Renaissance

[Groshyr]

Prologue

Roussillon system
6th June, 743 AGS

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First ships that appeared were a bunch of the Gallic fighter and bombers. Their hull, that used to be white, now is grey from long exploitation and lack of cosmetic repairs was marked by small black points. Right after them, the area around the breach in space and time has started to blur and a few moments later a large warship appeared from it. Several decks of it were breached like after torpedo or ram hit but no fire burning inside breached sections. White corpus of it was almost black from laser and plasma hitting but in general, the ship was not damaged so deadly. A few moments after the warship entered the Roussillon system, her engines begun to work, glowing with a mix of purple and blue, moving the warship forward, away from the jump hole.

Several minutes later another ship entered the system of Roussillon from the same jump hole. This one was almost three times smaller than the first that appeared from there. Her shape reminded a sculpture of a bird, with big beak, ready to strike upon the head of her prey at any moment. The ship looked damaged less than the bigger one.

After this one, two more ships appeared. Even smaller than the bird-like one, the cruisers had different damage: one had an engine tube outburned by a close explosion and several breaches around all the hull, including one broken side beam. Another one was in better condition: the hull was mostly undamaged except for several black areas where energy projectiles hit the ship.

Most of the damage they suffered was already compensated: the ships, at least, will not burn out with all crew inside it, turning into pieces of coat, because of reactor malfunction or running out of oxygen because of breaches or O2 storages on the ship.

It took them about ten minutes to establish the right formation before leaving the minefield. They had to be hurry - those who pursued them could follow even into the Roussillon, despite the threat from the local Enclave forces. However, they meet the luck and no one has followed them so soon the remains of the fleet, slowly and carefully moving through the minefield, leaving the zone and begins spreading around SOS signal on Enclave frequences.

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