"Reaper Two you're coming in low, tighten up." The sound of Reaper One, the
squad leader, crackles in Two's flight helmet, slightly distorted from the
interference from their target. Two pulls up closer to the rest of the
squad, and flicks his thumb over the firing control. "I copy One, missiles
armed and ready to fire."
The squadron of Wraith fighters descend on the enemy base on Hargenten IV, their cloaking fields activated. As the target, the enemy's Mobile Command Center, enters the missiles range, the HUD lights up and begins to beep quietly as it works for a lock. A few seconds later the lock is acquired, but the pilots hold back on the trigger before they get the command from Leader.
A second later, Reaper One's voice crackles again, "All units, fire on my mark. Three, two, one, Mark! Open fire!" Everyone in the squadron pulls on the trigger simultaneously, and twenty-four warheads on blue jets of flame leap across the gap separating the fighters from the base.
Suddenly a huge object appears in the forward view, and a few late missiles slam into it. The 'thing' lets out an unholy bellow of pain, and from holes along its side, a cloud of smaller objects emerge like a swarm of locusts.
There is a loud crackle in Two's ear, and Leader's voice, strained, emerges. "It's the Zerg! Retreat! All craft! Retr-" His voice is lost in a burst of static. A shockwave rocks the squadron, even as they turn to retreat. The twisted remains of Reaper One are falling towards the planet below, smoking from the still burning corpse inside.
Two speaks into his microphone attached to his helmet. "One is down! I repeat, down! I am assuming command! Everyone bug out! They can see us even cloaked! Scatter and reform at Genesis base!" He suits actions for words by cranking up to full throttle, dropping his cloaking field so that he can put more power to the engines. Then he finally looks at his scanner display. There are 10 blue dots around his dot, and uncountable hundreds behind them. There is also another uncountable number in front of them.
He looks up through his cockpit, and fires all his remaining missiles at the approaching cloud of Zerg, hoping to blast a hole for the Wraiths to escape through. Dozens of Zerg die, but it seems that for every one dead, another two replace it. Two swears and switches to lasers, strafing one of the giant floating jellyfish. The creature shudders, and suddenly all the Zerg in the surrounding area focus on him.
Two pulls away and puts all energy into engines, blasting away from the planet and leaving the Zerg eating his exhaust. He looks at his scanner. Only he survived. He takes a deep breath, prepares the jump into warp space, and looks up through his cockpit canopy.
Just in time to see a Scourge slam into him.
The Zerg descend on the planet. A few hours later, they leave. All that is left of the planet is a few automated SOS beacons, and the wreckage of twelve Wraith fighters.
The squadron of Wraith fighters descend on the enemy base on Hargenten IV, their cloaking fields activated. As the target, the enemy's Mobile Command Center, enters the missiles range, the HUD lights up and begins to beep quietly as it works for a lock. A few seconds later the lock is acquired, but the pilots hold back on the trigger before they get the command from Leader.
A second later, Reaper One's voice crackles again, "All units, fire on my mark. Three, two, one, Mark! Open fire!" Everyone in the squadron pulls on the trigger simultaneously, and twenty-four warheads on blue jets of flame leap across the gap separating the fighters from the base.
Suddenly a huge object appears in the forward view, and a few late missiles slam into it. The 'thing' lets out an unholy bellow of pain, and from holes along its side, a cloud of smaller objects emerge like a swarm of locusts.
There is a loud crackle in Two's ear, and Leader's voice, strained, emerges. "It's the Zerg! Retreat! All craft! Retr-" His voice is lost in a burst of static. A shockwave rocks the squadron, even as they turn to retreat. The twisted remains of Reaper One are falling towards the planet below, smoking from the still burning corpse inside.
Two speaks into his microphone attached to his helmet. "One is down! I repeat, down! I am assuming command! Everyone bug out! They can see us even cloaked! Scatter and reform at Genesis base!" He suits actions for words by cranking up to full throttle, dropping his cloaking field so that he can put more power to the engines. Then he finally looks at his scanner display. There are 10 blue dots around his dot, and uncountable hundreds behind them. There is also another uncountable number in front of them.
He looks up through his cockpit, and fires all his remaining missiles at the approaching cloud of Zerg, hoping to blast a hole for the Wraiths to escape through. Dozens of Zerg die, but it seems that for every one dead, another two replace it. Two swears and switches to lasers, strafing one of the giant floating jellyfish. The creature shudders, and suddenly all the Zerg in the surrounding area focus on him.
Two pulls away and puts all energy into engines, blasting away from the planet and leaving the Zerg eating his exhaust. He looks at his scanner. Only he survived. He takes a deep breath, prepares the jump into warp space, and looks up through his cockpit canopy.
Just in time to see a Scourge slam into him.
The Zerg descend on the planet. A few hours later, they leave. All that is left of the planet is a few automated SOS beacons, and the wreckage of twelve Wraith fighters.