Taskforce Delta arrived in the Sigma-19 system four hours after its
departure from Walderann. No enemy ships were in sight.
"Anything on sensors?" said Commodore Perry to an officer at a sensor console nearby. "No, Sir."
Wackbar walked in. He looked at the sparsely populated bridge of the cruiser.
"What have we got?" Admiral Wormblower replied.
"We've got this cruiser, then there's my flagship the Nomad, Perry's flagship the Sparrowhawk, the Guernica, the Outrider, and the newly recommisioned Eténdard. Plus eleven frigates.
"Let's hope Worm makes a tactical blunder, we need it.
Welleon and Worm stood on the bridge of the Wormeara. The new fleet amazed even Worm, who had ordered the Emperor's Revenge's construction eighteen months before. It dwarfed his flagship.
Suddenly, out of nowhere, alarms began to sound.
"What the devil..." Worm and Welleon dashed to a nearby tactical readout. Enemy ships straight ahead.
"Sir, W-Wings and Star Sloops straight ahead!"
"Beat to Quarters! Battle stations!"
The Termite armada unleashed six squadrons of Avengers and two Interceptor squadrons on the seven W-Wings and three Star Sloops. Wi thin minutes all the sloops had been destroyed and the four remaining W- Wings fled.
Worm asked a crewer for a damage report.
"We lost four fighters sir, and the Redwood's shields are at 98%."
"Good, carry on."
The ragtag Worm fleet advanced in a spearhead formation, arriving in the orbit of the planet Keeting. Still no Termite warships were to bee found. The bridge of the Just Cause was home to an atmosphere of apprehension of fear.
Boom. The huge explosion sent a shockwave through the Just Cause, knocking personnel down and breaking glass containers.
"What the devil..."
"Sir," came the cry. "It's the Eténdard! She's gone!
Wackbar, Perry, and Wormblower all looked through the windows in front of them. The once proud Cruiser was now reduced to flaming debris. Sensor data concluded that it was a mine.
"All engines, Stop!" yelled Wackbar.
"Sir, enemy ship!"
Every Worm in the fleet looked up, there was the ship Dirt had described, it was big and black, with six bright red engines, it looked like a flying fortress. It was easily twice as large as an ordinary Worm Destroyer.
More ships soon appeared; six Worm Destroyers led by the Wormeara arrived in a line perpendicular to the supership. The darkness of space lit up with turbolaser fire, the mines started detonating, and the explosions kept getting bigger. Wackbar and the other officers were blown away by the impact.
"Launch fighters!" yelled Wormblower. "Get Worm Squad-".
The incoming enemy fleet was huge, with most of their armament on the sides; the cruisers were caught in a trap. Worm hadn't made a blunder...they did. With the Termites on the other side of a minefield one shot could destroy all hope of victory. A reverend silence fell across the bridge of the Just Cause. The silence continued unabated for several minutes, as the sky was filled up by turbolaser fire and exploding mines.
"All ships," said Wackbar quietly. "Reverse 1/3 speed."
"Aye Aye, Sir!
"Anything on sensors?" said Commodore Perry to an officer at a sensor console nearby. "No, Sir."
Wackbar walked in. He looked at the sparsely populated bridge of the cruiser.
"What have we got?" Admiral Wormblower replied.
"We've got this cruiser, then there's my flagship the Nomad, Perry's flagship the Sparrowhawk, the Guernica, the Outrider, and the newly recommisioned Eténdard. Plus eleven frigates.
"Let's hope Worm makes a tactical blunder, we need it.
Welleon and Worm stood on the bridge of the Wormeara. The new fleet amazed even Worm, who had ordered the Emperor's Revenge's construction eighteen months before. It dwarfed his flagship.
Suddenly, out of nowhere, alarms began to sound.
"What the devil..." Worm and Welleon dashed to a nearby tactical readout. Enemy ships straight ahead.
"Sir, W-Wings and Star Sloops straight ahead!"
"Beat to Quarters! Battle stations!"
The Termite armada unleashed six squadrons of Avengers and two Interceptor squadrons on the seven W-Wings and three Star Sloops. Wi thin minutes all the sloops had been destroyed and the four remaining W- Wings fled.
Worm asked a crewer for a damage report.
"We lost four fighters sir, and the Redwood's shields are at 98%."
"Good, carry on."
The ragtag Worm fleet advanced in a spearhead formation, arriving in the orbit of the planet Keeting. Still no Termite warships were to bee found. The bridge of the Just Cause was home to an atmosphere of apprehension of fear.
Boom. The huge explosion sent a shockwave through the Just Cause, knocking personnel down and breaking glass containers.
"What the devil..."
"Sir," came the cry. "It's the Eténdard! She's gone!
Wackbar, Perry, and Wormblower all looked through the windows in front of them. The once proud Cruiser was now reduced to flaming debris. Sensor data concluded that it was a mine.
"All engines, Stop!" yelled Wackbar.
"Sir, enemy ship!"
Every Worm in the fleet looked up, there was the ship Dirt had described, it was big and black, with six bright red engines, it looked like a flying fortress. It was easily twice as large as an ordinary Worm Destroyer.
More ships soon appeared; six Worm Destroyers led by the Wormeara arrived in a line perpendicular to the supership. The darkness of space lit up with turbolaser fire, the mines started detonating, and the explosions kept getting bigger. Wackbar and the other officers were blown away by the impact.
"Launch fighters!" yelled Wormblower. "Get Worm Squad-".
The incoming enemy fleet was huge, with most of their armament on the sides; the cruisers were caught in a trap. Worm hadn't made a blunder...they did. With the Termites on the other side of a minefield one shot could destroy all hope of victory. A reverend silence fell across the bridge of the Just Cause. The silence continued unabated for several minutes, as the sky was filled up by turbolaser fire and exploding mines.
"All ships," said Wackbar quietly. "Reverse 1/3 speed."
"Aye Aye, Sir!