Date with trouble

Posted on Thu Sep 24th, 2020 @ 6:54am by Legate Imik S'Niohun [Lia Taylor]
Edited on on Fri Sep 25th, 2020 @ 2:19am

Mission: MISSION 0 - History Speaks
Location: Tholian Space
Timeline: 2389
1361 words - 2.7 OF Standard Post Measure

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As her wing entered the enemy's territory, Rathshu S'Niohun scanned ahead. The Soor system was the target, and the Ojnas had intel that the Tholians had built a complex here to prevent them advancing further into their territory. Her Sha-Rathshu now turned the flight so it ran parallel with the Federation border, but she received a message. =^="Imik, take Dalsun with you and scout the anomaly which has just been detected"=^= Both pilots banked their fighters and headed for the contact, =^="As you command Meculin"=^=. Dalsun took the lead and powered ahead, he wanted to see if it was Tholian, and engage it in battle. Imik now powered her fighter to catch her wingman up.

After some time, Imik received a message from her wingman, =^="Imik, I have a visual. It seems to be a derelict vessel, most unusual"=^=. Imik heard the call from her wingman, but something about it being derelict made her worry. =^="Dalsun, remain out of range of the derelict. I find it suspicious that such a vessel should just suddenly appear"=^= Dalsun heard Imik's warning, but he was a warrior why should he listen to a female? Then he remembered how long they had fought together, =^="As you command Imik"=^=. He now slowed his fighter so Imik could catch him up, but kept a weather eye on the strange looking vessel.

Approaching Dalsun's fighter, Imik looked at the derelict ship. =^="It seems to large to just be abandoned, we will scan it before approaching it"=^= Dalsun nodded in agreement, =^="As you command, I will take station on the far side"=^=. His fighter now dipped below the mysterious vessel, scanners covering every inch of it as he went. Imik switched her scanners on full and flew above the ship and then slowly dropped to where Dalsun's scan had started. =^="Dalsun, I am reading no lifesigns. But that forward section is shielded, beware of it"=^=. Looking at the nose of the ship, Dalsun could see several of what looked like weapons on the hull. =^="The forward part is heavily armed Imik, or so it would appear. I am also reading a very heavy hull composition around the top of that forward section"=^=.

*That is not good* Imik thought. She slowly approached the front of the derelict, Dalsun had taken station exactly where he said he would. He maybe a male and a warrior, but imik trusted him more than most as he listened to advice. =^="Dalsun, cover my approach. I am going to attempt to dock with the derelict"=^=. She now moved slowly towards a entry port that she had seen on her fly past, Imik's fighter nudged the side of the derelict ship and she engaged her environmental suit. Once everything was secure, she cracked her cockpit and pressed the button next to the door. It slid open quietly and quickly, *Not abandoned, only made to look that way* she thought.

As she entered the deserted ship, her mind picked up thoughts. Alien thoughts, and the thoughts were about killing Ojnas. Suddenly Imik knew what these Alien's were going to do, =^="Dalsun, move your fighter now. This vessel is about fire at you"=^=. Almost as he heard the warning, the derelict fired. But he had simply flipped his ship sideways and as luck would have it, the Aliens missed him though not by much. Imik now knew just what this was, they had indeed found the Tholian complex. Only it wasn't just a single thing, it was a multitude of these derelict looking vessels. She quickly planted some explosives before she was detected, and headed back to her fighter. But the Tholians were waiting for her and opened fire as turned the corner. She had been so busy listening to those in the Command center she had missed these guards, shooting back she slowly edged her way back to the exit and freedom.

Only inches away from the door, Imik was wounded. Her upper arm badly hit and thus her whole arm almost useless, the pain made her feel faint and she had to strain to focus on her cockpit. She fired several shots down at the Tholians making them duck for cover, Imik then sprinted and dived into her fighter. The cockpit cover automatically closed behind her and she hit the thrusters, Pulling on the yoke her fighter spun on it's own axis and headed in the opposite direction. =^="Dalsun, expedite a return to the wing. Inform Meculin of what we have discovered here, I will keep these Tholians busy while you leave"=^=. On getting his orders Dalsun shook his head, =^="I can not just leave you here, you will be killed if left alone"=^=. Imik looked at her left arm and then smiled, =^="Do as I command, our people must know of this. Or others will fall victim, and we will be to blame"=^=. Dalsun now pulled his fighter around and headed for his wing, "I hear and obey Imik, but by the Gods stay safe and return to us"=^=. His comment again made her smile, she watched as he sped out of range and sight. =^="Good fortune go with you Dalsun, blessings on your house and our vessel"=^=. This was an Ojnas farewell, and Dalsun knew it but his orders were clear. Reluctantly he pushed on towards his wing, within his heart a pain took shape as he thought of imik.

Dalsun now opened communications to his wing, =^="Dalsun to Meculin, we have found the enemy. They have laid traps for our people, my co-ordinates are 225.1, 362.7 Imik needs our support"=^=. To his surprise his wing appeared in front of him, =^="Dalsun this is Merculin, lead us to imik"=^=. His fighter flipped and spun then increased speed, he knew Imik wouldn't last long fighting the derelict. Not with that heavily armoured forward section. =^="Meculin, the Tholians are laying derelicts as traps. We found one and imik boarded it, but I think she has been wounded and will not last long in the fight"=^=. The wing now caught Dalsun, and formed up with him as Meculin's wingman. Almost seconds later they all arrived at the derelicts location, Imik's explosives had gone off splitting the ship in two. The heavily armoured bow now totally powerless as the engines had exploded, but it was still deadly.

Imik's fighter also lay drifting, but it sat behind the derelicts bow section almost inside the vessel its self. =^="Imik! This is Meculin, respond!"=^= A low moan came back, =^="My weapons are depleted, and my fighter damaged. All I can do is self destruct and with luck take this Command center along with me"=^=. =^="NO! We will assist you!"=^=, shouted Dalsun. Meculin was about to answer when a thought came to her, =^="Imik, are your engines still active?"=^= The question was moot as far as Imik was concerned, what good were engines if you had nothing to fight with. =^="I have engines Meculin, but little else of use"=^=. That was all Meculin wanted to know, using her link she instructed the wing to close on the rear of the Tholian derelict. Imik's fighter was to be the center of the formation, the other eight now took post around her their fighters noses resting on the damaged section of the derelict.

The plan was a simple one, using their fighters Meculin intended to push the Command section into the sun of the Soor system. Once momentum had been built up, they would simply stop pushing and allow the suns gravity to do the rest. The wing would then assist Imik, and return to their own fleet vessels.

The wing now formed up as Meculin commanded and pushed, the Command section slowly began to move. The Tholians fired their weapons, but the Ojnas wing was not within the scope of the Tholian weapons systems. The gravity of the sun now caught the module and it picked up speed, Meculin pulled her people away from the Tholian craft and they watched as it headed into the corona and then dissapeared. =^="Meculin to all pilots, reform the wing and return to our generational vessel. Dalsun, you help Imik, she has fought a good battle today"=^=

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