Matt Smith & Angelina Dimitrova

[mtjsmith]

[font=Courier New]LNS-Pacific, In Orbit of Planet Los Angeles.

[color=#FFFFFF]Captain Dimitrov had gone to his desk and saw the incoming message. He immediately hit the print button, while turning to Matt and said "Look's like you were right, there's a heavy concentration of Hacker ships in Kansas."

"Kansas? That's a bit far oot C'ptain. It's right aff Virginia as well, we could take tha' whole Guard fleet there n'waste um!"

Matt thinks about it a bit more. Dimitrov has directed the bridge to set a course for Virginia then Kasas. Matt shouts at Dimitrov to wait a second.

"C'ptain, it'll be a trap. They're sneaky bastards! There's a Jumphole to Kansas fae Magellan, we could take that. I'm still the XO on the Valiant, it can meet us there. I also know Commander Hughes on tha' Omaha, he's a mate n'I trust 'im. That'll give us two gunboats plus the Pacific. Combined firepower should be enough aye?"

Matt looked at Dimitrov and sighed. It wouldn't be that easy. Knowing about a trap didn't just mean you could avoid it, at the end of the day - They still had Angelina.

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[font=Courier New]48 hours later, Magellan.

[color=#FFFFFF]Captain Hughes, Captain Dimitrov, Lt Smith and various squadron leaders are in the tactical planning room on the Pacific. The plans for Angelina's rescue are afoot.

"So we're agreed?"

There are various nod's around the table.

"Right, so tae confirm, we know we'll be up against some sort of base and weapons platforms.. There will be a lot of fighters and bombers. Our last recon probe showed the presence of a transport, these buggers are in it fer the money so.. The Pacific gets drawn in, it takes out the thrusters and weapons systems on the transport and Strike team 1 led by Lt Alves gets on board and takes out the crew. If Angel's on board, rescue. I gotta funny feeling she won't be though, it'll be a trap.

The Omaha and Valiant will run interference on the weapons platforms while Strike 2 led by me shall bust into the main base. Guardian squadrons are tae keep tha fighters busy, Upholder's tae take oot tha main guns on tha' station. Once we've rescued Angel, tha's the cue fer us all tae get oot'a there a'fore the Pacific blasts the station sky high.

As much as I hate saying this, it's... nae just about Angel. Her life is precious and must be saved - but... We have tae take down this base, or more navy officers are gonnae get kidnapped fer ransom..."

Matt is visibly distressed saying that about Angel, in his mind - he would not rest until Angel was save and home. He had to show strength to the commanders in the room however, there was an opportunity to put down a hefty Hacker force. If the plan worked as it should.

There was still the fact that the whole thing was a trap.

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