=/\= EAS Hermes - Admiral's Bridge =/\=
Viktor gave the order "Send in two THUD's first and we'll jump in right behind them and take advantage of the chaos caused by them. As soon as we revert have all ships launch fighters first. Have the Hermes follow the fighters with the Drone Interceptors and have them cover the bombers launching."
Athena heard Vik's familar voice but couldn't take her eyes off the view screen. {I should be on the Chimera.}
Athena heard Vik's familar voice but couldn't take her eyes off the view screen. {I should be on the Chimera.}
The two THUD's jumped in first an each quickly split into the 128 constituent independently guided high yield verteron warheads. They selected their AI chosen targets and homed in on them. Due to the advanced nature of the Romulan Warbirds the AI decided to send roughly 10 warheads to each warbird varying on existing damage. As the warheads slammed into the Romulan ships the Erassian Second Fleet simultaneously dropped out of warp. The massive explosions took out around twenty Warbirds and damaged half a dozen more but the victory was short lived more Romulans were dropping out of warp and were inbound on their position. Viktor called on his Admiral's Bridge "Move us into a wedge formation and take us on a course between the Chimera and Manticore."
She watched intently as the Erassian ships moved to join the dance adding more partners to an already too full floor. A disco tech of lights flashed around the dancers. Every once in a while she would catch one of the rays of light spotlighting one of the participants and she watched as they added an extra rock to their step. She got a glimpse of the one of the Erassian ships taking a solid hit and it rocked for several seconds before resuming its position. A breath seemed to be caught in her throat as the Chimera took another hit and shudder off. The ship shook and a gasp escaped past the vocal cords and her lips when she hit the floor and slid into the chair she had been sitting in only moments ago.
Viktor scowled as the Chimera took another hit breaching it's hull. He could only hope that the small shapes being sucked out of the breach war simply debris and not crew. "Send a squadron of M-35A's to try and scrape some of those fighters off the Chimera and send another to do the same for the Manticore."
What once had looked like a dance contest at a disco tech now more resembled the chaotic running of a child through a haunted house when terrified. Athena shivered with the overwhelming sense of evilness; Like someone lurking in the bushes. Her gaze then fell to Viktor and he still seemed to be standing tall and issuing orders. The fighters looked like bats swarming in the sky and the disrupter and phaser fire looked like bits of a spider web that were glisten with moonlight and dew.
Viktor asked "Have the IG5GW's had any luck in pinpointing the origin of the Romulan command and control signals yet? Our job would be a hell of a lot easier if we could cut the head off the snake."
A rumbling shudder shook the ship and a thunderous sound ripped through the bridge as a station sparked and sputtered. Athena struggled to keep her footing and jerked away from some of the sparks. She noticed an officer having trouble and more or less slid her way across the floor to help put out some flames.
Viktor allowed the crew to deal with the fire. "Okay send the Herakles, Demeter and Atlas move to reinforce the Starbase. Concentrate the missile fire from the bombers on those two Venator Class Warbirds."
Neither Athena or the officer were having much luck getting the flames under control at first. Athena grabbed the pillow and used it to smother the flames at the station where Viktor's aide was monitoring communications. With the station flames extinguished, she noticed that the sleeve of the officer's jacket was smoking and she thought she saw a small flame. Athena started patting at the officer's arm. "Specialist, I insist you stop," Captain Talia Lockheart insisted.
"Hold still," Athena held firm as the Captain jerked her arm free and the flame increased. Athena tackled the young woman and then threw her own body on the flame to put it out. Athena rolled to a sitting position letting the other woman to go back to her duties.
=/\= End Part 1 =/\=
Commander Athena Wellington
Counselor
USS Chimera-B
&
General Viktor Ivanov
FCO
EAS Hermes
