Mission 6: "Unto the Breach"

[Simon Rajnus]

((Sometimes the rank of Major is givin to those who have demonstrated some sense of Valor, its also a marine/military rank thats just above the rank of Captain in the marine corp))

<Ready room>

"WHY! didnt you tell me you signed as my XO?, Rena." Rajnus said from behind his desk.

"You know that our past relationship can't interfere with our duties now.  I broke up with you because of this and now your serving as my XO!.  If your here to try and rekindle our relationship it must not happen, it CANT! happen.  Im a Captain now and how do you think it would look to those under my command that if they knew of our past relationship?" Rajnus said seriously from behind his desk showing no emotions at all.

[Aaron Cloud]

Cloud stands ready in the sick bay.

=A= Cloud to Rajnus, ready when you are, the staff are standying by.=A=

[Voyager]

"The Captain wanted me to accompany you and your marines to the planet surface to gather information on the planetary defense cannon," answered Dolan as he finished suiting up, "such as what type of weapon it is, how it works, etc."  Dolan then picked out a phaser rifle before he added, "He also wanted me to help you as much as possible after."

[Balkazar]

=^= "Andrea, whats the status of the front lines?" =^=

=^= "Raszagal, change course slightly and go around the destroyed Heraan battle line.  We must get to that cannon ASAP and take it offline.  It should give something for Starfleet Intelligence to do for quite some time." =^= Balkazar said over the 2 different comm channels.

"Dolan, what do you make of that cannon just from the scans we were able to breifly take?" Balkazar said turning to Dolan.

[Andrea Deveraux]

"It seems we're got their attention," Angel said, bobbing and weaving her Pyro around midair plasma detonations. "All units, switch phasers to independent-fire mode."

The seven Pyros rocketed toward their ground-based attackers, and each fighter's four phaser cannons, which normally fired in unison, now fired one after the other. This allowed the fighters to keep a continual stream of fire as opposed to four-shot salvoes. The Starfleet pilots raced toward the front lines, peppering the enemy gun emplacements with pulsed phaser fire.

Suddenly, a shrill tone filled Angel's cockpit, and she saw the flash of three plasma missiles launched from the surface. "Break!" she screamed, and pulled hard back and to the left on her flight stick. Two other Pyros did the same. The missile passed so close to Angel's cockpit canopy that she could see the striations in it's casing. One other fighter dodged as well, but the third was hit hard. "Mayday, mayday," cried the pilot. Deveraux identified the voice immediately as that of Lieutenant Alyssa Rawlings.

"Ali!" Deveraux called, using the pilot's nickname. "Bail out, that's an order!" Vertigo Three began to fall as the anti-grav generators gave out. "Transporter pod is shot, Angel! I can't keep this tug steady!"

The stricken craft made a desperate attempt at leveling out, but was unable to maintain altitude. It wavered and crashed, several hundred meters from the lines, unfortunately on the Heraani side.

Having stabilized the rest of her team just outside missile range, Angel looked helplessly at the distant crash site. She wanted more than anything to fly down there and rescue Alyssa, but it wasn't even certain she was still alive, and it would take precious time that the ground teams needed. She had a hard choice to make, between her friend and comrade, or the dozens of marines on the surface, most of whom she'd never even met.

"Orders, ma'am?" came Hunter's somber inquiry. "Continue with the offensive," Deveraux replied. "Alyssa will have to fend for herself."

Angel punched up the command vehicle on NAVCOM, and opened a two-way channel. "Colonel Balkazar, this is Vertigo One. I need you to send a unit to the coordinates of that crash. One of my best pilots might still be down there, and I'll be damned if the Heraan are going to take her without a fight."

[Raszagal]

(OFF: Actually, it's not. The naval rank of Major was ill-conceived and was removed several years ago.)

Raszagal entered the barracks, but the Colonel did not appear to be ready to address his marines yet. Therefore, Raszagal made her way to the gym at the far end of the barracks, jumped up onto one of the pull-up bars, and began a set of one-handed pull-ups.

As soon as she noticed the Colonel was wrapping up in his last-minute affairs, the lithe-bodied Gallifreyan dropped from the bar, and wiping the lone bead of sweat from her brow, began to make her way to the assembly of soldiers.

[Balkazar]

Quote (Richard Brown @ Feb. 18 2008, 12:30 am)

*Richard sat on his Station and entered the Commands to Start Downloading all Video Feed Records and Known Locations Of Commander Rena and Captian Rajnus* ==^== This is Lieutennnent Brown to Marine Deck, 2 Hours till H-Hour Repete 2 hours till H-Hour==^==

<Down on the marine deck, Balkazar was looking over the gear with several marines nearby assisting him, making sure they had everything when the call came threw>

"ALRIGHT!!, listen up!.  We have 2 hours, to mobilize and gear up everyone.  I want you all to double check each other's gear to make sure you have everything and dont forget it!.  HK47, your gear is over on the puma, youll take lead.  Raszagal your in the command Puma with me.  We will be needing to drop of rapidly so get ready.  Lilque your with me as well.  Eastwood and Richerd you 2 have command of the marines in power armor.  ALRIGHT! THATS IT!! SUIT UP!!! AND GET READY!" Balkazar said as he went over to where the body armor were being piled and put his gear on.

<Making sure he put on everything he had a nearby private help him tripple check everything.  Helmet, body armor, personal shield, grenades, phase rifle, hand phaser, combat knives, everything was set as all the marines were checking to make sure they had the same gear, while the medics made sure they had the same gear plus their medical supplies>

[Dar'Nas]

Dar'Nas was preparing to send repair teams once they were in warp, as to avoid interfering the mission. He also made sure that the emergency force fields were functioning so any weapons fire taken while the shields were down could be dealt with immediately.

[Voyager]

"This thing is a marvel of engineering, despite its origins," commented Dolan, "My guess would that it fires kinetic projectiles - the speeds and power that are required to exit orbit are enormous.  A single projectile from the cannon would probably destroy or at least severally cripple any Alpha or Beta Quadrant vessel I can think of.  From what I can tell from our scans so far, the emplacement is structurally sound, without so much as a misplaced screw, and also possesses formidable fortifications.  Getting inside is going to be tough but taking it apart is going to be a nightmare."

[Voyager]

"That is clear, Colonel.  I believed a note of caution would have been benefitial to the air squadrons and since you seemed quite occupied coordinating the attack, I gave it.  I did not give any orders out nor was I trying to override your authority,"  Dolan replied calmly.

The command vehicle suddenly shook violently, knocking several people off their feet.

"We've entered weapons range of the Heraan and their anti-vehicle turrets," said Dolan.  "The air squadrons also seem to have their hands full with the anti-aircraft turrets," he added after hearing a series of explosions overhead, "It seems like the Heraan are trying to use something similar to flak, but much more powerful to try and knock the fighter craft out of the sky."

[Rena]

"Yes sir, absolutely. " she retorted rather strangly

*Rena walked out into the Captains, ready room*

"Yes, sir, you wanted to speak to me?" she said as she entered the ready room

[Richard Brown]

*Richard Stands up and Looks Coldly to Ranjus and quicky Enters an Message*

Code Sample

Well, I am sorry, for making sure, the security is up to snuff and this New XO of Yours, From all these Years I know when Something Bothers you so do go at me, if I am looking into your safety

*Richard Entered the Commands Restoring Tactical Systems and then Looked Sternly at Ranjus*

[Richard Brown]

*Richard Nodded*

"Computer Disenage Transponder Authoriztion Brown448EchotangoOmega117" Said Richard

Computer:Acknowledged.

[Balkazar]

<Balkazar and his marines were standing by as a Starfleet officer manned the transporter for the quick beam down, then he noticed Dolan walking into the Converted cargo bay>

"What are you doing down here, Dolan?" Balkazar asked curiously in his best gruff voice.

[Andrea Deveraux]

Angel heard the Colonel's query, but at this point in a dogfight, she chose to ignore it, as it was nothing but a distraction. Her attention was on her wingmen, and on the Heraani interceptors coming at them at 1500 KPH.

The seven Pyro fighters tightened their wedge formation, and primed phaser cannons. "On my mark," Deveraux ordered, "give them a missile and break formation into a standard bloom."

All seven pilots armed a single photonic missile and each targeted a different enemy. "Tangos are guns-hot," came the voice of Vertigo Two, callsign Hunter, Angel's wingman.

"Keep frosty," Deveraux said without hesitation. "Fire in three."
The entire team counted down in their own heads, and three seconds later, seven photonic concussion missiles screamed toward the Heraan, one from each Starfleet fighter. As soon as the ordinance left their mounts, the seven fighters all pulled away, each a dozen or so degrees away from their neighbor, in a formation resembling a starburst.

The missiles were right on target, and seven Heraani interceptors were struck with the high-explosive ordinance. Four of those were vaporized immediately, the rest were severely damaged. However, it didn't take the Heraan long to respond, and a few of the Starfleet pilots found their cockpits filled with the tone of a hostile weapons lock.