Forsaken

[Whesto]

A few seconds after Whesto's transmission the Perditrix responded:

"Copy that, Centurion Dwanian. Keep your men ready. As soon as we weakened its outer hull, I want them in there. The Guildmaster needs the backup. Make sure to await the right opportunity. The combat zone will be hot, so do not move in unprepared."

He listened attentively on the comms and after a couple of minutes he felt a gentle tug from the Voidmourn's engines. A slow speed, now the timer had started. Looking at the navmap and scanners, as well as listening to the comms, the group was moving in. The Perditrix cloaked and the fighters took off. The Voidmourn followed slowly, waiting to hit all cylinders within seconds. Whesto's pulse rose and he ignited.

"Voidstalkers! Time for war, get ready!".

Whesto and the marines grabbed their weapons next to them. Whesto made a note of the marines, as they were activating their battle augmentations. He realized they were modified to the teeth, probably not a single fully natural bone in their bodies. A form of admiration for these augments hit Whesto, he realized he hadn't acquired many of these himself yet. At least he had his combat suit and some minor removable assisting tech.

"Brace for impact."

The Perditrix's message to the guildmaster was clear enough. Whesto saw its trajectory on the navmap. As the Perditrix collisioned with an enemy cruiser, the Voidmourn gave full power to the engines and the battlefield opened up in front of them. Nimble fighters all over in different fights and directions. Voidmourn's course was steady and its turrets blasting full time while making way.

"Commander to the bridge, you know the plan. Launch us as soon as we have an opening!"

As the Perditrix had pushed through and landed its blow into the Overlord, the opening in the battle had been created. The boarding vessel pushed Whesto and his marines hard as the thrusters went from 0-100% in a second. Whesto's uttered a prolonged muffled growl from the force. Once acceleration had reached optimal speed and stopped, the discomfort eased.

"Attention Centurion Dwanian, your boarding vessel is about to be waylayed by a Destroyer. Hold fast, I've got my finger on that for you. You won't be taking its fire for long".

They were sitting ducks against a destroyer, all they could do was puth faith in Guardian Harrs and the rest of the wing outside. The boarding vessel took fire, rattling from the impacts to the shields, but stayed on course. The Voidmourn provided cover to its best abilities from smaller craft but its shields were being punished extensively.

The small boarding craft approached the docking bay of the Overlord, but was hit in the side by propelled debris from a torpedo blast. Arriving into the docking bay was the vessel turned to its side with speed, making a grinding landing on the floor, slid further inside and stopped.

Immediately five marines appeared from the vessel with weapons drawn in formation, with Whesto following in between. He noticed a sliced vessel next to them, confounded by the damage, he doubted their entrance made such a clean cut. The Voidstalkers moved further into the hangar.

"Voidstalker 1, we are picking up two contacts".

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