Part 3 Of Visionary
by Chaoseternus
Chapter 8: Fleet Actions Part Deux
"So that's 18 out of Anubis's 67 warships killed for no loss…" Willow shrugged, "Usually about now the bad guys start to get mad"
SG-1 exchanged concerned glances, "And what" Daniel slowly asked, his tone filled with dread, "usually happens then?"
"They charge" Xander flatly replied, his eyes already on the tactical display, "Like they're doing right now"
"Forty-nine versus our fourteen," Daniel shrugged, "could be"
" Don't say it!"
"Hell…" Daniel commented disgusted, rubbing his now aching ear, "I got the message guys, sheesh!"
"New plan" Buffy flatly butted in, "the O'Neill's launch a second hit and run strike to disrupt their advance and kill a few more ships, behind them the main fleet launches it own hit and run assault, maximum damage again before retreating under the cover of the O'Neill's to the moon"
"You intend to hit the Goa'uld whilst they are regrouping" Teal'c asked.
"Yeah" Buffy replied, "also has the advantage that if they manage to snare the Asgard, we're not that far behind"
"The thought" Thor's wry tones filled the room, coming through over the teams Radios "is appreciated"
"Any better ideas?" O'Neill asked the room at large; there were none, "let's go then"
A collective wince filled the room, as the icon representing a Rel'tec was momentarily intersected by the blinking red symbol of an out of control Ha'tak.
"I don't care what universe you're from…" Xander grimaced.
"That has got to hurt" Teal'c finished the quote from The Phantom Menace with a grin, as O'Neill turned to Carter and commented;
"Déjà vu?"
"Nice shooting by the Teal'c there, forcing the Ha'tak into the motherships path" Xander observed.
"Indeed" Teal'c commented smugly, "a ship to be proud of"
Carter just shook her head, "the Asgard are now breaking off… they will pass us in one minute, we will reach weapons range in one minute fifty-five seconds"
"Then time to make with the dusty" Xander gestured as if staking somebody.
Willow turned a little red, and then grinned, evilly.
"Oh Xander…" Willow asked, her tone making Xander gulp, and contemplate evacuation, "if you are going to make gestures like that, don't you think you better do it a little higher next time, otherwise people might think you really needed a girlfriend…"
Carter just rolled her eyes as the group chuckled at Xander's embarrassed expression, and hit the fire command herself.
The fleet's weapons fired almost simultaneously, battering a Ha'tak into space dust with their first volley.
"See" Xander commented, as he watched the destruction on the tactical display, "I said it was time to make with the dusty"
The second volley was less co-ordinated, but two more Ha'taks vanished from the tactical display.
"Oh bugger" Giles commented, his eyes wide as he turned from the display, "we're about to be flanked, by the bloody motherships!!"
"Not good" Xander and O'Neill simultaneously commented, as the Del began to shake, violently.
"Retreat" Buffy ordered, with an uneasy glance towards her friends, she was willing to risk herself but not them, "fall back behind the O'Neill's and regroup"
"Buffy" Willow gazed at Buffy with fear and grief in her eyes, "the Ha'tak we captured off Ba'al, the Independence? She ain't going to make it"
Grimly, O'Neill added "the Valiant just lost drives, she can't retreat either"
Buffy closed her eyes, pained "continue the retreat"
"I do not believe they are going to let us go" Teal'c anxiously, his eyes watching the tactical display.
"They don't have to" O'Neill gazed at Buffy/Enerina worried, "all their vessels are upgraded, they can outrun most of our Ha'tak's and if we retreat behind the O'Neill's, then they will be perfectly happy to surround our Asgard friends and 'deal' with them"
Buffy's eyes flashed, Enerina coming quickly to the fore, "Fighting retreat, we and the Teal'c cover the centre, Carter on the right flank, Jackson on the left and the remaining vessels in between"
" Prometheus is the next most capable and manoeuvrable vessels we have after the O'Neill's " O'Neill added, "recommend she flits, covering any weakening sections"
"Do it" Enerina ordered.
The eyes of SG-1 and the Scooby's never left the tactical display as the fleet fought its way back to Earth's Moon, its concentrated formation making it easy for them to concentrate fire, targeting one ship after another with all their batteries. The Goa'uld on the other hand was spread thinner, attempting to surround the whole mass of the Resistance Fleet.
It showed.
By the time Earth's Moon, and its waiting formations of F-302 fighters was reached, the last of the Ral'tec's and five more Ha'tak's had been killed for the loss of the Allied Ha'tak Ba'als Wrath and the Tau'ri controlled Defiant.
Xander breathed a deep sigh of relief that was echoed across the Del Shakka Mels bridge as the Goa'uld fleet pulled back, regrouping some distance away from the moon.
"Well, that just sucked" O'Neill commented, grimly.
"I'm still picking up three Cheops and twenty-five Ha'taks " Carter pointed out, glancing across the tactical display.
"On the plus side," Xander grimaced, pulling his radio earplug away from his ear, "cocky-gits incorporated, aka the fighter jocks have arrived, late as usual and already claiming all the kills"
"Hey!" O'Neill and Carter shouted, their looks causing Xander to retreat behind Enerina with a yelp.
Giles rolled his eyes, "Xander, as always you're timing is impeccable… did you have to say that when there are two fighter pilots in the room?"
"Fighter pilot come black ops guy thank you" O'Neill muttered, echoed by Carters;
"Fighter Pilot come scientist thank you"