Militia Force
Chapter 3- Day 1
I had just come back into the cockpit after my check up on Sara. She had been, surprisingly, awake and she handed me the primary mission objective, the memory core. After handing me the memory core she had slipped into unconsciousness again and I continued to look her over. The cartonic clay was holding but it wouldn't be for long, and who knew how much more blood she could lose before it's too late. No, I said, I can't be thinking about that I need to be thinking about what will happen after she recovers.
In the cockpit, the warning alert sounded saying 20 seconds until exit. Thank god, I thought. 10. 9. 8. 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. And we left the light particle.
"No…." As I said the word my voice trailed off into misery. We had arrived at Threshold Nova, the planet of cities also the main branch of our military, and it was under attack by rebels. There were 14 ships. Of the ships there was one flagship, 3 battleships, 5 cruisers, 2 reconnaissance frigates and 3 transport cruisers. The only thing that frightened me here was that we were losing on our own turf. The orbital defense cannons were destroyed, only 5 of our ships in the air with all shields down and all were battleships.
I looked helplessly at this losing battle and I knew what I had to do. I set the ship to auto-land, this would be the first time someone has tried out a ships auto-land, and headed into the main hull. There I took out my pistols and my own assault rifle with as many thermal bombs I can hold in my pouch. I looked over at Sara and put my hand over her shoulder and said "You'll be all right and I'll be right back." At that I headed over to the airlock and pressurized the small lock and I grabbed the boost pack opened the hatch and with one last look back inside I leaped off and activated my pack.
As I floated through space to the first target I looked and saw the Hopper and knew it was going to land safely. I hit the first ship and couldn't stay on due to its anti-friction shielding. When I finally got a grip I waited to find a way in. Wait a second; I told myself, ships with this shielding have to open holes in the shields to let fighters out. Perfect now I found my way in. As the shields parted I thrustered my way in and now my rein of destruction will commence.
Meanwhile at Threshold Nova's military ops base….
I was barking orders to everyone in the room that we need to get more ships in the air to defend Threshold Nova. "I'm telling you we need more cruisers up there along with a flagship for more support, you big bag of nimrods!" My right hand Major Pols then said, "Lieutenant Hollows, sir, we have a light matrix coming onto the field. It seems to be spacecraft number 58930." That could only be my two burning stars. "Sir," Pols said "we have someone leaving said spacecraft and auto-land has been enabled." This is bad, who was it who left, I pondered. "Search ship for encoded messages." Everyone then searched every radio frequency until Captain Uhado claimed "Sir, we found a message. Play it, sir?" "Of course play it!" I shouted. The message played and revealed Adams voice. "This is Adam, subject 0857 of project Morning Star. I have critically wounded on the vessel require immediate METU is necessary. I'm leaving vessel to assist fight. Take good care of her." "Message End" announced the computer. METU. This has to be serious. The METU squad is only called in on emergencies where the patient is on the verge of death. After finishing my thought the Hopper had landed.
Back on the Hopper…..
I woke with a thud wondering where I was, there was no one here except the empty contents of the main hull of the Hopper. Just then, the rear ramp opened and troops with a levitation stretcher came in with IV's and everything as I was lifted I passed out again.
I woke back up seeing people checking my vitals and constantly looking at me while running to the nearest building. I was fading in and out but the third time I came to, I saw Colonial Hollows. I tried to bring my arm up to salute but before I could even attempt he said, "No need to do that Sara, we just need you to conserve what energy you have left." I did a silent nod back then an oxygen mask was placed over me and I dozed off again.
Onboard the enemy spacecraft's…..
I got into the enemy ship and found the nearest hiding spot and ran there. I briefly double-checked what I had on me and started the process of finding the map of the ship on my HUD in my helmet. It seemed the engine coolant area was the perfect place to plant the bomb so I marked the spot and a path to follow was marked. On my way I ran into a squad of troops and opened fire with my rifle. It was good because they didn't expect me but bad due to all their buddies wondering what was happening. I took the next elevator down to the engine room to find it completely empty. I set up one of my detonators and set the timer for a reasonable 5 minutes. I sprinted through the halls and corridors of the cruiser and made it back to the elevator. 3:39 left. All of a sudden there was a huge shudder that rippled across the ship and then the power cut off. 2:48 left. My only exit has been destroyed there was no other way out. Then it hit me. These are the lower decks and where there are lower decks there are garbage disposals. I found the nearest garbage chute but ran into guards on the way. They followed me down the chute and then I asked them, "Do you really want to be here?" 0:07 left. I hit the release switch and I flew out fast with the guards who are now dead. 0:01 left. I saw an explosion, that combined with the gas for the engines and nearly half the ship was destroyed. "Great," I said, "one down eleven more to go."
Six hours later….
I was on ship eleven out of twelve. After ship five they finally found out what I've been doing so there was more resistance. I am now suffering from fatigue and moving and responding slower than I should. "I don't think I could hold my own in another skirmish." I said to myself. I then felt multiple shudders along the surface of the ship and ignored it. Five minutes passed and I was two halls away from the engines but on the first turn there they were. 30 soldiers in ready position to take me down. I thought I could make a break for it but then I heard a gun's click behind me ready to shoot. This was it, I thought. Then I let fatigue's dark grasp take hold of me. At least all those secrets I carry won't be here anymore.
I fell to me knees, my vision darkened and I hit the floor. Just after I fell is when I heard the bullets.