Remnants and Fallout

[Shagohad]

The two warships with fighter escort were closing fast. The glow of their engines could be seen on the dim horizon as they made flank speed to annihilate the troublesome Alliance that dared to escape. The fate of both parties had already been decided; rendering these gnats a nuisance ready for termination.

"Raise shields," Angelica said calmly, her fingers drumming at the armrest of her command chair. Outside, the hull of the Resurgency shimmered as it seemed to gain a certain weight to its appearance. "Plot a firing solution for our mortar and prepare solaris turrets for fighter interception. I have no time for their intrusion."

The crewmen deftly tapped away at their consoles as the screens relayed the commands into physical representation. The first Coalition cruiser became a cross hair as the mortar lined it up for a killing blow. "Target is locked on; awaiting your command."

"Send them back to Sol," She barked as the mortar let loose moments later. The bright blue miniature star sped towards the helpless vessel that veered to try and avoid the siege weapon. Its eagerness was its downfall; moving too quickly to maneuver, the ship took the mortar directly to the bow. The ship was smashed like a bowel of eggs, its bow disintegrate as its innards spewed from the newly created bisection. Its sister ship slowed immediately, sharply veering to the right so as not to share the same fate.

"Clever bastard learns," Angelica mused quietly, "We can wait them out. Nothing they can do to hurt us."

"Fighters inbound. Solaris turrets active and targeting."

"Very good. Make sure none of them get near the Hispania."

"They aren't even denting the shiel-"

"High energy signature detected from the second ship!" A crewmen interrupted. "Unknown power distribution, could be a weapon."

"Target it and take it out. Our mortar should be cycled by now." The barrel leveled and the cross hair reappeared. "Send it back to he-" The vessel distorted forward, as though it were being sucked at by a powerful vacuum cleaner, before disappearing. "Where did it go?" The question was shortly answered by the vessel reappearing directly in front of them, its weapons glowing a bright blue as the forward battery had them clearly in its firing arc.

The next few moments seemed to slow down as the first blue bolts of light smashed into the shielded Resurgency. Men were thrown from their seats as the siege weapon raked the advanced warship, its shields absorbing the brunt of the attack, but were evidently failing at keeping the onslaught at bay.

"Dammit, you need to fight back," Angie screamed as she waded through the cataclysmic shakes that plagued the deck. Seizing the gunner by the scruff of the neck, she tore from his post and quickly seated herself. "Not much different from a Barghest," she mused, "But a very big one at that..."

The twin battlerazors that the Resurgency held as close range boxing weapons pivoted as the shield flickered and lost stability. The forward cannons walked their fire along the side of the vessel, their blue bolts of energy practically stitching damage into their middle and aft. It was all they could manage before the twin blazes of white hot energy eviscerated the aft end of the enemy vessel. The entire engine of the archaic vessel was lopped in half, drifting away before exploding.

"Enemy vessel crippled, Vice Admiral," A crewman who had managed to sit at his console reported.

"Tell Ling to get a team ready and prepare for boarding action. We need to see what's going on in that ship."

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"THE HULL HAS BEEN BREACHED AND THE SCIENCE IS LEAKING OUT!"