Thundersdawn PT5: Chocky's Thunder

by Chaos_eternus

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Chapter 11: Abandoning Ship

Captain Reynolds stood slack jawed in disbelief at the message echoing throughout the ship. Abandon ship? The Goa'ulds didn't abandon ship! They left their Jaffa to die as they left, not took the Jaffa with them! And yet the Jaffa were leaving, breaking of in droves and pouring out of the Tau'ri controlled hanger deck, no doubt heading for less hostile hanger decks.

"Persephone to Reynolds, come in." the voice crackled over the radio.

"Reynolds here, go ahead."

"You are on a direct course for the planet, you must blow the engine room and abandon ASAP."

"Copy" he flicked the radio off, mouthing 'shit' to the battered SG teams around him, before flicking the radio on again "Carter, Ab Hugh, Teal'c, the Jaffa have abandoned, but they set us on a course for Chocky's homeworld first. Teal'c, make damn sure the engine room takes the rest of the ship with it, before abandoning, copy?"

"We have acquired several complete Naquada blocks, they should be sufficient to ensure the engine's failure."

"Roger, Carter, I don't care how much time you need, report back now! Before the Jaffa decide there only way off this ship is our PaladinsI!"

"Copy, we're on our way."

"Reynolds, Ab Hugh here, we are leaving now, total score two Tel-tacs and 7 Al-Kesh, detonators are set, Good Luck!"

Captain Brown brushed the sweat from his forehead with his sleeves as he stood up, turning away from the detonator he had just rigged to several Naquada blocks. He caught Teal'c's eye and nodded. They were done here.

"We must leave this place immediately"

Teal'c looked approvingly at the Tau'ri warriors as they instantly moved swiftly and economically from the room, covering every corner and corridor with their weapons as they moved. A sudden shattering burst of automatic weapons fire made Teal'c move to the front of the formation as several Jaffa fell to the Tau'ri weapons.

"Sir, they were moving to our hanger deck"

"Indeed" Teal'c cocked his head thoughtfully, listening hard "and it appears more are coming, we must move faster"

"Alright you heard the man, double time it!" the sergeant shouted, breaking into a run as they headed for the Paladins.

Ships fled in droves from the mighty scarred mothership like rats deserting a sinking ship as it headed for the atmosphere of the sole habitable planet. With a impressive flash, fire burst from the engine room, engulfing the ship in flames as the hull cracked and split, scattering debris across the system, clipping several ships hard enough to send them spinning out of control across space, and wiping several smaller ships out totally. Still, it wasn't enough, and a raining hail of debris flew through space towards the planet, most the size of a semi-detached house. An artificial meteor storm was set to rain fire and death on the world below.

And the Goa'uld station stood, undamaged, waiting for the battered Tau'ri fleet to come.