Liberation

[Tomtomrawr]

'I got one behind me!' Escort zero-three blared through the comms as the lone Partisan lined up its sights. Kalashnikovs wailed away, their Tachyon packages impacting the shield of the Phantom like rain against an umbrella. Another joined the barrage, followed shortly by an Insurgent. Zero-three dodged as if he were in the space-lympics, using every system available to him in an attempt to subdue his pursuers.

Oberst Falke moved behind the first Partisan with the precision of a knitting needle. 'Sidewinder two,' she said into her mouthpiece. The voice recognition software detected the command, and launched a Sidewinder missile at the target. Another followed in rapid succession. Then she activated her Hornvipers and focused only on the Partisan, as she desperately tried to wear down the shield before the missiles reached their target.

The shield appeared to hold up forever, until finally it collapsed under the bombardment of rogue energy particles, unable to be utalised in the structure of the shield. The twin Sidewinders impacted under one of the almost-vertical wings, blowing it away from the rest of the ship and sending it spinning into the shield of the Insurgent. The pilot of the Partisan lost control of his cripplied ship and simply spun around in circles, which reminded Falke of a childs broken training wheels.

'Razor,' she calmly said into the mouthpiece, activating her Wraiths mounted Mini Razor and sending the lone stream of energy into the Partisan. She saw the pilot eject just before the energy stream destroyed his ship, and his pod was swiftly tractored in by the menacing Social Credit. For an instant it blocked her view of the nearby star in Hamburg, which gave the Gunboat an almost holy halo. They'd pay so much for a image of that, she thought, and a timide smile appeared on her face.

'They've locked on, they've launched Cannonballs!' The other Partisan and Insurgent each launched a single Cannonball at the now flaming Phantom. He was launching Countermeasures wildly, instincts taking over. One of the unlucky Cannonballs strucked a stray Countermeasure, but the second continued on its deadly course. The pilot, who accepted his fate with but a twitch of his left eye, knew what had to be done.

'Oberst Falke, move away now. Move away!' He opened his ammunition door and allowed the fifty-six mines he had left to float away toward the enemy fighters. He turned his Phantom around, and launched the cruise disruptor that would detonate the Ripper mines. He ejected, watching as his Phantom exploded in a firey hellstorm. The cruise disruptor impacted one of the mines, detonating it. The others soon followed, and the Coalition fighters were caught in the waves of force exerted by the explosions. The tidal waves ripped their ships apart.

The pilot, hoping to be rescued but knowing it was an extremely slim possibility, used the small supply of fuel in his escape pod to crash into the Gunboat that was killing his friends, those he had known for years and had a bond tougher than Niobium. They cried desperately into the comms, trying to convince their friend not to do it. But he was determined.

Wilson Baum, age thirty-four, happily married and a father of two young girls, died in the name of his Kanzler. His pod may have been small, but the egg-shaped pod with the pointed tip held a lot of kinetic energy behind it. And the Coalition may have had better weapons, but he doubted their ships could ignore physics. His last words were prayers for his children to grow up happy. To grow up the way they want to, and become what they want to. To grow up free from those who would force their beliefs on them. The Hessians, the Bundschuh, the Coalition. His small death was a sacrifice toward that goal.

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[17:45:39] Wolfs Ghost (Murphy): Tom, you have problems. Go kill yourself.
[19:25:12] Johnny (Jam): Tomtom, I will beat you with a spoon.
[14:22:56] Prarabdh Thakur: KILL HIM WITH A SHEEP.
[17:40:48] Eagle (Junes): Tom should be slapped with a spoon.
[11:32:18] Warspite: Thank you for being so awesome Tom. <3
[18:17:36] Metano: I love you tomtom
[20:06:24] Warspite: I will seriously give you epic head.

Edit: also, Tomtomrawr, fappin' like a boss.