HFB-Polyphemus

[Charos]

//At this point, Hellfire Legion has only experienced changes inside Vespucci, none of this has currently affected our operations and it won't be known outside the faction due to well-handling of the situation (Communication is cut-off entirely untill things settle down). Again, only [HF] members know of this and the only one that can spread information are the Incursus, Last Sunrise and Polyphemus.

As the two ships were making preparations to escape, two Arbiter-class battleships, the Minotaur and Manticore and numerous strikecraft were send to intercept the Polyphemus and Incursus. Time was of the essense, they had to escape before they could pull any more forces to hinder their objective.

"-Set course for the Magellan jumphole, raise shields to maximum an target the Manticore." The Minotaur was their prime target because of the numerous missile batteries it had and lighter armor plating than Minotaur. The Minotaur on the other hand had powerful weaponry designed for capital combat and thick armor layers to protect it. "-Sir, target is in firing range." The bridge was filled with noise as everyone reported ship status, casualties from the in-ship fight between the crew and Kinnaird's spies. "-Fire everything we've got, show no mercy!" With Daniel's signal, Polyphemus fired a barrage of hot plasma and heavy missiles while the fighter and bombers wings of each sides were shooting down one another. Incursus, the Legion's pride and one of the toughest battleships, was fighting on par with the Minotaur. The ship was shaking from the shockaves generated by hull hits and explosions outside the ship. "-Sir! One of our hangars was hit and cannot receive anyone!" The full of anxiety officers, were struggling to make sure they come out alive out of this fight. Daniel as he watched the fight develop, decided to do a risky move. "-Everyone, get ready to bust of out this madness! Prepare the forward blade and ram the Manticore! This will certainly cripple it and not destroy it. Direct all batteries on Minotaur's engines."

Polyphemus achieved ramming speed with easy and hit Manticore below, avoiding all vital areas, disabling it's combat functions. The Minotaur after sustaining severe damage to the hull, surrendered as it was incapable of fighting anymore.

Several minutes later, the two damaged ships were approaching Magellan jumphole where Ravager was waiting for them. Ravager was the guard that kept everyone out of the Legion's home system and it was powerful, perhaps able to destroy both battleships while they were in that condition. Daniel and Cristina, decided to take the risk and charge to the jumphole and in their suprise, the Ravager didn't move or charge it's weapons. A transmission was received by Polyphemus from the on-board Lord Commader Markus's supporters, "-We have disabled the ship temporary so make your escape while it's possible! Find a way to save our Lord Commander and punish the traitors! I--*noise*" The transmission was being jammed by Ravager's internal equipment. "-All hands, prepare for the jump!" The two ships slowly approached the jumphole and disappeared into it, leaving the sleeping Ravager undamaged as it was the Cerberus of the Legion.

"-Open a channel with Incursus. *Transmission received* Cristina, how's Incursus? We've suffered medium damages all over the ship and half of the strikecrafts were destroyed. -It's holding up Daniel, we haven't suffered as much damage as Polyphemus did. We're not safe yet, We should split up to avoid easy detection. -Agreed, we'll activate our field cloak on some remote place and repair what we can. We'll have to report our status to each other for some time to let know everything's well. *Cristina nodded* -We should keep transmissions to a minimum from now on. Keep Polyphemus and it's crew safe Daniel, Hunter out."

The Incursus activated it's jumpdrive and took off to an unknown destination, while the Polyphemus was moving to a nebula in the Kansas system to do some repairs to the ship.

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