Chapter 2: The Battle
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A Borg Cube dropped out of warp in the sector and scanned it, detecting a small burst of energy coming from up ahead. This energy was caused by several Cylon Basestars jumping into the system. This was worthy technology. The cube began moving toward the basestars, and at the same time, a communication was sent to all of those ships, which said, "We are the Borg." "You will be assimilated." "Resistance is futile!" In response, the basestars launched swarms of raiders at the cube, as several additional Borg cubes arrived in the sector. The Cylon raiders began firing their guns, causing only slight damage to the lead cube. The cube responded with green phaser-like beams fired from the face of the cube, which destroyed any raiders they hit. The Cube simply ran into any others that were in the way, and locked a tractor beam onto the nearest basestar. Then, a fleet of Shadow vessels appeared and flew toward the battle. One fired a powerful beam that pierced the lead cube's center and emerged from the other end, causing the cube to explode, throwing debris everywhere. The other cubes fired beams at the Shadow vessel, causing it to explode a few seconds later. Another Shadow vessel flew past its destroyed ally and fired its beam at the other cubes, but missed, while half of the Cylon raiders targeted the oncoming shadow ships and began firing their guns at them. This did nothing but upset the Shadow vessels. The other raiders fired off missiles at the nearest Borg Cube and caused damaged. The Cubes fired energy pulses at these raiders. They dodged, but some flew into the path of another Shadow beam and blew up. The damaged cube fired phaser beams at a Shadow vessel, joined by the beams of an additional cube. That Shadow vessel died, then the closest Cylon basestar fired missiles at the damaged cube. The missiles impacted on the surface of the cube and caused damage. The other cube locked a tractor beam at the Cylon basestar, as the other basestars fired missiles into several shadow ships and damaged them. The cube pulled the basestar in and fired off its cutting beam into it. Suddenly, a large fleet of Imperial ships arrived at light speed. This fleet consisted of several Imperial Star Destroyers, and a number of smaller corvette escorts. These new arrivals began firing turbo lasers at the closest ship, a Cylon basestar, and destroyed it, as they also launched a number of TIE fighters. The TIE fighters began locking onto the Cylon raiders involved in battle with a Shadow ship. The rest of the Imperial fleet fired more lasers at a Borg cube, but the lasers had no effect. The damaged cube had regenerated, and it moved toward the Imperial fleet. It fired several Borg phasers and destroyed one of the Star Destroyers, then a Shadow vessel fired a beam and blew off a corner of the cube. Some of the TIE fighters shot lasers at the Shadow Vessel, but missiles from an incoming basestar hit many of the fighters and destroyed them. The cube cutting the Cylon basestar finally destroyed it, then the cube began firing its tractor beam into the fleet of Imperial ships. A shadow beam shot into a star destroyer and blew it up instantly. Two more Shadow vessels then finished off the cube that had been damaged earlier. The star destroyers fired at several other Shadow vessels and destroyed them after several hits each. The Cylon basestars then fired missiles at the star destroyers and damaged them, then Borg beams finished the job. A basestar then fired off a nuke. It hit a Borg cube and caused a huge explosion, destroying the cube and several Shadow vessels and TIE fighters near it. Then, a Death Star came out of light speed, escorted by additional star destroyers. At the same time, more Shadow vessels appeared, and a few minutes after that, additional Borg cubes warped in. Two of the cubes began heading toward the Death Star. The rest of them fired at Shadow ships, killing them. The Cylon basestar fired off another nuke and hit a Shadow vessel. The explosion took out two star destroyers and damaged a Borg cube as well. Another basestar launched a new wave of raiders, this time including some heavy raiders. The fighters all flew toward one of the new star destroyers, although some were being blasted by Shadow beams. The raiders fired off guns and missiles at the star destroyer and caused heavy damage, as TIE fighters from the Death Star engaged the attackers. A Borg cube moved in and began picking of the fighters. The star destroyers that were not currently engaged in battle against Shadow ships fired at the cube, but had no effect. At that moment, two additional basestars jumped in, along with a resurrection ship. That ship launched a number of raiders that had been destroyed earlier and had downloaded. These raiders flew toward a close Shadow ship, joined by missiles from the basestars. The Death Star then powered up its mega laser and fired, blowing up a Borg cube instantly. Its star destroyer escorts were destroyed by combined attacks from Borg cubes, Cylon raiders, and Shadow vessels. The Death Star fired again and blew up a basestar. Three Borg cubes surrounded one side of the Death Star and attempted to use their tractor beams on it. The Death Star fired at one of the cubes, but the Borg had adapted, and the mega laser had no effect on the cube. A Shadow vessel flew in and fired its beam at one of the cubes, destroying it. Another of the cubes took hits from several missiles fired from both the Cylon basestar and some of the raiders. The Death Star fired and took out a Shadow vessel, just as a nuke hit the side of the Death Star, causing considerable damage. A star destroyer launched TIE fighters and lasers at the basestar that had fired the nuke and destroyed it. A Borg cube then fired at the star destroyer and damaged its engines. The star destroyer used its remaining energy to crash into the cube. A Shadow vessel then flew by, firing its beam into a basestar and destroying it, then it launched a small ship, which looked to be some sort of shuttle, which flew toward the nearest cube. A star destroyer also launched a shuttle at the same cube. As the battle continued, several TIE fighters cleared out the Cylon raiders, and damaged the engines of a heavy raider. The heavy raider lost control and crashed into one of the docking hatches of the Death Star. With no more raiders, the remaining two Cylon basestars jumped away. The Shadow vessels also disappeared. The Borg cube moved out of range of the Death Star, and both ships held position.