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4.4

Bemorsby System

NSR Theed

Bridge

11:48 hrs

Captain Violet always prided herself on never refusing a mission, when her orders came, she would see that they were always carried out. Even though she sometimes had a bad feeling before every mission where her people got hurt, the most recent experience was before the war when a suicidal pirated gunship crashed into the Theed, killing four and injuring 19 more but that feeling did not hold a candle to what she was feeling now. She went over her mission details again and again. Seek and destroy any and all First Order targets before they strengthen their position. Thadmin, made it clear how pivotal this sector here was, from here the First Order had a clear hyper lane straight to Raysho station and the Midpoint Moon Base and station. She agreed to the mission excited to be part of the first major offensive action of the war. It was only after she left Thadmin’s briefing that the bad feeling washed over her and began to drown her. The only confort she dared use to sooth her fear was that she had the NRS Scariff, straight out of the dry docks of Mon Calamari. There was little time to out fit it with a fully trained academy crew, so most if not all of the ship's crew were Mon Calamari civilian crew volunteers.

The bridge was mostly silent except for a few low whispers exchanged by the on duty crew. Captain Violet walked over to the bridge view port and squinted off the Theed’s starboard bow, she tried spotting the the Scariff’s task force in the great darkness if she squinted really hard she could just barely make out the outline of the Mon Calamarian Corvettes and light cruisers, prudence had each task force to separate but still be within range to lend aid in a pinch.

Commander Yash Valk walked up to Captain Violet and said “Captain, we have received word that Alroc has fallen, Bemorsby is now the only other planet in the system, they would be heading here”

“Good commander, the enemy does not know we are here, but now we know approximately where they are” As she said this she began to walk out of the bridge and into the Command Information Center or C.I.C. When she reached the C.I.C she entered and addressed the holo map that was commonly referred to as the threat board.

“Captain on deck” A crew mate shouted causing all the crew to come to attention

She waited one second to look around the room and admire the duty and excellence of her crew, then she said “At ease”

The officer who monitored the threat board then addressed her in a low toned voice.

“Our fighters have been flying recon flights, for the last hour and have not seen anything”

“I have just received word that the First Order has taken Alroc” Violet said motioning to one of the outer planets in the system “now this will be their next target” she said pointing out the prime planet in the system and the system's name sake Bemorsby.

“Interesting,” The Threat board office said “it is odd, how they attack the outer planets first, this shows a break from Imperial Military Doctrine,” he said under his breath but loud enough for Captain Violet and Commander Valk to hear. But then louder he said “there are only three corridors that provide access from the outer system to the inner system, my suggestion would be to retask our recon flights to patrol these three corridors” he said highlight three lines that lead from the eighth planet of the system to the second planet of the system. “Then when we know which corridor they are coming from, we can send the rest of our fighters to knock it out,” The officer said.

“Very well, C.A.G” she addressed a tall slender man in a Star Fighter corp uniform “return your fighters to the Theed to be outfitted with anti-ship weaponry, then send the Berrling Star, Haag’s Flame and The Slicer to the three corridors, and when they have the enemy ships on scanners have them report back and we will send in our bombers” Captain Violet politely ordered.

After brief exchanges over the comm Violet observed the threat board, many of the smaller groups of blue arrow wedges, began to return to the Theed and three corvette analog keys which had the basic outline of a CR-90 left the circle of the task force, as they moved further away from the Theed the names began to pop up under the wedge. The Berrling Star was a standard CR-90 which had better sensors than most other ships currently on the market or in service it was assigned to the furthest port side corridor. The Haag’s Flame a Marauder Mrk IV-class corvette was assigned to watch the center corridor the Mark IV was the newest generation of light corvette in service, it had the basic shape of the original Marauder but it was 50 meters longer had two point defence cannons symmetrically laid out every 60 meters and it had the newest sensor array commissioned by the New Republic. Watching over the Starboard side corridor was The Slicer, a Sphyrna-II class Hammerhead corvette, it was one of the older support ships the Theed’s task force used but it had a black market sensor system that outmatched the military grade sensors of the New Republic and First Order. Besides the three Corvettes watching the possible incoming vectors the Theed’s task force also had two other standard CR-90’s and Nebulon B, B2 and C frigates. The complementing task force centered by the Scariff was smaller, as it only had three MC40D Light Cruisers the D varied from the A, by removing it’s hanger and shortening it to 400 meters. While the Scariff’s task force had fewer ships, the quality of the ships and Mon Calamari engineering made it stronger than the Theed’s task force.

Several minutes passed, the low C.I.C ambiance only making Violet’s bad feelings worse then one of the technicians said

“Enemy spotted, central corridor, 7 to 8 medium transport ships, Haag’s Flame is keeping distance and staying outside of Terick’s range”

Violet looked up on the threat board displaying the scene now the Haag’s Flame began to pull back slowly as the 8 Tericks, which referred to any craft that is not friendly, lit up and advanced slowly but surely in their direction.

“Commander, launch fighters and go to red alert, ” Captain Violet said firmly.

Commander Valk nodded and gave the order to launch fighters then picked up the intercom system and said “Attention, Attention, this is Commander Valk Enemy spotted, go to red alert, set battle condition throughout the ship”

The siren blared and the red alert lights spun up their red tinted lights. Violet disregarded the distractions and only paid attention to the small fighter marks appearing on the threat board heading toward the eight Tericks.

“Any sign of the Star Destroyer?” Commander Valk asked the Threat Board officer.

“Not yet, but we have intercepted some chatter that it was still engaged with the local System Defence Force. The defence force is composed of six cruisers and one Clone Wars era Grand Cruiser. We don’t expect them to last long” L.t Dashin, the Threat Board officer said.

“Let’s knock out their support ships before they can engage their Star Destroyers.” Captain Violet said feeling her Togruta lekku nervously.

As the fighter line extended out from the Theed every eye in the C.I.C looked toward the Threat Board, the eight red analogs began to blink out, one by one. Two or Three X-wings disappeared as well as their last screams were broadcasted on the C.I.C’s comm unit.

Violet bowed her head as each pilot made their last transmissions. Violet kept a silent count of each pilot. Jamming, Roger and Utilli. The next time she lifted her head only two transport remained, they both fizzled out at the same time, in exchange Pudding and Wrenslayer’s Y-wing disappeared.

Violet thought that the best part of being in the C.I.C durring combat is that she never had to see any of the people she is responsible for die. But she could still hear them scream. She could not think about this right now, her first priority is to minimise casualty then mourn.

“Squad leader, to CAG” A Pilot said

The CAG tapped his head set, “Go for CAG”

“Our scanners are picking up, incoming cruisers” The Squad Leader informed

“What’s the ETA and Threat level?” The CAG asked

“4 cruisers, coming in at top speed, ETA 2 minutes” the Squad Leader said.

“Survivors from the Defence Force?” Commander Valk asked

“I doubt it, a Star Destroyer wouldn't leave any alive” The Threat Board analyst.

“True but, if those cruisers are looking for allies, the Galactic Alliance could certainly use them, even if they are battered old Clone War wrecks” Captain Violet said “CAG, have your fighters make contact with the cruisers, then let’s start hunting for that Star Destroyer, I want to find it before it finds us”

“Captain, I highly discourage this course of action, I believe it to be a decoy” the Threat Board Officer said.

“L.t Dashin” she said reading the Threat Board Officer’s name tag “thank you for your advice” Captain Violet then returned to the CAG and said “and CAG, have your fighter approach with extreme caution”

“Yes, ma’am” the CAG said.

“Thunder, please be advised, approach with extreme caution” the CAG said

“Possible Tericks, sir?” Thunder asked.

“Unknown” The CAG said

“Understood” Thunder said “Blade, 4, Blade 7 Blade 8, Womp Rats, 3, 6, 11 follow my lead, approach cruisers with extreme caution”

The Four X-wings from Blade Squadron and the three Y-Wings from Womp Rat squadron blazed a trail to intercept the cruisers.

“Captain, I think this is a bad idea, we destroyed the force headed, toward Bemorsby our mission is complete, let’s recall our fighters and return home” L.t Dashin said more fervently, only causing Violets bad feelings to intensify but she pushed them off and said

“It’s not very often that we can fight a Star Destroyer on even ground, let alone outnumber them two to one, we have to take this opportunity now!” Captain Violet said. Then as an after thought she added “if we are going to win this war, we need to start neutralising, these Destroyers”

“Understood, Captain,” L.T Dashin said and went back to the threat board just in time for all hell to break loose.

“Blade 7 to Blade 8; that's gotta be the weirdest ship profile I have ever seen”

“Roger Blade 7; what are those little humps?”

“Rat, 6 to Blade 8, probably some sort of solar farms”

“Negative Rat 6; they seem to be too small to power the whole ship”

“Blade Leader to Blade 7, Igloo follow me for a close pass, rest of flight, hold position here”

“Roger Blade Leader; take the lead”

Silence then followed for a few seconds.

“What are thos---Blade 7 break off!!!!” Blade Leader shouted “Flight Fall back, FALL BACK!!!!!”

“CAG to Blade Leader, please advise, what is the threat?”

“CAG” Blade Leader’s voice came in shaky “Fighters!, they docked TIE Fighter’s to their hull”

Then if on cue, each two dozen TIE fighters lights powered on next to the four cruisers.

“Dang Farrik!” Commander Valk said. But before he could get the last syllable out, a technitin shouted.

“Incoming Terick out of hyperspace, vector 90. Mark 00, It’s a Star Destroyer! It is engaging the Scariff’s task force!”

Just to confirm what she was saying a large red triangle appeared a few kilometers from the Scariff and her task force. Then the same technicians voice shouted

“They're launching fighters!”

“CAG, GET ME EVERY FIGHT BACK HERE NOW!” Captain Violet said.

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