The Hunted

[Firebird]

New Berlin: Firebird escorting CRI-Transport from Kansai to HMCS-Magnificent

Captain Achilles: Good your back, did you receive the latest Phantom broadcast.

Firebird: Yes time to show this Devastator a thing or two about human ingenuity. Weve got the generators; theyll have a limited effect on the cloaking field allowing the modified scanners to pick up the ship. Theres an added bonus at a slightly higher level, the radiation should disrupt the Nomads engines and drop them out of cruise. Oh that other gift I told you about earlier, a combined CRI and Corsair effort, two high yield warheads designed specifically to destroy Nomad Organic technology.

Captain Achilles: Fantastic!!!

Firebird: Theyre the only two well have for a while. I got a report that the Nomads just attacked Yaren and managed to destroy the research lab that was developing them.

Captain Achilles: Get that stuff aboard and lets blast this thing to the hell that spawned it.

Couple of hours later, on-board the HMCS-Magnificent.

Firebird: That should do it. Once activiated, the radiation generated well effectively encompass a 10 km radius around the Magnificent and with more passes eventually the level around New Berlin will become high enough to disable the Nomads cruise engine.

Captain Achilles: That will have to do, the remnants of the Rheinland fleet are ready near New Berlin.

Firebird: Alright here we go.

The generators on the outside of the ship powered up and the Magnificents modified scanners began sweeping for the Devastator. With the fleet in close guard around New Berlin and after several uneventful patrol flights

Captain Achilles: Its here somewhere, I know it, but where?

Scanner Operator: Something ah, GOT IT!!! dead astern, 10 km out its maintaining distance, it thinks we cant see it.

Captain Achilles: Helm, slow turn towards New Berlin, make it look like its the end of our patrol. I want it to come closer.

Ensign: Aye, sir.

Captain Achilles: Prepare to scramble remaining fighters. Firebird could use your ship, out there.

Firebird: Dont have to ask.

Scanner Operator: Its picking up speed making for an attack run.

Captain Achilles: It will wait until its right on top of us. Load up those high-yield warheads, I want this thing to know we mean business.

Scanner Operator: 3 km out 2km 1km

Captain Achilles: NOW!!!! BRACE FOR IMPACT!!!!

The two missile launchers of the Magnificent fired. The first missile struck near the near the bottom center of the Nomad ship, while the second hit further right on the forward arm. The resulting explosions pushed the Devastator up and left, as well as shattering off the large lower-right arm of the Nomad ship. The shockwave then struck the Magnificent rolling the ship forward and knocking everyone off balance.

Captain Achilles: Gah LAUNCH AND OPEN FIRE!!!

Providing cover fire with its rear guns, the Magnificents launched 5 Avenger fighters lead by Firebird.

But as it turns out, the Devastator wasnt alone. An unknown fighter-sized ship, undetected due to its size, decloaked. It was thin, flat and definitely unrecognizable. The mayhem it brought was indescribable. Moving faster and quicker than the Avengers it quickly took out 3 of the fighters with no effort and began to track Firebird.

Firebird: DAMN, that thing is fast.

Making quick turns and sudden changes in direction, all Firebird could do was keep the unknown ship from acquiring a solid lock.

Firebird: GET HIM OFF ME, I cant do this forever.

The other Avenger attempted to get a lock but without warning was struck by weapons fire from the Devastator, which quickly moved past, approaching cruise speed towards New Berlin, with the Magnificent in hot pursuit.

Captain Achilles: How far to New Berlin?

Scanner Operator: 10km out.

Captain Achilles: The fleets in position but if this thing approaches at cruise we dont stand a chance if it goes for the planet.

Suddenly, the Nomad Battleship's engines cutout and it slowed to normal speed.

Scanner Operator: Sir the ship its reducing speed.

Captain Achilles: Take us out of cruise and open fire, have the fleet move in and intercept. Haha, thats done it!!!

The Devastator had been brought out of cruise by the radiation. With the Magnificent catching up from behind, and the fleet in front, its time had come. Pouring all energy into the normal engines the Nomad Battleship made for New Berlin, it would try to run through the fleet and reach the planet.

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Retired

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