09-13-2026, 06:50 PM
"RED ALERT." shouted Brooks as the Aquila quickly banked to avoid phaser fire. Cologero went to weapons control activating them for the first time, that also turned out to be the first for this Command as well. As Red Alert sounded Cologero could feel his Nonno watching, there wasn't much of a difference between what they went through.
The Yeager, ramshackle as she may have seemed, was throwing torpedoes at the Dreadnought as fast as her launchers could while engaging in evasive maneuvers and eluding any return fire directed her way. The Keldons and their escorting Hidekis had turned to pursue the smaller Starfleet vessel.
[Concentrate fire on that Dreadnought. Their entire strategy will rest on that one ship.] came the command from the Admiral.
"Understood Admiral."
The Inaieu dove straight for the gargantuan vessel, spitting both Quantum and Photon Torpedoes from its bow launchers. The Hutet's shields wavered, briefly flickered, and returned at full strength as power was shunted to face the new arrival.
Then it was the Inaieu's turn to suffer.
Heavy plasma torpedoes erupted from the Dreadnought's flank weapons bays, followed by slashing beams of energy from the heavy disruptor emitters studding the hull. Of the same design as those mounted on automated weapon platforms, they were decades-old technology, but brute force more than made up for technological crudity. Impacts that had shredded an Akira-class Cruiser, or even a D'Deridex-class Warbird in seconds thirty years earlier took almost half a minute to collapse Inaieu's shields and pierced the hull. While this was going on Cologero took some readings of the energy requirements to fire such a weapon, it might be their only chance to do so. There had to be a few components to make this work, the Battleship was meant to take a pounding so brute force alone wasn't going to cut it. Also looking to see if anyone survived the blast, with how quick it happened Cologero didn't have much for hope.
There was a blinding flash as the venerable ship blew up right in front of the Aquila. Looks like that ship was meant to be called the HMS Hood, but they were the reason the Bismarck was defeated. No matter what history would say about this Cologero took no joy in this, loss of life was nothing to celebrate.
The Aquila herself was spared a similar fate as the Dreadnought began to veer off its current course, and the three Keldons placed themselves between the two capital ships while the Hidekis chased down the evading Yeager.
"Helm take us into attack pattern delta 3, lock on and full spread of torpedos and phasers." As the Captain ordered Cologero fired the weapons full spread with torpedoes and phasers, the idea was to hit the same places as the first ship or really close to it. The compound damage of the attacks should go further, this was going to be a marathon and not a quick mad dash. The price of Glory and fame, a quick death going down in flames. Cologero thought without a hint of joy, just a look of concern.
"Commander Talion shall we attempt your way of disabling the dreadnought." said Brooks holding onto the command chairs armrests. Cologero heard the order knowing it was time for Talion to release his solution, with no real experience with it Cologero had a prayer in his head, mostly in hopes it would work.
"Helm bring us about and keep us out the way of that dreadnoughts fire, if at all possible try to cover the Yeager."
His answer didn't take too long. "There are stealth probes designated as Class A in the inventory specifically for this purpose, sir. They are prepped and ready for firing. All Tactical has to do is load them, designate the specific target area and fire. The probe and its contents will do the rest. If they target the shielding, it will attempt to cause a short in that area. If they target a component behind the shields, it will move through the shields and begin affecting that target. I might suggest their sensors, since they can't shoot what they can't see. On the other hand, without shields, they become a pretty easy target. I'm Science, so I helped make the weapon, I leave it to Tactical to decide how to use it in battle."
Cologero knew the Captain wanted to launch these probes, the intent was clear, Cologero loaded three of these probes. Targeting the Bow, Stern and Aft should in theory create a blanket effect, if all of them make it to their target and works. "Firing probes Captain." Every second of this battle was going to be the difference between life and death, Cologero knew that at any time they could be next. If this was going to be the case he wanted to do the most damage to that ship possible, they had more of these probes Cologero wasn't exactly sure how many. I guess this is what its like to be where the mettle meets the meat. First mission as Chief Tactical Officer Cologero was front and center in the biggest campaign in years, Cologero kept his training in mind while he was keeping his cool as much as possible. He could worry about anything else later, now wasn't the time.
==GM input about any information gathered from the "Bismarck" dreadnought, and the damage both ships could have caused followed by if Commander Talions probes hit their mark and work. Finally if anyone did survive from the Inaieu Tag Captain ==
The Yeager, ramshackle as she may have seemed, was throwing torpedoes at the Dreadnought as fast as her launchers could while engaging in evasive maneuvers and eluding any return fire directed her way. The Keldons and their escorting Hidekis had turned to pursue the smaller Starfleet vessel.
[Concentrate fire on that Dreadnought. Their entire strategy will rest on that one ship.] came the command from the Admiral.
"Understood Admiral."
The Inaieu dove straight for the gargantuan vessel, spitting both Quantum and Photon Torpedoes from its bow launchers. The Hutet's shields wavered, briefly flickered, and returned at full strength as power was shunted to face the new arrival.
Then it was the Inaieu's turn to suffer.
Heavy plasma torpedoes erupted from the Dreadnought's flank weapons bays, followed by slashing beams of energy from the heavy disruptor emitters studding the hull. Of the same design as those mounted on automated weapon platforms, they were decades-old technology, but brute force more than made up for technological crudity. Impacts that had shredded an Akira-class Cruiser, or even a D'Deridex-class Warbird in seconds thirty years earlier took almost half a minute to collapse Inaieu's shields and pierced the hull. While this was going on Cologero took some readings of the energy requirements to fire such a weapon, it might be their only chance to do so. There had to be a few components to make this work, the Battleship was meant to take a pounding so brute force alone wasn't going to cut it. Also looking to see if anyone survived the blast, with how quick it happened Cologero didn't have much for hope.
There was a blinding flash as the venerable ship blew up right in front of the Aquila. Looks like that ship was meant to be called the HMS Hood, but they were the reason the Bismarck was defeated. No matter what history would say about this Cologero took no joy in this, loss of life was nothing to celebrate.
The Aquila herself was spared a similar fate as the Dreadnought began to veer off its current course, and the three Keldons placed themselves between the two capital ships while the Hidekis chased down the evading Yeager.
"Helm take us into attack pattern delta 3, lock on and full spread of torpedos and phasers." As the Captain ordered Cologero fired the weapons full spread with torpedoes and phasers, the idea was to hit the same places as the first ship or really close to it. The compound damage of the attacks should go further, this was going to be a marathon and not a quick mad dash. The price of Glory and fame, a quick death going down in flames. Cologero thought without a hint of joy, just a look of concern.
"Commander Talion shall we attempt your way of disabling the dreadnought." said Brooks holding onto the command chairs armrests. Cologero heard the order knowing it was time for Talion to release his solution, with no real experience with it Cologero had a prayer in his head, mostly in hopes it would work.
"Helm bring us about and keep us out the way of that dreadnoughts fire, if at all possible try to cover the Yeager."
His answer didn't take too long. "There are stealth probes designated as Class A in the inventory specifically for this purpose, sir. They are prepped and ready for firing. All Tactical has to do is load them, designate the specific target area and fire. The probe and its contents will do the rest. If they target the shielding, it will attempt to cause a short in that area. If they target a component behind the shields, it will move through the shields and begin affecting that target. I might suggest their sensors, since they can't shoot what they can't see. On the other hand, without shields, they become a pretty easy target. I'm Science, so I helped make the weapon, I leave it to Tactical to decide how to use it in battle."
Cologero knew the Captain wanted to launch these probes, the intent was clear, Cologero loaded three of these probes. Targeting the Bow, Stern and Aft should in theory create a blanket effect, if all of them make it to their target and works. "Firing probes Captain." Every second of this battle was going to be the difference between life and death, Cologero knew that at any time they could be next. If this was going to be the case he wanted to do the most damage to that ship possible, they had more of these probes Cologero wasn't exactly sure how many. I guess this is what its like to be where the mettle meets the meat. First mission as Chief Tactical Officer Cologero was front and center in the biggest campaign in years, Cologero kept his training in mind while he was keeping his cool as much as possible. He could worry about anything else later, now wasn't the time.
==GM input about any information gathered from the "Bismarck" dreadnought, and the damage both ships could have caused followed by if Commander Talions probes hit their mark and work. Finally if anyone did survive from the Inaieu Tag Captain ==