Rotten to the Core

[Implosion]

Chapter 10: Cease and desist
826 A.S.

-All units, combat stations! - Jack yelled.
-Si...sir...there's too many of them - Scarlet replied
-Did I ask you to count ,Scarlet? DID I? FIRE. THE. BLOODY. WEAPONS.
-Bu... - Scarlet was interupted mid sentence by a massive explosion followed by a ship wide blackout.
-Boss, hull breach on levels three through nine, Volition wing is down, the Warpigs are dust....Destroyer Deadly has retreated with critical damage...
-Roger that Price, contact Gabrille, tell her it's time for plan X. - Daniels said and took off his watch, carefully set it to 12:00 and then slid it back on his left wrist. - Open a ship wide comm.
-Gotcha, the floor is yours boss.
-Ladies and gentlemen of the Core Flagship Athena. It appears our enemies have us surrounded and outnumbered. But we are not outgunned. We will not give them this victory. Remain at your posts and we will prevail. Daniels, Out! - The Guildmaster gestured price to cut the comm and lit a cigarette. - I'm sorry Athena, my one true love, but we must now part ways. You have served me well.

The situation was dire for the Athena and it's crew. They were caught in the middle of a massive skirmish, both nomads and the order were zeroing in on them. Both parties seemed to ignore in eachother in their attempts to annihilate the Core's flagship. Athena's fighter escorts were shot down and it's fleet was decimated in mere minutes. Battlecruiser Anassi, Battleships Moorwen, Decimari, Ordine and Diaboli as well as Destroyers Deadly and Laptev had all suffered serious damage in their efforts to protect the flagship. In their counter attack, the enemy numbers were severely reduced, but still more than a match for the single remaining Mako, be it the second most advanced ship in the Core's impressive fleet.

Less than three minutes later, the Athena suddenly went dark. The ship was brutally split in half by a devastating salvo originating from an alien ship.

-PRICE! It's time to call it, do we have the payload ready? - Daniels asked, while calmly putting on his blazer.

-Sir yes sir, enough bang to wipe everything in sight. Luckily, we had the stuff on this half of the ship. Positioning is off the board, we have no engines left. Literally.

-Good, I want you and everyone else on this ship to go ahead and evacuate. I'm certain we don't have much people left anyways, so the freighters down in the starboard bays will be enough. I've made sure to get them retrofited with cloak tech, so you'll be fine...don't make that face at me Price, I want you to go, NOW!

-Sir...I'm not lea.... - Price was interupted by a sudden and unexpected gaze of glowing light blue eyes from Daniels. - Sir, yes sir.

-The ultimate sacrifice? Really, Danny boy? You had to orchestrate this whole ordeal to fake your death? Touch....

More cardamine was introduce in Daniels' bloodstream. He quickly headed down for the port side, while dodging explosions and debris. His trusty Moray was waiting there, barely scratched by the destruction around it. The ship cloaked and left the bay of the disintegrating Core Flagship.

-Good riddance. -Daniels thought. Now then...

The bomber silently left the battlefield and when it reached safe distance, the space behind it flared up. The Athena had the last laugh. The payload it was carrying evaporated everything in its immediate area.
Daniels grinned and checked the personel status trackers. Price and Williams, along with what was left of the crew were alive. Scarlet's quantum entagled tracker was offline, thus she was presumed dead, same as Jack's unit. The time had come for them to disappear for a while.

-This is dumb, Danny boy, even for you...you've outdid yourself this time...the whole fleet..gone, poof...dust You absolutely freaking imbecile.

-Not the whole fleet. - Daniels grinned, as his Moray gently glided past Battleship Ehrgeiz and it's entire battlegroup and into the Perditrix' docking bay.

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