07-12-2011, 06:12 PM
USS Independence
Bridge
2058 hours
=/\="Admiral Malloway to Captain Gillibrand - you know the drill. If you've the advantage I want some of those cutlery-forehead-encrusted pains in the ass taken out, and I don't mean for coffee."=/\=
"With pleasure Sir," said Zack from his center seat. He looked at Lt. Ketteringham at Ops, then nodded to close the channel. "Load five transphasic warheads in the forward torpedo launcher. Helm, prepare to give me warp six in a two second burst...heading of 020 mark 141. Mr. Haven, I'll need your finesse here since you may need to do blind targeting. I want all five of the warheads away as soon as we come out of warp, then a quick 180 and get us back within Thrinacia's defensive perimeter. We don't move out until everyone signal's ready. Clear?"
A chorus of 'aye Captain' and 'yes Sir' echoed through the bridge. The attack they were going to attempt was very risky, an adaptation of the Picard Maneuver. It would put them right in the thick of the Cardassians' Galor-class cruisers...and hopefully, with a little luck, it would collapse their lines and turn the tide in Starfleet's favor. As the crew began to report ready, Zack offered a silent prayer of protection to the moon Goddess Dorinda.
"Okay everyone. Let's do this. Execute maneuver."
There was a rapidly rising hum as the warp engines powered up. The two second cruise through subspace was...well, short. The moment they returned to normal space, Zack gave the order to fire the transphasic warheads. The white torpedos streaked across the viewscreen, going off to their pre-programmed targets. Zack followed their trajectories closely...and the first found its target, striking a Galor-class cruiser squarely on its port blade and plowing through its shields as a warm knife would slice through butter. The torpedo detonated, and the cruiser flew apart. The second torpedo struck a Galor on its forward disruptor array, cleanly vaporizing the forward half on the ship in one fell swoop. The third must have been targeted blindly, because it veered off toward the Independence's starboard side erratically before a Cardassian disruptor put it out of its misery. The fourth struck a Keldon directly in its underbelly, and the fifth did the same to a Galor. Both vessels erupted in a rapidly dissipated cloud of energy and debris.
"Okay, tuck tail and get us the hell out of here," said Zack just a few seconds after arriving. The Warp engines powered up and sped the Independence away, but not before the remaining vessels managed to get in a few shots of their own. The Independence had done a good deal of damage, but had taken a small beating herself. She would fight onward, until the enemy was no more.
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Bridge
2058 hours
=/\="Admiral Malloway to Captain Gillibrand - you know the drill. If you've the advantage I want some of those cutlery-forehead-encrusted pains in the ass taken out, and I don't mean for coffee."=/\=
"With pleasure Sir," said Zack from his center seat. He looked at Lt. Ketteringham at Ops, then nodded to close the channel. "Load five transphasic warheads in the forward torpedo launcher. Helm, prepare to give me warp six in a two second burst...heading of 020 mark 141. Mr. Haven, I'll need your finesse here since you may need to do blind targeting. I want all five of the warheads away as soon as we come out of warp, then a quick 180 and get us back within Thrinacia's defensive perimeter. We don't move out until everyone signal's ready. Clear?"
A chorus of 'aye Captain' and 'yes Sir' echoed through the bridge. The attack they were going to attempt was very risky, an adaptation of the Picard Maneuver. It would put them right in the thick of the Cardassians' Galor-class cruisers...and hopefully, with a little luck, it would collapse their lines and turn the tide in Starfleet's favor. As the crew began to report ready, Zack offered a silent prayer of protection to the moon Goddess Dorinda.
"Okay everyone. Let's do this. Execute maneuver."
There was a rapidly rising hum as the warp engines powered up. The two second cruise through subspace was...well, short. The moment they returned to normal space, Zack gave the order to fire the transphasic warheads. The white torpedos streaked across the viewscreen, going off to their pre-programmed targets. Zack followed their trajectories closely...and the first found its target, striking a Galor-class cruiser squarely on its port blade and plowing through its shields as a warm knife would slice through butter. The torpedo detonated, and the cruiser flew apart. The second torpedo struck a Galor on its forward disruptor array, cleanly vaporizing the forward half on the ship in one fell swoop. The third must have been targeted blindly, because it veered off toward the Independence's starboard side erratically before a Cardassian disruptor put it out of its misery. The fourth struck a Keldon directly in its underbelly, and the fifth did the same to a Galor. Both vessels erupted in a rapidly dissipated cloud of energy and debris.
"Okay, tuck tail and get us the hell out of here," said Zack just a few seconds after arriving. The Warp engines powered up and sped the Independence away, but not before the remaining vessels managed to get in a few shots of their own. The Independence had done a good deal of damage, but had taken a small beating herself. She would fight onward, until the enemy was no more.
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