Mayday in Tau-31

[Nightfall]

*off-topic: come on ppl, move this faster, running out of ideas!*

****... in the meantime on the BSA-Maul.****

"Captain, we are 10k off the jumphole." said the comm operator.
"All right, bring us to 3k and stop there, ensign!" the captain replied, "Comm, what are the SK saying?".
"The Suicide Kings report entering Tau-31, sir!"
"On screen! And sound battle stations we may need to jump in!" ordered the captain.
"Patchin' through!"

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The Tau-31 system... static ships, ice asteroids, the Akki, the Chimaera, fighters... outpost Hollman was visible in the distance... all lifeless except the engine jet of Alpha and Orion Raven Claws cutting the void between the ice asteroids. The view was from Red-13, in the middle and a little to the back, the Kings were flying in "V" formation...
"This is SKings Leader reporting: The Akki is with it's nose stuck inside an asteroid, the Chimaera half-disabled - all it's turrets facing the Akki - disabled, allied forces hide behind it, the Berreta is keeping distance and backing off, another ship appeared - the A-Mag Ind. BlackStar - seems to have similar problem as the others, random neutral fighters scattered and comming to life... We think the effects of the EMP blast are fading... Wait!... A communication, it says: 'Welcome to Hell!', and repeats, it's coming from the Akki. There are traces of tachyon flux generator radiations (author note: or whatever was that the Klingons use, I watch Star Trek too) from the Phantom cloaking devices all around the place."
"ALERT! Three phantom ships decloaking at 3'o clock, break and engage!"
One of the phantoms never had a chance to know what was that it hit him when the coordinated blasts from the guns of the three Asgard Warriors ripped through the hull of his fighter reaching the tachyon flux generator core causing a massive explosion that blew the other five remaining ships spinning out of control, loosing their shields and bouncing off the asteroids. "This was not 'surgical!'" thought Orion while giving the best he could to stop his raven from spinning and bouncing getting a grip on his bearings. "Incoming missile!" shouted the onboard computer. "Damn Phantom, you didn't shoot that at me!" he screamed while firing the special ECMS (Electronic CounterMeasure System) destroying the missile. At the same time gaining control of the raven and went for the Phantom all guns blazing... but just to shoot a few asteroids as the Phantom cloaked... Orion was looking for his wingmen... both gained control of the ships and entered formation. No sign of the Phantoms...

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On the Maul...
"Incoming transmission, sir, it's from Keiran!"
"On screen!... What can I do for You, sir!"
"This is Keiran, I have orders from Lord Captain Dab for you to enter Tau-31 and prepare to destroy the Akki!"
"It will be done so, we will enter Tau-31 and wait for further orders. Inform the Lord Captain that there are Phantoms and a TC cruiser in the area and that it is possible for the conflict to escalate." the captain turned to the crew on the bridge: "Ensign, take us into Tau-31! Sound battle stations, code red!"
"All hands battle stations! All hands battle stations!" the intercom repeated "Code Red! This is not a drill! repeat, THIS IS NOT A DRILL!..." echoed through the Maul's cavernous hull as the cruise engines began to stir taking the ship to the Tau-31 jumphole and into the system to emerge into...

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(*Phantoms, to be fair u can kill one of the SKings, it's just a story, but I couldn't kill my own men*)

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off-topic:
enough from me today
special thanks for this part of the story go to the following:
Angel - for the music (Keiki Kobayashi, ACE COMBAT 5 Chorus Theme and Mary Elizabeth McGlynn The Journey Home "ACE COMBAT 5 Ending Theme") I was listening to this fine pieces (the first one) while writing the part when the SKings engage the Phantoms and (the 2nd one) writing the ending part on the Maul
The 282nd Suicide Kings Surgical Strike Squadron For just existing
all the rest of you reading this
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If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God? - from 'Nightfall' by I. Asimov
The Outcasts consider Siniestre Nube a sacred place for several reasons. Early explorers discovered a jumphole within the depths of the cloud that leads to a strange world of ringed stars and strange craft. All ships in the burrial ground are placed facing that hole to honor the Alien Spirits. - An Outcast rumor