I decided to revrite some parts of the first chapter since it missed some key elements.
Chapter one: The getaway. Part I
Chimera Military Station
High orbit over Antiaga 3
The planet Antiaga Nemerosa was one of the Niaga systems largest gas giants, the planet was one of five planets that orbited around the red dwarf Niaga 4, the Niaga system consisted of seven red dwarfs orbiting around the blue giant Niaga prime, each of the seven dwarfs had its own system of planets orbiting around it, the only populated area was on one of the Giant moon's of Antiaga Nemerosa called Antiaga 3, the moon was inhabited with a class C civilization (that means that they have colonies all over the galaxy and was developing their own Hyper drive system).
The inhabitance of the third moon was a highly developed species of humanoid felines that called themselves Antiagan's, they where also members of the galactic federation.
The moon's environment was mostly a lush jungle landscape with huge cities spread all over the moon, the moon also had numerous orbital stations in the space around it.
One of these stations was a military station that belonged to the Galactic federation, it was set up so that the Galactic federation could monitor the activity of a professional mercenary that was hiding somewhere on the moon.
The station had a military crew that consisted of twenty pilots, ten technical units, nine turret operators and five flight officers.
In addition to that they also had a repair crew that consisted of thirty-five top trained ship mechanics.
The station also had six fast tracking flack turrets, two ion-cannons and a concussion missile battery attached to the upper hull.
The stations hangar could support twenty-five strike crafts, ten corvettes, five command vessels and two supply ships.
The station also had a dry dock that could support up to three frigates at once.
Currently there was only a flack frigate docked to the station, the frigate had sustained some hull damage during a small skirmish just outside the desert moon Antiaga 5 and was now undergoing some repairs to the outer hull.
Inside the station there was only three technical units and one flight officer at their stations, the rest of the crew was resting in their living quarters.
"Remind me why we are doing this again." one of the technical units complained.
"Because we must catch this criminal before he gets another victim to add to his list, that's why we are doing this job." The officer scolded.
The officer was an Antiagan named Jacob Thaddeus. He had a dark orange fur with dark markings, His eyes were blue and he was about 6,8 feet tall.
He was wearing a Dark gray uniform with six golden stripes on the sleeves and a silver Kafit bird pin on each shoulder.
"I know that" one of the others replied, "its just that it has been over three years since he went into hiding the planet. For all we know he could have escaped a long time ago."
"Nonsense" Jacob said, "This station is equipped with the latest state-of-the-art sensor systems. No one, and I mean no one can get off this moon without us knowing."
"Fine, it's just that it is so extremely boring out here." The third one complained.
"Kagi's right, its nothing to do here except monitoring the stupid sectors of the moon" the first one agreed.
"Finally someone who understand me" Kagi said to no-one-in-particular.
"Can you guys stop complaining about everything, It's only twenty standard minutes left of your watch, try thinking of something else than the fact that it's nothing to do out here for once." Jacob suggested.
Jacob was not usually in a mood like this but after three years of surveillance you usually gets a little cranky.
"Ok fine" the second said, "Then I'll just…"
But as he was speaking alarms started to break out all over the station.
"Warning. Warning." the stations A.I. shouted, "The target is leaving the moon. Recommendation: intercept the target before it can enter hyperspace."
"Finally some action" Kagi shouted.
Jacob activated the station-wide p.a. System.
"All crew report to your stations immediately. This is not a drill. I repeat, all crew must report to their stations immediately. This is not a drill." Jacob spoke over the station-wide p.a. system.
The station's crewmembers immediately started to run to their stations.
"Turret operators, give me a status report" Jacob shouted over the intercom.
"Flack turret one standing by."
"Flack turret two standing by."
"Ion cannon one standing by."
"Flack turret three standing by."
"Missile battery standing by."
"Flack turret four standing by."
"Flack turret five standing by."
"Ion cannon two standing by"
"Flack turret six standing by."
"All turret's ready for action"
"Flight leaders, report in" Jacob commanded.
"Squadron one ready"
"Squadron two ready"
"Squadron three ready"
"Squadron four ready"
"All fighter squadrons ready for interception sir" Kagi reported.
"Weary well. Proceed with the interception" Jacob commanded.
"This is Kagi to all fighters, we have a go situation. I repeat. We have a go situation, proceed with interception." Kagi informed over the intercom.
"Roger that." The flight leader replied over the ship-to-station communicator.
"Ok people we are free to use any force necessary to get this criminal." the flight leader informed over the ship-to-ship intercom.
"Lets hope we get him this time." prayed those that listened to the ship-to-ship radio frequency.
"This is Tank. We have visual contact with the target, proceeding with interception."
"What ship class are we dealing with?" Jacob asked.
"It's a modified nebula class corvette, it should be an easy picking."
"Good. Bring him in" Jacob ordered.
"Ok, we are approaching the target, prepare to… wait, I'm reading powerful energy signatures emitting from the ship, I'm scanning the target now… oh no, HEADS UP, HE HAS ACTIVATED SOME SORT OF BLAST SHIELDING, IF WE TAKE THAT THING HEAD-ON OUR SHIPS ARE GOANNA GET SHREDDED."
"BRAKE FORMATION, GET CLEAR OF THAT SHIP."
"Circle around the target and attack it from the rear."
"Ok, we are approaching the rear of the target, be ready to… wait he has activated some sort of aft turret."
"Get out of that turrets firing range." Jacob ordered.
"We are trying to but………"
The radio went dead.
"What happened" Jacob asked.
"The ships are not responding, judging by the energy signatures I'm reading they got hit by an E.M.P. blast." Kagi informed.
"D'Arvit." Jacob swore as he slammed his fist into his console.
"It's not over yet" one of the technical units said.
"This better be good Jenkins." Jacob said.
"According to the simulations I've run, that ship must pass directly over sector 37-B on Antiaga 5 to reach the jump-point." Jenkins informed.
"That means he must pass the Great harbor platform Marcadia" Kagi added.
"And that means he is goanna be within firing range of the planetary defense stations." Jacob finished.
"Kagi, patch me through to Marcadia." Jacob ordered.
"Establishing comm. links now, stand by." Kagi informed.
Meanwhile…
The great harbor platform Marcadia
High orbit over Antiaga 5
The great harbor platform Marcadia was one of the largest platforms in the Niaga system, the platforms hangars could support over five hundred strike-crafts and corvettes and the stations dry docks could support over a hundred frigates and around twenty-five capital ships at once.
The platform also had some of the galaxies most advanced static defense systems.
The platform was cowered with over two hundred turrets, cannons and missile batteries.
Marcadia platform was currently orbiting around the giant moon Antiaga 5.
The moon's environment was a huge desert landscape, the only structures that operated on the moon's surface was the great stationary Ion-cannons in sector 37-B.
The platform was currently maintaining high alert because of an attack on the stations a few weeks earlier.
The attackers was a gang of space pirates that called themselves the black hammer, rumors said that they once buried a treasure trove somewhere beneath the moon's surface and was now trying to get their loot back.
After the platform repelled the first attack the pirates swore that they would come back with a fleet big enough to destroy the entire Niaga system.
After that threat the Galactic Federation together with other nations Mustered a fleet that hopefully was big enough to repel the coming attack.
The platform now housed five Battlecruisers, ten Destroyers, five carriers, two motherships, three shipyards, fifty flack frigates, twenty-five ion frigates, twenty torpedo frigates, five def-field frigates, two hundred corvettes and over three hundred strike-crafts.
The platform's fleet admiral was currently in the command module supervising the installation of a new sensor system.
The Fleet admiral was an Antiagan named Karen Soban, She had a Light orange fur with several darker markings, her eye color was hazel and she was about 6,7 feet tall.
She was wearing a navy blue uniform with eleven golden stripes on the sleeves and five golden stars on each shoulder.
There was several medals attached to her uniform, one of these was the platinum badge of leadership witch she received after she led her fleet to victory in the Queltean war.
"What are the status on the installation?" Karen asked.
"The installation is at 78 percent, admiral." One of the technical units replied.
"We are receiving an incoming transmission." another informed.
"On screen" Karen ordered.
An officer appeared on the screen.
"This is captain Jacob Thaddeus of Chimera military station calling Marcadia platform."
"This is fleet Admiral Karen Soban, go ahead." Karen answered.
"We have a class Delta-5 situation here. The target is heading your way, we need the planetary cannon array to stop him." Jacob informed.
"Don't tell me you let the infamous Lex Peirce slip through your fingers." Karen asked.
"Unfortunately, that's exactly what happened." Jacob replied.
"How did he got past the fighters?" Karen wondered.
"Based on the readings we received he used some sort of E.M.P. blast to kill the fighter's electronics. I'm sending over the data we have, I hope it can be of some use to you." Jacob answered.
"Thank you captain. We will do what we can here, I will personally see to that it's done. Fleet admiral Karen Soban, out."
She terminated the transmission and started to shout out orders.
"Ok people, we need a moon-wide perimeter scan A.S.A.P. he's goanna be here in less than an hour. Jacques, radio the cannon station and tell them to be ready. Yoki, tell the best interception squad to be ready to launch in 15 Standard minutes. Kaori, inform the crew in the inhibitor module to prepare to raise the inhibitor field." She ordered as she walked towards her terminal.
The crew obeyed the orders almost immediately and started to carry out their tasks.
"I'll get you this time Peirce" Karen said to herself.
Authors Note: this first chapter is just my way of getting the feel for writing.
I promise a lot more action, exposions and characters in the next chapter.