By Chaoseternus
Heres a joke for you, two ships, the Enterprise NCC 1701-E and the Dauntless class Indefatigable both investigate an unusual gate, which one ends up in the wrong universe?
18Discontinuity: Battle Of Edonia Nebula: The Tau'ri ChargeOutside the Nebula, the full force of the Tau'ri fleet gathered, six Prometheus Class Cruisers, five Dauntless Class Heavy Destroyers, the two new Patrol type MTB's, Black Prince and Iron Duke , three F-302 Squadrons, two Lancer 1-IS squadrons, and a full six Ha'taks , 3 basic, two Maktenos upgraded and one Anubis, joined by the NCC-1701-E, USS Enterprise.
This was the largest fleet gathered by the Tau'ri but it wasn't the full force of the fleet, behind them, both Merchants, two Tau'ri controlled Tel'tac's and a swarm of Paladins also gathered, loaded to the gills with weapons reloads for the fleet, and segments for Edonia Station, the battlestation that was to be the basis for Tau'ri control of this system.
The Tau'ri were wasting no time, they wanted control of this nebula and they wanted to maintain control and if that meant risking so many of their support craft in an unsecured area… so be it.
But for the moment, the advance was paused. The Tau'ri probes had clearly detected the lack of defenders and they were puzzled, why so few to defend a station Anubis considered so pivotal?
Then the wave of hyper capable Shunter tugs arrived, baring the biggest segments of Edonia Station, and word from the spysat at Ragnarok.
Anubis had tried to hold Ragnarok and had been defeated, most likely because his reinforcements had been diverted to Edonia.
Their timetable shortened drastically, the fleet began its move, charging into the nebula.
Star Trek ContinuityCaptain Cohen shivered slightly as before her, the massive ring of the intergate began to turn, the impassive voice of her temporary science officer, a Vulcan named Te'Sok intoning "Chevron 1 encoded… Chevron 2 encoded…"
Nine chevrons… nine chevrons was all it took to send a ship across dimensions.
"Chevron 3… encoded"
It was incredible, almost unbelievable, worthy of the preservers.
"Chevron 4… encoded"
And yet, it was reality.
"Chevron 5… encoded"
Now she just had to find out about their mysterious attackers, about whatever fate befell Enterprise.
"Chevron 6… encoded"
Maybe, if they were lucky… or not, as the case may be, find out if the gate linked to other dimensions as well.
"Chevron 7… encoded"
Cohen licked her lips, trying to bring moisture back into them as she croaked nervously into the quiet, still air of the bridge, "All stations, report readiness"
"Chevron 8… encoded"
All stations ready, good. Good, maybe just maybe they would be lucky enough to survive this. Certainly the prospects for them as the first wave weren't good.
"Chevron 9… locked"
Captain Cohen gasped, jumping backwards nervously from the screen as a boiling wave of water appeared to charge at her vessel, before subsiding back into the depths of the ring.
"Wormhole confirmed stable," Cohen grinned; even she could spot the hint of excitement, awe and curiosity in the Vulcan's voice, "Sensors active…"
"Captain!" Cohen turned around as her ops officers excited voice sounded across the bridge, "I got a federation IFF broadcasting through the wormhole, its Enterprise!"
"Confirmed Captain" Te'sok voice sounded, "according to sensors she is engaged in battle, I'm reading warships that appear to belong to the unknown aggressor"
Cohen nodded, "Red Alert!" not that that mattered, everyone would be at Red Alert stations anyway, this was just warning they were going through now, "set our course, Mr Nog"
"Aye Captain" the Ferengi replied, tapping into the bridge console, quietly muttering under his breath "Why do I always volunteer for the suicide missions? No profit in it, must be Sisko's corrupting influence…"
Cohen grinned, the held her armrests as the vessel sank into the artificial wormhole.
Discontinuity: Battle Of Edonia Nebula: Lancer 1-ISWing Commander Liana Ross cursed, screaming into the radio as she threw her Lancer into a viscous, evasive spiral, " Mossie 12, you've got a bogey on your tail!"
Shit, shit, bugger and damn, first time they get a real good look at Anubis's new stealth fighters and its in friggin combat, not the bloody best of places to learn about your enemies new toys!
Her fighter rocked, spun off course as a mighty bolt shot past her, a goa'uld weapon she noted as she regained control of the fighter, punching the speed up as she fled the blasts, she was in a fighter, she had no place being in the firing line between capital ships.
A line of blue bolts flashed, tracer like, past her cockpit and she cursed, viscously as she sharply turned her fighter in, towards the blasts, finger pressed hard on the trigger. She judged well, and her grimace turned triumphant as the fighter was stitched from nose to tail with pulse laser blasts.
Her grin faded as the fighter spun away, lightly damaged but not destroyed.
"Tough buggers aren't you?" she muttered, dropping onto the battered fighters tale as she selected missiles, "lets see how you deal with this ..." she flicked transmit, "Mosquito 1, fox 2!"
She closed her eyes, protecting them from the glare as the rocket lit off, propelling the Naquadah enhanced sidewinder from the triple mount. Within seconds, the Anubis fighter was immolated, destroyed utterly by the anti-fighter missile.
Nodding, she flicked the radio back on, "Okay techies got it right, save your Sparrows for the big boys, the sidewinders will deal with the small fry"
Acknowledgments sounded across the airwaves as Ross turned, diving onto a Anubis Fighter that was chasing an F-302.
