The Enterprise lurched to the starboard as the heavy flak increased.
"Wefud, can we initiate warp?"
"The energy cascades caused by these explosions are not allowing us to form a stable subspace warp shell. We need to get more distance." Wefud answered, grimly evading another ripple of explosions. "The Sagan is right behind us sir. Their scanners indicate that while these flak bursts can destroy us both, the enemy is obviously trying to take us alive." Benera reported.
"The Thunderchild has been disabled sir. I'm picking up activity in the enemy warship, it looks like an assault transport is on the way to the Thunderchild." Tock reported.
Jim rubbed his chin.
"Tock, what is the status of the other warship?"
"They are still closing fast."
"They're going to squeeze us between them. We need a diversion to get us out of here."
"It seems that they are inexperienced with subspace. Their mode of super light travel is very different from our own. My analysis of their combat scanning proves that we may be able to use that to our advantage."
Jim nodded.
"What are the chances that we can generate a subspace fold around the ship, making us disappear to normal scanning."
"The effect will only last for a moment." Tock cautioned.
Jim smiled.
"I just need a second." He activated his comboard. "Dood, I'm going to need a quick subspace burst through the main deflector dish."
"Captain, it may burn out the deflector, there won't be time to properly calibrate." Dood replied.
"It's either a blown out dish or a captured ship."
"Aye sir." Dood replied.
"Benera, send a tight beam transmission to the Sagan, tell them what we're planning."
"Aye sir."
The Enterprise shook violently. Some lights around the bridge dimmed.
"Mr. Wefud, those last few bursts were awfully close." Jim commented dryly. Wefud turned a weak smile on his face.
"Sorry sir, but that ship out there seems to be covered in guns."
"Captain, the Sagan respectfully suggests that they have a more powerful emitter and they should fire off the burst." Benera reported.
"Tell them we need one now."
"Aye sir."
"Space distortion ahead. Possible enemy emerging from unknown dimensional interface." Tock warned.
"Wefud, full evasive, standby emergency warp."
"Aye sir!" Wefud barely replied as he sent the Enterprise diving away from the Executioner which jumped out of hyperspace almost on top of them. It fired a series of heavy flak bursts, white ion blasts hungrily hunting for the Enterprise and the Sagan.
"Sagan firing the burst in three..two..one!" Tock reported.
"Wefud, emergency warp, opposite direction from current trajectory now!"
Wefud complied as the Sagan's main dish flashed and sent out a powerful subspace shock wave. Normal starships would have picked up the shock wave and sensors would have automatically adjusted to the sudden shift in the subspace field. The Imperial sensor nets, still new to the variables of subspace suddenly lost track of the two tiny ships. The sensors automatically re-calibrated, searching along new frequencies, but the Enterprise and Sagan were for all intents and purposes, invisible.
The two ships quickly slipped away form the Executioner's flak bursts, the mighty Star Destroyer began firing along the Enterprise's last known trajectory.
"We are out from under the flak bursts, subspace fields stabilizing."
"The Thunderchild?" Jim asked pointedly.
"Captured by the enemy, I'm picking up boarding parties all through ship."
"Get us out of here, maximum warp to the closest starbase." Jim ordered stonily, staring at the enemy fleet on his screen. He swore that he would avenge this attack. Whether he was out of time or not, this was his Federation and he would be damned if he would let an enemy take what was he had sworn an oath to defend and protect.
"Sagan is following us sir."
Jim sat back and sighed deeply. Things were not going to be easy any time soon. His thoughts turned to Captain Saben and his crew. He wondered darkly what the enemy had planned for them. Of course, the greater question was, what did the enemy plan for the Federation?