Thundersdawn PT5: Chocky's Thunder
by Chaos_eternus
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Chapter 7: Contact!"My Lord! The Al-Kesh! They are returning, they are moving like the damned souls of the shol'va themselves were after them!"
Maktenos signed, the most appropriate comment to cover this situation came once again from his host, 'Murphy could be a real bastard'.
"Prepare the ship for battle, the Tau'ri have a fleet inbound."
The Jaffa hesitated; the Tau'ri didn't have a fleet, did they?
"They have enough ships now to qualify as a fleet, and if you hesitate in following my orders again, I am sure your skin will make a lovely sail for your families fishing boat, understood?"
The Jaffa gulped, "My Lord." he said and walked hurriedly out of the room.
"Kree Jaffa!" Maktenos shouted after him, the Jaffa turned back, "Have 30 of the Al-kesh sent to the world of the Tau'ri, they are to ignore any stations, ships or vessels unless attacked and threatened, they will however level as many cities as possible, with the Tau'ri fleet here it should be an easy mission."
"Yes, My Lord!" the Jaffa left, an anticipatory gleam in his eyes.
"Contact! The mothership is now on sensors, they appear to be battle-ready, commodore!"
Harris nodded, that was to be anticipated, this many ships was difficult to hide, though it would have been nice to have maintained the illusion of surprise for a little longer. Obviously those Al-kesh had got to the mothership in time to warn them. Pity.
"Status?"
"Commodore, all ships report rigged for combat and fully operational. However every ship has lost crew due to the ZPE field, and Persephone has lost her captain. The boarding parties report no loses as yet, but that can't last."
Harris nodded, agreeing, "Lets hope the boarding parties remain unaffected for a while longer, Tactical! Time to contact?"
"We have targeting locks now Commodore, slowing to combat speed, expect weapons range in 15 seconds."
"Once more into the breech, dear friends, lets give them hell!"
With one voice, the four Prometheus class cruisers fired, their mighty Asgard designed Gauss weaponry flinging their Naquada tipped shells across the vastness of space, battering repeatedly into the motherships shields. The fleet closed, firing volley after volley. Finally the mothership replied, bright lances of searing yellow energy stabbing through space towards the Tau'ri fleet, causing Prometheus to rock under the force of a direct hit, the Asgard built shields weakened by the power of the massive motherships weapons. The battle was joined.