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SD: 243910.04
The dark skinned XO's speech paused for a moment before saying
quietly. "EAS Overlord is still out of contact after four days and
EAS Market Garden went silent fifty three hours ago. We'll have to
assume EAS Overlord is gone and EAS Market Garden is unlikely to be
back in contact..."
"So that leaves just us, all alone in the night. It's strange to to
think we are the probably the last remaining aspect of the Alliance
which only a generation ago was expanding and enjoyed the loyalty of
many skilled commanders and generals, plenty of whom were deserving of
the title of legend. None left now. If we had just one of them here
we could probably win this..." Nikolai said sadly.
"We have a legend in our day and age too. You are still here Colonel
and it's time to make the decision what to do next. Do we join up
with what's left of Starfleet in the Delta Quadrant and help them
fight the Borg? Or do we try and build up our power reserves and
weaponry by getting what we can from the remains of the Supply Network
and checking the Deep Storage Repositories?" Holtzman said as they
entered the bridge.
Nikolai shook his head. "Starfleet is losing the battle and still
they refuse to acknowledge the greater threat we all face. No Major,
they chose their own path and it is not ours to follow. The
Repositories and Network have both been heavily expended and likely
checking them will use more resources than we will gain. We only have
one option left...we have to storm the Romulan gate in the stellar
nursery within Sector 315."
"That would require us to break through three Romulan and Breen lines
of defense and we're not talking about small numbers of ships in those
line Colonel. Even the Samson would be destroyed before we reached
the gate." Major Holtzman said sharply.
"Which is why we wont be taking the 'conventional' route Major. Now
that we are the last Tyrant Class Warship (TCW1G) left we are the only
ones left with Dimension Rippers that function in this universe at
least until the enemy figures out how to make them work." Nikolai
said.
"The enemy can track us when we use the Rippers, Colonel...but of
course you already know that. We can continue to evade the enemy
normally until we come up with another option..." Holtzman replied.
Putting a faint bit of menace into his voice "The only option left
other than the gate is to flee for as long as possible until the enemy
finally runs us to ground. If we storm the gate and break through we
at least have a chance. There's nothing left for us here. The
Alliance is dead and gone, the Federation has fallen and what little
is left of Starfleet and the KDF is hiding and dying in the delta
quadrant. If we do this right we can slam the door in the enemy's
face."
With a sigh Major Holtzman gave a tired nod before bellowing to the
bridge crew. "All hands prepare for battle stations. Bring the Omega
Reactor online and raise weaponry power levels to immediate readiness.
Stand by to charge the Dimension Rippers...EAS Samson has a date with
destiny."
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Colonel Nikolai ?????? (NPC Ixus)
CO
EAS Samson
Major Claude Holtzman (NPC Ixus)
XO
EAS Samson
