Operation 'Silver Fire'

[Omicron]

Deep into Edge nebula, osiris warship passing though asteroid fleet. From dense darkness of ominous green nebula fighter squad appeared. Docking bay opened allowing them for dock, hangar deck staffed up with engineers fixing up snubcrafts. Two fighters landed and immediately get caught by a officer requesting them to report at command centre. Passing though corridors seeing crew busy with their daily objectives they reached to command center. Two marines standing at doors recognized them and let pilots in. Command centre was like conference room but is intended to plan strategic movements and discuss mission objectives with other commanders. Place is dark , light is coming mainly from sensor screens and other control panels. Pilots aproached few Order officers and saluted.

'Lieutenant Jenkins reporting from recon mission.'

Officers saluted back and returned to other duties with exception of one, highest ranked '€“ commodore Golanski. He invites them to holo-room and speaks.

'I heard you found something worth a interest lieutenant.'

Pilots nods and one of them answers

'Yes, we found a big squid sir. Managed to got visual on it and locate it. That's a battleship sized one.'

Holographic map of system appears, not one of common known. Omicron-54 name appears and location of mentioned battleship marked on 3d map. One dieing star and one freezing desert planet on edge of system, with jumphole within it's gravity well labbeled 'Omicron-92'. Golanski nods and speaks:

'How that thing managed to get past our scouts? We need to take it down.'

Pilot adds:

'Jumphole is stable, for few next days and support battleship class ships. Only way to get so far at our backs had to be backdoor somewhere in nomad systems.'

Golanski looks on both map of 92 and 54. After studying it he dismissed pilots and picked up comms.

'XO, I need list of all available pilots, bombers apreciated. I need full personel ASAP.'

* Half of hour later *

Golanski is at SiC, comm officer gives him a report. Reading it up, he notices name 'Rika Dimitrova, New York'. List is short but he recalls few of other names. Noding he looks at Scott, his XO and speaks:

'That's everyone?'

Scott answers him

'Yes sir, these are only one free available. Rest pilots and commanders are busy everywhere else..'

Golanski thinks and gives a order.

'Call them all in, ETA on their arrival? Also is there any capital ship able to assist us?'

XO denies.

'Everyone busy, either with that crazy bunch of dreadonughts in Delta, BHG forces all over, on their own mission or fighting back LSF and Aoi Isein forces.'

Golanski looks on report about Omicron 54 and sighs.

'We will get full fighter and bomber wing capacity but I am afraid we do not have enough firpower. Call them in, I will need to discuss how to deal with this threat and what are our chances of success'

Little osiris, one of best capital ships existing is still not able to deal with full power of Marduk, as nomad battleship sized vessels were named.

* New York system *

In cloud of dark matter single Nephthys passing through asteroid field. Rika received transmission, that was unusual from Golanski. She setted course for Omicron Minor for now not unaware of full scale of situation. It take her long time to get in but she hasn't alerted anyone on her way in. Docking on Sajuuk, Golanski's osiris noticed full squadron of fighters and bombers ready for action. Walking to CiC she see Golanski with few other pilots already talking.

'Sorry I am late.'

They notice Rika. Golanski speaks:

'It's nothing commander, seems we are grounded for now anyway.'

She aproaches table filled up with guncams, reports and tactical maps. She ask:

'Why? What is the situation?

He points at guncam of nomad battleship

'Big, fat squid and we do not have enough firepower to bring it down. All capital ships are engaged in other tasks and Omicron Minor is crawling with enemies, had to deal with two core wings already. And if we do not stop that marduk, it can stab us in a back while we are not expecting it.'

Points at Omicron-92 system map.

'If it comes through THIS system, we will NOT detect it. Sensor interferance is so strong we will find out about it's movement when it will be too late to react fast enough. That marduk got enormous ammounts of firepower, far bigger than Sajuuk posses. And i can't get more support, everything around is a warzone actualy.'

Rika wonders and adds:

'Situation critical you say? Can you cover whole battleship while moving it through Omicron Minor perhaps? I got a plan...'

He looks on her.

'Where from you are going to get a battleship from?'

* few minutes later *

'I am crazy to agree on it.'

Golanski added but Rika tell him to chill out.

'That's a common threat, and if there is going to be a trouble I am going to deal with it personaly...'

Comm officer signals all green. Golanski thinks and says:

'Your call commander.'

* Connection established, LNS-Pacifica located *

Rika types in her comms details, hoping commanding officer is onboard. Comm officer pinpointed destination location. 'Colorado sector B6' appears. She takes up comms and speaks.

'Georgi I am currently on the Sajuuk in the Omicron 92 I need you and the Pacifica with
us I know its a crazy request but we really do need you. I need you. If you hear this move
towards the Minor hole in Alaska a ship will meet you there and will take you to our possiosion.
Georgi I am also Attaching docking access codes for the Sajuuk in case of problems with ships IFF.
Respond when you hear this. Love you!'

Golanski hears to it and as Rika finishes message and send it ask her:

'You sure there will be no complications? That's a liberty dreadnought. I don't know if I can trust him in that matter'

Rika answers:

'If you wouldn't, would you be our best man?'

People at CiC looks at him. Golanski answers

'I hope he respond and helps us.'

Transmission relayed to LNS-Pacifica...

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