condition 2! All armourers to stations! We are moving to engage 5 hatak's heading for the Sol System, Captain to the Bridge!"
Captain Dafydd jumped out of his bed with a curse, and ran to the bridge.
"Captain Has the Bridge! Lloyd, report!"
"Sir, we just received word from GC that Earth is about to come under heavy attack, 5 Hatak's are reported to be inbound, we have been recalled along with half of 633 Squadron"
"Helm, make best speed for earth, Engineering, make sure all weapons batteries and shields are fully operational, someone warn medical too, Lloyd, are they just leaving 6 birds to defend Alpha?"
"Negative sir, Iwo has also been recalled, but a ship identified only as MTB01 has been sent to reinforce the fighters"
Dafydd looked puzzled, "MTB01?"
"No file is listed in the database sir, the only reference appears to be to a cancelled prototype that Hammond in particular felt had promise"
"Captain! Incoming signal from the Iwo Jima, Sir!"
"Put it through, Paterson"
"Harris, I assume you've heard?"
"We're just about to jump out, you?"
"Won't be far behind you, Good luck Captain"
"You too, Captain"
The channel closed, and with a flash the Iwo Jima vanished into hyper, Dauntless came swiftly about, before following Iwo home, and into the history books.