Chapter seven
Ironic. Anakin, Jacen, and the General would be going down to Obroa-Skai's surface and trying to take it from the huge amount of Yuuzhan Vong on the desert of Mevix. And what would Jaina's, now 8 shipped squadron, do? Cover it while they try to get it down to the surface, then once the space battle was there's they would go to the ground battle and give air support.
How long was this battle going to last? A long time no doubt. After all, they had to win two battles. A ground and space battle. That would be tough. Both had to be won, and so many would die for it.
Blue hyper space whipped slowly away from the canopy, and was replaced with the black darkness of space. She could see her squadron-mates, coming into formation. And on her sensor, she could see the Blast Boat that Tekli, Tenel Ka, Alema, and a Kel Dor pilot named Ploe Coany, were using that would be there SWACS
She looked to see that Zekk, The young pilot Tora Geff, and the 29 year old pilot who's call sign was Bomb, Had came in formation around her. The other squadron members. Ganner, Lowbacca, Taeser, and Tahiri joined into a formation, with Tahiri at the lead.
Jaina saw the Yuuzhan Vong fleet on her Sensors now, 50 Frigate analog ships, 8 battle ship analog's, 8 Cruiser analog ships, and 12 Destroyer analogs.
Which roughly matched there fleet. Of 4 Viscount-Star Defenders, 30 CR90 corvettes, 30 Warrior Class Gunship's, 5 Bothan Attack Cruisers, 3 MC-90's, and 14 MC-80's. Though the republic out numbered the Vong here, that won't mean that things would become easy.
"Alright," Jaina said. "Let's lead the Ralroost."
She pushed her controls to the right, turning the ship to its side and flying to the nose of the large bothan ship. They flew forward, escorting the ship farther along the long length of space between them and the area where they would attack the Vong. The vong lunched coral skippers which flew towards them at a rather fast rate.
The coral skippers swarmed them before they could fly away and dodge the many blasts of plasma zooming towards them. The Ralroost let out a broadside of Turbo lasers and Proton Missiles. When the proton missiles exploded they evaporated the skips. Using this as an advantage, Jaina ordered her squadron to spread out, and engage skips at will.
Jaina found a Coral Skipper that had avoided the board side of lasers and missiles, she switched her lasers to quad, and locked on, she fired. The black void for a shield on the Vong ship absorbed three of the lasers, but the final one chipped part of the brown and purple coral off of the ship. She fired an other shot; the black void absorbed none of the blast, and took it full force. It exploded in purple, red, yellow, and brown pieces of coral flew around her as she pasted through its fragments.
She blanked to the right, giving her a view of the Yuuzhan Vong fleet and the republic fleet battling. Red and purple colored plasma and Magma charged at the fleet, and the republic fleet fired back with missiles and lasers. However she noticed something behind them with the sensor. A task force of vong vessel's. About 3 Destroyer analog ships and a large ship, larger then anything the republic had with them, other then the Viscounts, something of a space station. They must have sunk in right when the republic went out of there scanning range.
"Bomb, Tora, Zekk, There's a Vong task force behind the main fleet, 3 destroyers and a large S.S.D. type ship, get in formation behind me. Tahiri, get everyone in formation around and join up with us. Tenel Ka, let the fleet know there behind us." Jaina ordered her squadron.
"Will do." "Understood." Were a few of the responses she got back. Within a few minutes, Everyone was behind her and ready to go. Then the Bothan Admiral Traest Kre'fey voice came over the comm.
"Those guys behind are going to be in a world of hurt real soon." He hissed. "6 Warrior Class and 6 Corvettes will handle the Destroyer ships, your squadron will fire at the S.S.D. Ship. Understood Lieutenant Colonel?"
"Yes sir." Jaina replied.
Her squadron flew forward at full speed. They hadn't lost anyone yet, not one X-wing was gone.
A wing worth of Coral Skippers started to swarm, but an other wing of X-wings, B-wings, A-wings, and other fighters flew too meet them, covering Jaina's squadron.
Her squadron spread out, once in range, she opened up with her quad lasers and then fired a Missile. The quads were absorbed but the missile hit, and blew a chunk of light brown coral off of the ship.
Mamga irrupted from the ship, spiting out towards them, Jaina was able to whip and weave her way through the red magma, purple plasma started to pour out of the large space station like ship, and again Jaina whipped and weaved her way through the ship, firing more lasers and Missiles. She damaged the ship farther.
"Gah!" Called out Bomb over the comm. "Hit." A static sound filled the comm for a moment, then bomb came back over the comm. "There goes the Sensor..." He was muttering. "Weapons are toast..."
"Bomb Eject!" Jaina ordered. She wasn't about to lose anyone on this mission.
"Can't. The damn eject handle is stuck."
A Kel Dor's panicked voice came over the comm. . "Keep trying."
"Heh, I'm going to miss that Ale at the club." He said muttered. Jaina could see a spinning X-wing, heading for the bridge of the grand cruiser. "Guess I'll be seeing them Yuuzhan Vong in H-" The comm cut off, and Jaina saw the X-wing of Bomb, a man who Jaina had no doubt she would never learn the name of, crash into the bridge of the grand cruiser.
She turned her X-wing around; she saw that Coral skippers around the battle field were being mopped up by star fighters, exploding into little purple and brown bits of coral, that would float in space for a amazingly long time.
She could see the fleet battle now. The shell like star ships of the Yuuzhan vong were falling and exploding into mutli-colored pieces of coral. Swaying around the engagement zone all around the planet. She could see little dots flying out of the hangers of the republic vessels, flying towards the planet. Drop ships.