Weary travelers
ON:
[Deep Space]
Flames and molten debris licked at the flickering shields and pale gray hull of the USS Formidable as she blasted her way through the expanding cloud of luminous gas and fire that was her last target. Phasers lashed out, slicing and vaporizied large chunks of burning wreckage as she carved her way through at a sharp angle. Then as the flames faded away, debris cooled the starship leveled out and began bathing the system in electronic emissions and sweeps.
"That was the last one, Skipper!" Lieutenant Arnold Rimmer cheered from the Operations station, slumping into his seat as he did so.
"Finally! I thought they would never stop coming!" Ensign Edmonstien Del Montez added from the CONN.
Captain Cale Galen Hunter let out a long sigh, loosening his firm grip on the armrests of his command chair just a little. He was tall, strongly built, his dark hair, long and kept neatly tied back, his face bearded "Right, I want a full situations report and status of the ship" He said, relaxing into his chair. The small bridge of the Formidable was bathed in red light, a slight haze of smoke filled the air and several consoles were dark or flickering, damaged.
"Shield generators damaged, hull breach on deck six and seven, section 18, transporters are down and the main power feed lines to the starboard impulse engine are offline, engineering is compensating with the secondary power lines" Rimmer stated, reading off the quick list on his panel.
"Looks like the system is compleatly clear of hostiles, Captain" Commander Barrett added his own two cents to the report. "Just showing the other escort units and the convoy on sensors now. No further pirate raiders"
Cale nodded, relaxing visibly now. "Thats a relief" he whispered. "Stand down from red alert. "And get me the Ambernite on the comm"
Moments later the Captain Melissa Avery of the USS Ambernite, leade ship in the escort squadron, was on the main viewscreen. "Cale, looks like you guys took the brunt of the beating this time" she said, "But if you guys hadn't jumped in there we would have lost more than we did! Good work to you and your crew"
"Thank you Captain" Cale replied, "I am transmitting our operational status to you now. We should be able to get our defences running again within several hours and can patch the hull damage on rout" he explained, but she held up a hand to stop him.
"Thats all right Cale. We dont have far to go now and I think we have about wiped out the remains of that organization. There is a Starbase near here, 668, I want the Formidable to detach from the convoy and head to the starbase to make repairs at best possible speed. We will pass through on our way back to see how things are going"
Cale nodded. "Understood, Captain Avery. Hunter out" he said and the channel closed.
[Starbase 668...several hours later]
A brief, but bright flash of light harelded the arrival of the Frigate USS Formidable NCC-65772 as she decellerated from warp. The ship, a smaller counterpart to the massive Galaxy class Cruiser, slowed to a respectable speed, three quarters impulse, and made a direct line for the starbase.
"This is Starship USS Formidable, Captain Cale Hunter commanding, to Starbase 668, requesting imediate docking clearence and engineering support"
[Deep Space]
Flames and molten debris licked at the flickering shields and pale gray hull of the USS Formidable as she blasted her way through the expanding cloud of luminous gas and fire that was her last target. Phasers lashed out, slicing and vaporizied large chunks of burning wreckage as she carved her way through at a sharp angle. Then as the flames faded away, debris cooled the starship leveled out and began bathing the system in electronic emissions and sweeps.
"That was the last one, Skipper!" Lieutenant Arnold Rimmer cheered from the Operations station, slumping into his seat as he did so.
"Finally! I thought they would never stop coming!" Ensign Edmonstien Del Montez added from the CONN.
Captain Cale Galen Hunter let out a long sigh, loosening his firm grip on the armrests of his command chair just a little. He was tall, strongly built, his dark hair, long and kept neatly tied back, his face bearded "Right, I want a full situations report and status of the ship" He said, relaxing into his chair. The small bridge of the Formidable was bathed in red light, a slight haze of smoke filled the air and several consoles were dark or flickering, damaged.
"Shield generators damaged, hull breach on deck six and seven, section 18, transporters are down and the main power feed lines to the starboard impulse engine are offline, engineering is compensating with the secondary power lines" Rimmer stated, reading off the quick list on his panel.
"Looks like the system is compleatly clear of hostiles, Captain" Commander Barrett added his own two cents to the report. "Just showing the other escort units and the convoy on sensors now. No further pirate raiders"
Cale nodded, relaxing visibly now. "Thats a relief" he whispered. "Stand down from red alert. "And get me the Ambernite on the comm"
Moments later the Captain Melissa Avery of the USS Ambernite, leade ship in the escort squadron, was on the main viewscreen. "Cale, looks like you guys took the brunt of the beating this time" she said, "But if you guys hadn't jumped in there we would have lost more than we did! Good work to you and your crew"
"Thank you Captain" Cale replied, "I am transmitting our operational status to you now. We should be able to get our defences running again within several hours and can patch the hull damage on rout" he explained, but she held up a hand to stop him.
"Thats all right Cale. We dont have far to go now and I think we have about wiped out the remains of that organization. There is a Starbase near here, 668, I want the Formidable to detach from the convoy and head to the starbase to make repairs at best possible speed. We will pass through on our way back to see how things are going"
Cale nodded. "Understood, Captain Avery. Hunter out" he said and the channel closed.
[Starbase 668...several hours later]
A brief, but bright flash of light harelded the arrival of the Frigate USS Formidable NCC-65772 as she decellerated from warp. The ship, a smaller counterpart to the massive Galaxy class Cruiser, slowed to a respectable speed, three quarters impulse, and made a direct line for the starbase.
"This is Starship USS Formidable, Captain Cale Hunter commanding, to Starbase 668, requesting imediate docking clearence and engineering support"