The Termite Worm Destroyer Wormeara was forty-four light years away
from the Scarab home-world of Merc when they came.
"Scarab Gunships, straight ahead!" cried an officer manning the ship's sensor suite. Up ahead were twelve Scarab Gunships. They dove down and began firing their complement of Scarab Missiles at the Worm Destroyer's Turbolasers. Ten minutes later they destroyed the bottom shield generator. With the shields down the Wormeara was vulnerable to missiles. It was at this time that Grand Admiral Worm arrived at the bridge. He scowled.
"#$#@! Deploy fighters, right full rudder; we'll cut'em off," he said calmly.
Immediately three squadrons of Termite Interceptors greeted the incoming Scarabs. Although the three-to-one advantage the Interceptors were being creamed. Worm turned on an intercom and spoke into it calmly.
"Squadron A-3, cut across bridge," he ordered.
The Interceptors swung around, followed by the Scarab Gunships, who were treated to a lightshow of Turbolaser fire. After a few minutes the remaining five gunships jumped to lightspeed.
The Wormeara continued towards Merc.
The Worm Cruiser Repulse cruised at lightspeed uneventfully for several days. All the waiting was about to pay off.
"Land, ho!" could be heard from the navigation station on the bridge. As the Repulse entered the orbit of Merc, they encountered a Wolan II Battlestation. The Republic arrived and the station was a wreck in minutes. Worm Squadron and their escortees were deployed…to be met by…
"Scarab Gunships straight ahead!" yelled Dirt as 3 squadrons of Scarab Gunships entered the orbit of the planet, a ball of sand.
The gunships quickly broke up into groups of three and proceeded on their runs, firing, turning, firing again.
"I have one on my tail!" came the cry of a worm.
"Roger…got'em!"
After ten minutes all but two of the gunships were destroyed. But IT came.
"Scarab Battlecruisers dead ahead!" Worm Four yelled while vaping a gunship. Sure enough two huge cylinders appeared in the distance and began firing. The Republic and the Repulse returned fire and the battle was on, and the two fleets began to duke it out.
Turbolaser fire blazed across the sky as Worm Squadron and another twelve W-Wings from the Repulse attacked.
"This is Brown Leader, we are starting our attack run." came a voice
"Roger that Brown Leader," Dirt replied.
Forty-eight torpedoes were fired, ten hit their target, the shield generator was destroyed, and the Repulse began tearing out the nearby air defense sites. All was going well…
It was then that the Repulse exploded; it died in a double fireball. The Republic was being badly hit. It was looking bad.
"All W-Wings follow me!" Dirt yelled as he led the eleven remaining W- Wings toward the nearer Battlecruiser, while the V-Wings kept the newly- deployed Scarab Gunships busy.
"Worm Leader, this is the Republic; we found a weak spot, it's a shield generator inside the hangar bay, then hit the $*&@ bridge.
"Roger that, Worm Squadron out."
Dirt then led his squadron into the interior of the battlecruiser's hangar bay. They then emptied their missiles into the shield generator until it blew into a burst of fire. A Scarab Gunship appeared, but Worm Squadron was lucky and the other W-Wings vaped it, then turned their attention to the bridge, they concentrated their laser fire, but the bridge was too well protected.
It was at this point that the situation was getting critical; only six W-Wings remained. The order was given to retreat. The Worm ships withdrew, pursued by a barrage of fire from the cruiser's weapons. The V- Wings were needed to defend Republic from the Scarab Gunships, and the W- Wings were out of missiles. Without missiles destroying the bridge would be impossible, and Turbolasers were not accurate enough to fire through the ship.
Several minutes went by, with three W-Wings and five V-Wings defending her; the Republic was intact, but little damage was done to the enemy. Until a large black object appeared.
"Holy @$(% it's a warship!" yelled Dirt as he dodged fire from a gunship he was pursuing.
The Warship approached the cruiser at amazing speed for a vessel its size, almost twice as large as the ship was attacking. She approached until she was about two clicks away, began firing, than continued to approach. Closer and closer it became, then struck.
The Super Worm Destroyer sliced through the cruiser (Which happened to be the Devil's Spear!) like a knife through butter. Two halves were sent flying in opposite directions, the first crashing into the planetary atmosphere, the other into the other cruiser which exploded in a giant ball of fire. Wanzanar was dead, and the heart of his fleet torn open.
Worm Squadron, the V-Wings, and the Republic jumped. Just afterward five squadrons of Termite Assault Bombers, 60 in all, were launched and headed towards the planet. They were escorted by two squadrons of Termite Interceptors and a third of Avengers. The real battle had just begun.
"Scarab Gunships, straight ahead!" cried an officer manning the ship's sensor suite. Up ahead were twelve Scarab Gunships. They dove down and began firing their complement of Scarab Missiles at the Worm Destroyer's Turbolasers. Ten minutes later they destroyed the bottom shield generator. With the shields down the Wormeara was vulnerable to missiles. It was at this time that Grand Admiral Worm arrived at the bridge. He scowled.
"#$#@! Deploy fighters, right full rudder; we'll cut'em off," he said calmly.
Immediately three squadrons of Termite Interceptors greeted the incoming Scarabs. Although the three-to-one advantage the Interceptors were being creamed. Worm turned on an intercom and spoke into it calmly.
"Squadron A-3, cut across bridge," he ordered.
The Interceptors swung around, followed by the Scarab Gunships, who were treated to a lightshow of Turbolaser fire. After a few minutes the remaining five gunships jumped to lightspeed.
The Wormeara continued towards Merc.
The Worm Cruiser Repulse cruised at lightspeed uneventfully for several days. All the waiting was about to pay off.
"Land, ho!" could be heard from the navigation station on the bridge. As the Repulse entered the orbit of Merc, they encountered a Wolan II Battlestation. The Republic arrived and the station was a wreck in minutes. Worm Squadron and their escortees were deployed…to be met by…
"Scarab Gunships straight ahead!" yelled Dirt as 3 squadrons of Scarab Gunships entered the orbit of the planet, a ball of sand.
The gunships quickly broke up into groups of three and proceeded on their runs, firing, turning, firing again.
"I have one on my tail!" came the cry of a worm.
"Roger…got'em!"
After ten minutes all but two of the gunships were destroyed. But IT came.
"Scarab Battlecruisers dead ahead!" Worm Four yelled while vaping a gunship. Sure enough two huge cylinders appeared in the distance and began firing. The Republic and the Repulse returned fire and the battle was on, and the two fleets began to duke it out.
Turbolaser fire blazed across the sky as Worm Squadron and another twelve W-Wings from the Repulse attacked.
"This is Brown Leader, we are starting our attack run." came a voice
"Roger that Brown Leader," Dirt replied.
Forty-eight torpedoes were fired, ten hit their target, the shield generator was destroyed, and the Repulse began tearing out the nearby air defense sites. All was going well…
It was then that the Repulse exploded; it died in a double fireball. The Republic was being badly hit. It was looking bad.
"All W-Wings follow me!" Dirt yelled as he led the eleven remaining W- Wings toward the nearer Battlecruiser, while the V-Wings kept the newly- deployed Scarab Gunships busy.
"Worm Leader, this is the Republic; we found a weak spot, it's a shield generator inside the hangar bay, then hit the $*&@ bridge.
"Roger that, Worm Squadron out."
Dirt then led his squadron into the interior of the battlecruiser's hangar bay. They then emptied their missiles into the shield generator until it blew into a burst of fire. A Scarab Gunship appeared, but Worm Squadron was lucky and the other W-Wings vaped it, then turned their attention to the bridge, they concentrated their laser fire, but the bridge was too well protected.
It was at this point that the situation was getting critical; only six W-Wings remained. The order was given to retreat. The Worm ships withdrew, pursued by a barrage of fire from the cruiser's weapons. The V- Wings were needed to defend Republic from the Scarab Gunships, and the W- Wings were out of missiles. Without missiles destroying the bridge would be impossible, and Turbolasers were not accurate enough to fire through the ship.
Several minutes went by, with three W-Wings and five V-Wings defending her; the Republic was intact, but little damage was done to the enemy. Until a large black object appeared.
"Holy @$(% it's a warship!" yelled Dirt as he dodged fire from a gunship he was pursuing.
The Warship approached the cruiser at amazing speed for a vessel its size, almost twice as large as the ship was attacking. She approached until she was about two clicks away, began firing, than continued to approach. Closer and closer it became, then struck.
The Super Worm Destroyer sliced through the cruiser (Which happened to be the Devil's Spear!) like a knife through butter. Two halves were sent flying in opposite directions, the first crashing into the planetary atmosphere, the other into the other cruiser which exploded in a giant ball of fire. Wanzanar was dead, and the heart of his fleet torn open.
Worm Squadron, the V-Wings, and the Republic jumped. Just afterward five squadrons of Termite Assault Bombers, 60 in all, were launched and headed towards the planet. They were escorted by two squadrons of Termite Interceptors and a third of Avengers. The real battle had just begun.