10-21-2026, 12:25 PM
Amila was too focused on the visuals at her station to see the Commander nod at her or to have noticed how long Gath had been absent from the Bridge. She was anxious, but doing her best not to show it. She did notice how the sweat had gathered at the nape of her neck and on her back, soaking the base of her pony tail and her undershirt. It was strange how small details like that stood out in the chaos. The sweat, and the smell of burned electronics from one of the jumps. Morad's voice. The way he encouraged everyone around him.
There was too much going on out there in the small part of the system, and Amila didn't want to miss a thing. Gath's tactical knowledge was more than welcome as he had a way to weaponize the shuttles without losing shield integrity.
"We need to do something quick," Ra'an warned from her station. "Three more Hidekis just broke from Two-Fourteen and are on a heading to intercept."
Her voice was urgent. She was worried. Baldwin and Cortez had done a spectacular job at keeping life support steady in areas where the crew was currently needed most, but they already had to evacuate significant portions of the ship, and if felt like they were operating on luck and prayers right now.
More quietly she spoke just to Sebastian. "Cortez, nice work, you are doing great," Amila said to the younger officer sitting next to her. "While you keep an eye on that telemetry, help Jukish keep an eye on close range sensors and try to spin up some chaos with those probes again. If those other three ships make it to us, it's about to be five-on-one. We need to consider anything you can think of at this point. No idea is too crazy."
It's about to get bloody, she thought to herself.
She stole a quick glance to Baldwin and Gath's station and resisted the urge to check on how many escape craft were still accessible. They weren't there yet, but unless more support came through for them, she had a hard time seeing how the Zephyr - or any of them - could pull this off. One of the Hidekis was down, but not destroyed. By showing it mercy, would the Cardassians do the same for them?
She had put everything into aft sensors when they thought it would be a simple chase, but long-range still managed to pick up the break in formation around the base. "Captain, shifting sensors to give us a more detailed broad range look at what's coming at us."
==Cortez, All==
There was too much going on out there in the small part of the system, and Amila didn't want to miss a thing. Gath's tactical knowledge was more than welcome as he had a way to weaponize the shuttles without losing shield integrity.
"We need to do something quick," Ra'an warned from her station. "Three more Hidekis just broke from Two-Fourteen and are on a heading to intercept."
Her voice was urgent. She was worried. Baldwin and Cortez had done a spectacular job at keeping life support steady in areas where the crew was currently needed most, but they already had to evacuate significant portions of the ship, and if felt like they were operating on luck and prayers right now.
More quietly she spoke just to Sebastian. "Cortez, nice work, you are doing great," Amila said to the younger officer sitting next to her. "While you keep an eye on that telemetry, help Jukish keep an eye on close range sensors and try to spin up some chaos with those probes again. If those other three ships make it to us, it's about to be five-on-one. We need to consider anything you can think of at this point. No idea is too crazy."
It's about to get bloody, she thought to herself.
She stole a quick glance to Baldwin and Gath's station and resisted the urge to check on how many escape craft were still accessible. They weren't there yet, but unless more support came through for them, she had a hard time seeing how the Zephyr - or any of them - could pull this off. One of the Hidekis was down, but not destroyed. By showing it mercy, would the Cardassians do the same for them?
She had put everything into aft sensors when they thought it would be a simple chase, but long-range still managed to pick up the break in formation around the base. "Captain, shifting sensors to give us a more detailed broad range look at what's coming at us."
==Cortez, All==