During the dark matter wave...

[jimmy Patterson]

Norfolk shipyard moor 16 Battlecruiser Ft. louisbourg====

the giant ship strained agenst her moorings,like a beast unwanting to be tied down,her engines dark her lights flickering as each wave impacted her hull plateing her sheilds haveing long failed from the brunt,it hit new york the hardest patterson sat in the CIC tracking the storm"damned dark matter,tearing this girl to shreads it sounds like---" he was cut off by an alerm a moor had been snapped he flipped an intercom" enginerring,talk to me ,why did number 4 let go!? another violent jerkl as two more near the bridge let go the louisbour gwas now dagerously close to hitting other docked cruisers and nearly smashed a gunboat that had seeked harbor along her beam he flipped another intercom" helm full port bow thrusters keep us straight and steady! all hands brace for possable impacts! within an instant the nose of the mighty Freedom class assault cruiser lit up her MOX reaction control duel output manovering/docking thrust plates roared to life blue flamele5ts erupting from all 20 on the port side of the bow sectionsbut it was to late,she colided with a damaged seige cruiser alerms and klaxons screamed he was throwen from his chair "DAMAGE REPORT! SOMEBODY GIVE ME A DAMN DAMAGE REPORT!" picking himself up the report came in minor damage to the hull plateing but the cruiser that the fortress hit was worese off her armor had been removed it impacted bare space frame snapping some iridum support trusswork ment for armor slabs a second alerm sounded one that al lmen of space feared the high piched shrill of a hull breach one of the struts ruptured the tri steel observation deck glass in jims observation lounge if they dident act fast the bridge would decompress,blast doors closed sealing off the CIC and main command deck but for the men in the lounge the blast sheilds that closed over the windows failed so slam shut on command so they struggled manually sealing them the alrms silenced jim sighed as doors unsealed and his xo walked in holding a cigar "well jimbo ,shes gonna get a helluva lot worse think the girl can take it?" jim patted a ful lwooden chair at Tactical 3 and replyrd"shes a tough old bird well be fine"

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