Telan Desaria
Sep 9th, 2002, 01:42:25 AM
OOC-I know that, since this is their only planet, I cannot take. But I can attack it if I do not plan to conquer it. I will merely be wreaking havoc and sowing the oats of vengeance. Maybe a city slag or two…depends on my recharge rate…
The Sith had seen fit to assault the domain of the Empire. They had made a powerful enemy when their troops assaulted refinery XVIII.
Now they would pay for it.
***
The Imperial IV-class Star Destroyer Interrogator was heading a truly Imperial Fleet: four Star Destroyers and four heavy support ships, all heavy cruisers. Two Guild warships took up the flagships’ flanks, with the first refitted VSD V at the end of the Destroyer diamond. Around them on the planes between the heavy warships were the cruisers. Among them, there was not a single arc of fire that could not be smothered in a rapid defilade.
Corellia, a world that had seen the death of two Grand Admirals above it, would have the first man to bear that rank in its proximity for two decades. And it would be in a capacity less than amicable.
“ Admiral, we have five minutes to reversion.”
“ Excellent. I want last minute checks on all batteries. All crews to their fighters, and make ready to deploy gunboats. “
“ As ordered, Admiral.”
The men of the Imperial task force, unnamed for security reasons, prepared for their first true test, a true war. While the Sith had not claimed responsibility for the assault and loss of civil communications with XVIII, it was obvious. Who else would dare attack the Empire? Who else wielded light sabers? Which of those enjoyed killing?
“ Maintain tight frequency with all ships. Rotate frequency every minute. Order Fighter Command to rotate on the Alpha band for unit transmissions, and Delta for support.”
The time was read off every thirty seconds; with every call by the jumpmaster, the crew grew more tnse and more quiet. The birdge was dark, as it always during combat. The thrum of the engines could be felt in the decking, a giant awoken and thundering towards its prey. If one put ones ear to the floor, the elevation of the command tower‘s single turbolaser emplacements could be heard as slight creeks in the persistant sound.
One did not become a Grand Admiral without anticipating all; thus Desaria, a proud wearer of the white, was formulating plans and contingencies as his bridge tensed around him. With one minute to spare, he had acted on one of his anticipations.
“ Captain, bring us out of hyerpspace now.”
“ Sir?”
“ Do it.”
Without question, the task force reverted to real space, only slightly out of battle alignment, the lead cruiser a kilometer ahead.
Around the fleet was the Corellain system. Tallus, Trallus, Corellia, Selonia and Drall, all once shipbuilding centres of the galaxy.
Now they were homes to the Sith.
“ Scan for defenses. If you find an Abolisher, relay its position to my console. Captain, deploy first flight and gunboat wave 1.”
“ Aye sir.”
With that, dozens of fighters left their launch bays, followed by a total of twelve assault gunboats, top of the line Imperial non-capital combat vessels. Deployed, they added greatly to the mobility the force did not have, the smaller ships remanded to Thyferra for defense.
In all, eight squadrons of fighters had been deployed, from the Destroyers alone. The cruisers held theirs, along with the sixteen more squads anxiously waiting in the cavernous flight decks of the Destroyers.
“ Deploy Close in Defense. Raise shields and lock on targets for all weapons…”
The Imperial formation was twenty minutes from Corellian orbit, its ships safely out of the range of any possible Abolisher cruisers of Immobilizer arrays. Their weapons would not come into extreme maximum range of the planet for twenty minutes.
And there was a shiled to deal with…
As well as a rather imposing battle station that was receding over the horizon as the warships neared.
“ Commence in system electronic countermeasures…let the battle commence.” The non Imperial comms were jammed, which would throw civilian into chaos. But whatever Sith military response would arise would not be prone to a communications inability. Either way, there was no turning back…
The Sith had seen fit to assault the domain of the Empire. They had made a powerful enemy when their troops assaulted refinery XVIII.
Now they would pay for it.
***
The Imperial IV-class Star Destroyer Interrogator was heading a truly Imperial Fleet: four Star Destroyers and four heavy support ships, all heavy cruisers. Two Guild warships took up the flagships’ flanks, with the first refitted VSD V at the end of the Destroyer diamond. Around them on the planes between the heavy warships were the cruisers. Among them, there was not a single arc of fire that could not be smothered in a rapid defilade.
Corellia, a world that had seen the death of two Grand Admirals above it, would have the first man to bear that rank in its proximity for two decades. And it would be in a capacity less than amicable.
“ Admiral, we have five minutes to reversion.”
“ Excellent. I want last minute checks on all batteries. All crews to their fighters, and make ready to deploy gunboats. “
“ As ordered, Admiral.”
The men of the Imperial task force, unnamed for security reasons, prepared for their first true test, a true war. While the Sith had not claimed responsibility for the assault and loss of civil communications with XVIII, it was obvious. Who else would dare attack the Empire? Who else wielded light sabers? Which of those enjoyed killing?
“ Maintain tight frequency with all ships. Rotate frequency every minute. Order Fighter Command to rotate on the Alpha band for unit transmissions, and Delta for support.”
The time was read off every thirty seconds; with every call by the jumpmaster, the crew grew more tnse and more quiet. The birdge was dark, as it always during combat. The thrum of the engines could be felt in the decking, a giant awoken and thundering towards its prey. If one put ones ear to the floor, the elevation of the command tower‘s single turbolaser emplacements could be heard as slight creeks in the persistant sound.
One did not become a Grand Admiral without anticipating all; thus Desaria, a proud wearer of the white, was formulating plans and contingencies as his bridge tensed around him. With one minute to spare, he had acted on one of his anticipations.
“ Captain, bring us out of hyerpspace now.”
“ Sir?”
“ Do it.”
Without question, the task force reverted to real space, only slightly out of battle alignment, the lead cruiser a kilometer ahead.
Around the fleet was the Corellain system. Tallus, Trallus, Corellia, Selonia and Drall, all once shipbuilding centres of the galaxy.
Now they were homes to the Sith.
“ Scan for defenses. If you find an Abolisher, relay its position to my console. Captain, deploy first flight and gunboat wave 1.”
“ Aye sir.”
With that, dozens of fighters left their launch bays, followed by a total of twelve assault gunboats, top of the line Imperial non-capital combat vessels. Deployed, they added greatly to the mobility the force did not have, the smaller ships remanded to Thyferra for defense.
In all, eight squadrons of fighters had been deployed, from the Destroyers alone. The cruisers held theirs, along with the sixteen more squads anxiously waiting in the cavernous flight decks of the Destroyers.
“ Deploy Close in Defense. Raise shields and lock on targets for all weapons…”
The Imperial formation was twenty minutes from Corellian orbit, its ships safely out of the range of any possible Abolisher cruisers of Immobilizer arrays. Their weapons would not come into extreme maximum range of the planet for twenty minutes.
And there was a shiled to deal with…
As well as a rather imposing battle station that was receding over the horizon as the warships neared.
“ Commence in system electronic countermeasures…let the battle commence.” The non Imperial comms were jammed, which would throw civilian into chaos. But whatever Sith military response would arise would not be prone to a communications inability. Either way, there was no turning back…