Unification

[Soul Reaper]

Whoa! Haha!
Don'€™t get cocky Marvin, it'€™s turrets might not be able to track you as easily, but that thing'€™s weapons are made to punch through heavy capital armor.
Sir, the Gollun is taking heavy hits from that slave liner.
Sei, new target, the slave liner.
Yes sir, on it.

Randy could barely hear Sei, a little bit more than a whisper but she was a determined pilot, he could simply feel it in her voice.

The op was supposed to be a quick and easy kill, just a pirate or two to be shot down and life would go on as always. But, with the perfect timing of a small Zoner supply convoy, their escorts, a Cardamine Smuggler and Slaver plus their Tridente and dual Sabre escort had turned the area into a small warzone. It was such a mixed fight that all of the 'participants' had to be careful not to shoot the wrong person lest there be political consequences. The Tridente had been giving them a hard time and Randy had requested a heavy support wing to be dispatched from the Istanbul, they would arrive at the scene shortly.

I think I hit something important, a part of the Slaver'€™s hull just blew itself, and its engines are inoperable. Oh, did a scan, it'€™s reactor is damaged, it won'€™t be shooting anything either.
Good, don'€™t damage it any further, we don'€™t want to risk any lives, concentrate on the gunboat you two.

Randy was on one of the pirates' tail, it was a Waran class bomber, used by most pirates that worked for themselves, either that or the Roc. It would be an easy kill, the Pirate's armor had already been severely damaged by the transports' defense systems, they were well armed. The distinct buzz of electricity was heard as the Vampires slashed through space and bit the Waran hard. It'€™s engines were dead and couldn'€™t maneuver, two seconds later it was blown apart.

Sir, more incoming, two Eagles, I only just noticed them now, three clicks out.

Randy had his guncam zoom in and do a brief scan, they were old and battered ships, literally falling apart as they were flying.

Either scavengers or pirates, don'€™t engage just yet, keep on that gunbo-
AAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-*bzzzt*
Marvin ? Come in Marvin!?
He's gone.

Randy only had the time to close his eyes for half a second and salute the young Ensign as he too was left behind. Marvin had been dangerously playing in the firing arcs of the Tridente, while the battle razors were a bit too slow to effectively track fighters, one mistake and they could tear a fighter or bomber apart. Marvin had made a mistake.

This is Sequoia Lead to Reaper, sir, we are 9 clicks of your position and closing, our weapons are primed, where do you need us?

You're damn late, Sequoia, you're going to have to make up for a Republican life, now start shooting on anything not tagged as a Zoner. The Tridente goes down first.
Yes sir, engaging when in range.

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Crap crap craaaaaap!

The Outcast'€™s aim was close to impossible, or so the Colonial Ensign thought, his wing leader and other wing-mate-who was also an Ensign- had already been killed a minute into the fight. The Ensign, David Ghey, was having a really hard time evading the 3 outcasts behind him, the only reason he was still surviving was because of the asteroids, and he was hugging them as his life depended on it. What'€™s more, one of the outcasts was tagged as a 101st member..

Ghey'€™s hull was already leaking coolant and flaming in other parts near the engine, it wouldn'€™t be long now. Both his superior and friend didn'€™t have the time to send a distress call and their pods had been killed without hesitation by the Ghost. He checked his system diagnostics again and saw that his long range transmitter wasn'€™t damaged, but he still couldn'€™t send a transmission for some reason.

Come on come on come on, why don'€™t you work !?

It wouldn'€™t be long now, a critical reactor-feed pipe had just been melted by the incoming fire, he had to eject soon or else his Nyx might be too damaged to even eject. David had to plan it carefully though, smartly going closer and closer to the asteroids.

Just gotta find a big one-'€¦the hell?

The diagnostics system had shown the reason of the error, he hadn'€™t seen it before since he only had 2 seconds at most to check it, but it showed that his long range transmitter was simply in diagnostic mode. He hated himself so much at that second but couldn'€™t waste any more time on his feelings, he pushed a few buttons and entered a quick code, the communication system boot itself.

Yes!

He instantly opened a comm. Line to the Istanbul and didn'€™t even check if it was secure, he didn'€™t have the time.

This is Ensign David Ghey, my wing is down, I am sending coordinates, three outcasts, I repeat three Outcasts and one of them is Ghost, they have breached the first patrol line, they were headed due south, system south. Requesting a wing for assis-

David couldn'€™t multitask as well as he thought he could and made a mistake, forgetting to round the asteroid completely, the Ghost had been right behind him and an antimatter shot tore the Nyx in half.

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The fight was pretty much over, a heavy support with consisting of a gunboat and four Nyxes with veteran pilots were more than enough to level the battlefield. The Zoner escorts hadn'€™t survived and only half of the transports were still operable. The last pirate had been destroyed only a few seconds ago.

Alright, we at least got the slave ship, it can'€™t fly or shoot, pirates dead, Tridente dead, good work.

Randy got pinged by the gunboat.

Yes Sequoia?
Sir, incoming transmission from the Istanbul, three outcasts were sighted near the Baffin hole and are supposedly heading to the system '€˜south'€™, one of the them was reported as a Razgriz Ghost, the Istanbul got the transmission just before two of our patrol wings were butchered. The transmission wasn'€™t on a secure line either.

Randy'€™s ship wasn'€™t damaged at all, but Sei'€™s had some moderate damage, the Sequoia squadron had barely took a few shots. The thought of a Ghost in system was intriguing, and he couldn'€™t let them go unanswered anyway.

Sequoia, I'€™ll be needing two of your pilots, Sei, you'€™ll be sticking with Sequoia, no buts. Call in a team to extract the slaves and a salvager as well.
Yes sir.
Sir, with you.
As am I.
Good, lets hunt us some Outcasts.

Most of the Colonial pilots in Coronado were inexperienced and didn'€™t have much other fighting experience other than shooting down pirates or stopping smugglers, fighting outcasts, and even a ghost was something entirely different. There were barely any high ranking officers either; most were in still in the Taus. But the Sequoia Hunter-Killer group consisted of battle-hardened veterans that had fought years in the Taus, and with Randy, they were more than enough to destroy a triplet of Outcast Sabres.

Randy set the course for the Barrier Gate Station, his two new wingmen right behind him in a close formation, they were close to the station, it would only take a few minutes.

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