Message for Margarita

[McNeo]

The dazed guard, in a dark corner of the hangar, recognized Margarita. Still to weak to shout, he tried to draw attention to himself. As someone drew near, and as he heard the guard's story, his eyes visibly widened. It wasn't long before the whole hangar was a spur of activity again, but this time, there were many calls going out to the elite pilots of the GoR.

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As the wing of Outcast pilots bared down on the sabre and two Manta's, it was clear that this was no ordinary fleet. All of the ships had the GoR marking on them. Two destroyers and a wing of attack fighters.

The odds were not good. Even as the three engaged cruise, the whole fleet came in weapons range. In a short space of time, they severed the left wing of Roy's Manta and severely damaged Margarita's Sabre. However, before long, the speed of cruise had worked its magic and they were out of weapons range. Nanobots were applied at this stage by all three combatants.

Mandy then smiled at the futile cruise distruptors floating towards the group. There was no way that they would hit, she thought.

The fleet of hostiles, a scant three klicks away, was hovering at around about this distance. The three knew that the jump would be the hardest part. The GoR wouldn't overlook their cruise distruptors a second time, and it looked as if they would fight, and most likely die on the field of battle together.

None of the three pilots spoke as they jumped into Omicron Theta. However, all three were stunned when they saw a Corsair fleet on the other side. In their awe at their seemingly unforgivable luck, the three were forced to engage as wave upon wave of cruise distruptors headed into their engines. The markings of the Osiris, gunboat and two fighters indicated an attack group of the brotherhood. The three were hopelessly out-gunned.

Then, the two Outcast destroyers and three fighters of the Outcast fleet arrived in system. Torn between shooting the fleeing foe and the new threat, the commander of the Altaneria ordered the fighter wing to pursue the two Mantas and the accompanying Sabre while the Osiris and gunboat stayed behind. The Destroyers were forced to engage the capital ships of the other side, and before long, both sides had done considerable damage to each other. The armour of the Altaneria had been pierced on several decks, while the gunboat Canonera had lost the use of two of its guns. The Outcast destroyer .Eidolon had suffered major damage, as a battlerazor shot through the top of the severly weakened hull. The .Almada was fairing better, recieveing less attention from the Corsairs.

The three were cruising outside Corfu, towards the Omega 41 jump hole, when Roy had an ambitious idea. He reasoned, that with five fighters in tow, two of which being Corsair and three of which being Outcast, that the other parties would shoot each other as well as the trio of escapees. Both Margarita and Mandy saw the reason in this. The three disengaged cruise, and concentrated on the Outcasts, who were specifically gunning for them.

It would have been a hard, grinding battle had it not been for the Corsairs. A Titan shot by Margarita's viewport, and started a hail of fire on the Outcast in the centre of the formation. The pilot was motionless in his cockpit as his shield was dropped and he saw a sunslayer torpedo heading his way. The emblem of the incapacitated sabre indicated a Jose Diablo as the pilot, while the markings of the Titan showed that the pilot was Pedro Maniaco.

However, The Outcasts loss here was not the end of it. Maniaco was quickly disabled by the Outcasts, and they then turned their attention to the trio. However, now that they were outnumbered, the tide of battle started to shift in favour of the two hunters and Margarita.

Despite the flying skills of Margarita, she was targeted by the two Outcast pilots, Miguel Marron and Fidele Castro, and her fighter was destroyed. Roy was stunned, but she was ok, apart from a minor injury to her shoulder. Safe in Mandy's cargo hold, the two stalkers continued the fight.

Seeing that his place wasn't at this particular field of battle, the last Corsair Titans offered on open comms to stay out of the fight. After all, the Outcasts were not after the Corsairs at this time. The Corsair recieved a response from the Outcasts, which seemed muffled, and the Corsair pulled out of the fight and retreated to the Capital ship battle raging in the cloud.

Two bounty hunter Manta's verus two Outcast Sabres. The fight was hard, but Fidele Castro was incapacitated after a time, eating his own cannonball as a cruise distruptor hit the launcher. This left Miguel Marron out by himself, but Roy's Manta had lost all of its wings and was sparking badly. It wouldn't survive the trip though Omega 41, let alone a few more shots from Miguel....