Rogue Huntress

[Tenacity]

<... Location: Nagano System, Sector 6E, 0530 Hours ...>

General Ikachi stood tall, hands folded behind his back, as he gazed out over the bridge of the KNS Yamatora. The Kusari Destroyer was unleashing a hailstorm of turret fire into a convoy of Samura transports, tearing them apart piece by piece. Ikachi's Lieutenant, Torosai, approached from the general's left and kowtowed in respect before presenting his report.

"General Ikachi-San, the convoy has been completely destroyed, no survivors - all jettisoned escape pods have been taken out by our fighter wing."

Ikachi smiled as his eyes flashed an unearthly shade of purple, blue, and white, "Good... good..." Ikachi paused momentarily, as if listening to a nonexistant voice, "My masters are pleased, with each kill the kusari wilde grow in strength. Set course back to the Arch lieutenant."

Torosai nodded and kowtowed again as he stepped away from the general.

Ikachi gazed back out at the destruction the Yamatora had sowed among the convoy as the ship came about and it's cruise engines powered up. "Soon humanity will see the full power of our fleets, nothing will stop us from reclaiming our space..."

Suddenly, the craft shook violently, the humming of the cruise engines went silent before they had a chance to fully charge. Explosions echoed through the halls of the ship, and sparks rained from the command consoles on the bridge.

Ikachi slammed the railing in front of him with his fist and shouted at the bridge crew, infuriated, What was that!"

Torosai, having regained his footing after being knocked to the floor from the blast, turned back to the general, "Cruise engines are disabled! Multiple unknown contacts on sensors, we're under attack!"

Ikachi growled under his breat, "Bring us about, fire all turrets!"

As the Yamatora banked around to face it's assailant, the bridge crew gasped at the sight looming before them. A massive ship, several times larger than the Yamatora with more than twice the firepower, was bearing down on them. Fighters and bombers swarmed from the vessel, bombarding the Kusari craft with torpedoes and antimatter cannons.

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Aki stood in front of her command seat on the bridge of the Bastet, arms crossed and smiling to herself as the combined might of the Carrier's cannons and it's numerous fighter wings disintegrated the Kusari warship.

"Admiral, incoming transmission from the Yamatora, putting it the holodisplay." chimed officer Morris at the communications control station.

The Holovid lit up with a distinct green glow, portraying a three dimensional image of the captain of the Yamatora - General Ikachi. His eyes were shining bright in his rage.

"Who is this?! You will pay for this transgression!" The general screamed blindly at his communications screen.

Aki stepped forward into view, "General Ikachi, I am Admiral Kimura of the Carrier Bastet. You have been found to be under the possession of an alien influence, and as such a threat to humanity. Before I destroy your ship and you along with it, use that blasted telepathy of yours to relay a message to the mindshare for me... I will hunt you all down, and you will burn. Enjoy your stay in hell, general."

Aki motioned to Morris to cut the transmission. "Fire the mortars, blast that infernal thing back to the abyss it came from."

The weapons officer nodded, "Aye-Aye Ma'am, firing mortars."

The Carrier shook slightly as it's twin mortars fired off in a volley, sending two balls of bright, blue destruction into the Destroyer. Aki could almost hear the General's defiant scream in her mind as the ship crumbled to dust, leaving nothing but a few charred bits of metal remaining.

Aki sat down in her chair and leaned back, resting her chin on her hand. "Scan for lifeforms."

The weapons officer turned to her, "Nothing on scanners but debris, ma'am."

Aki sighed slightly, "Charge the jump drive, set coordinates for stuttgart."

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