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Post by fleetops on May 27, 2011 22:05:25 GMT -6
On board the Battlecruiser Aphrodite
As the CIC crew of the Aphrodite settled into what was to be a rather long and boring patrol of the system, the DRADIS alarms suddenly went off. Sitting at her console, Specialist Morgan Jespers sat upright, not fully believing what she saw. Looking over at the Command Table, she yelled out to the Commander, Peter Lane.
"Commander Lane Sir, DRADIS contact, it's a Basestar!"
Commander Lane looked over suddenly, the disbelief on his face.
"What? Are you kidding me? FRAK! Set Condition One throughout the ship, launch the alert birds now."
As the CIC sprang to life, Commander Lane looked at the XO, Colonel Gil Vilati.
"Colonel, set our guns to suppression fire the. I want them to put up a wall of fire and metal for any incoming Raiders or missiles."
The XO nodded, speaking into the handset.
"Attention, this is the XO. All guns set to suppression fire and stand by for incoming hostiles."
Suddenly, new alarms began going off in the CIC. Specialist Jespers suddenly screamed out across the CIC.
"INCOMING MISSILES, THEY'RE NUKES!"
Before the XO could issue the order, two missiles slammed into the Starboard side of the ship, striking the Starboard Pod. Withing seconds, the entire ship lurched. Explosions could be felt all over the ship, the ripple effect of the nuclear warheads detonating, tylium stores bursting apart and showering the entire Starboard Pod in liquid flame. As if to make matters worse, two entire squadrons of Vipers disappeared in the conflagration, along with over 500 crew members.
Commander Lane barked to the Nav Officer.
"HELM, hard to starboard 40 degrees. Weapons, all Port batteries open fire on the turn!"
As the ship began to move to the Starboard, more missiles were streaking towards the Aphrodite. Within moments, her port guns began firing, sending up a wall of shrapnel and fire to meet the incoming missiles. One by one, the guns found their marks, however, three missiles managed to slip through, slamming into the Forward section of the ships Port side. Fortunately, the crew quarters in that section of the ship were empty, as everyone had scrambled to their stations. Still, the damage was considerable and radiation was flowing throughout the entire forward third of the ship.
"Damage Control parties to the Forward sections, ASAP!" The XO wasn't sure how much more of this the ship could take. He looked over at the Commander.
"Pete, we can't take this beating much longer. We either need to cut and double back or take that Basestar head on, guns blazing."
Commander Lane looked down at the Command Table for a second. Looking up at the ceiling, he sighed.
"Colonel, set course for the bastards, all forward and top side batteries on salvo fire. Ready all missile tubes for immediate launch, nuclear ordnance is authorized. Remove all safety controls as well. Do we have any air cover out there yet?"
"Yes Sir, Port side is launching as we speak."
"Excellent, let's either take them out, or take them with us Colonel."
"Aye Sir! All forward and top side batteries, salvo fire. Ready all missile tubes for nuclear launch, NOW PEOPLE!"
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Lt. Rose "Spitfire" Thorne
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Post by Lt. Rose "Spitfire" Thorne on May 28, 2011 20:31:45 GMT -6
Rose's Cobra comes zipping out of the ship as she moves to take on the enemy. She presses her mic as her eyes begin to scan the area.
*DIAMOND CLAY, DIAMOND CLAY, WE HAVE UNKNOWN ENEMY TARGETS, YOU ARE CLEARED TO GO WEAPONS HOT. ENGAGE IMMEDIATELY. AND KEEP YOUR SIX SAFE OUT HERE - LT. ROSE OVER*
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Lt. Rose "Spitfire" Thorne
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Post by Lt. Rose "Spitfire" Thorne on May 28, 2011 20:32:09 GMT -6
Rose's Cobra comes zipping out of the ship as she moves to take on the enemy. She presses her mic as her eyes begin to scan the area.
*DIAMOND CLAY, DIAMOND CLAY, WE HAVE UNKNOWN ENEMY TARGETS, YOU ARE CLEARED TO GO WEAPONS HOT. ENGAGE IMMEDIATELY. AND KEEP YOUR SIX SAFE OUT HERE - LT. ROSE OVER*
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2011 21:08:46 GMT -6
Flipping on the afterburners after flipping off the weapon controls, Alex flew a bit ahead of Rose as he finally threw down the hammer; moving past her as he opened fire on the raiders. Opening a channel, he spoke softly while ripping apart raiders only to send debris back to them; "Lieutenant, your message ain't coming from CIC but from me...keep an eye on the flying and try not to shoot me."
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Post by Clayton Dualla on May 29, 2011 11:46:03 GMT -6
Anastasia 'tsinged' back into reality at the new Jump coorinated. Alarms sounded and the VR Dradis lit with hostiles. He listened to the chatter over the fleet channels when he hears a particular voice. Eyebrows bobbed as he mentally worked out firing solutions. Banking the XF-01E, he strained as the g-forces mounted and he lined up the 20mm nose cannon on a Raider. Noting that they had not improved their flying abilities, he cleared three off of the tails of some Raptors.
He stayed back for a moment, sorting out what Ace Stath was going to do. He could jump back and forth all over the area if needed, and could respond immediately to a call.
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Lt. Rose "Spitfire" Thorne
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*Cylons - They're everywhere & they look like US now*
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Post by Lt. Rose "Spitfire" Thorne on May 29, 2011 11:58:26 GMT -6
Flipping on the afterburners after flipping off the weapon controls, Alex flew a bit ahead of Rose as he finally threw down the hammer; moving past her as he opened fire on the raiders. Opening a channel, he spoke softly while ripping apart raiders only to send debris back to them; "Lieutenant, your message ain't coming from CIC but from me...keep an eye on the flying and try not to shoot me." As an MKII flies by her Rose scans the bird to see who is piloting it. When the message comes in on her headset she thinks the voice is familiar but still unsure who owns it she replies back. *Pilot in the MKII - Identify yourself immediately or you will find yourself with a hole in your six! I don't know who you are or what you're up to but until I know, I'm listening to Major Dualla first! What's your Call Sign Pilot?* Rose flies behind the pilot and gets a tone lock but does not arm her missiles til he responds to her. *Unless you want lit up I suggest you answer me. This is Lt. Rose leader of the Flaming Wolves*
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2011 12:03:26 GMT -6
Dodging raider fire, Alex whipped back around to fire back on the raider; "Come on, is that the best you have?!"
Spotting a raider torn apart in his rear only to see an ole XF-1 out there, grinning while flipping on his main thruster assembly to fire on toasters trying to slip past him; "Diamond, you still flying that frakkin thing? I figured you'd upgrade by now..."
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2011 12:09:40 GMT -6
Flipping on the afterburners after flipping off the weapon controls, Alex flew a bit ahead of Rose as he finally threw down the hammer; moving past her as he opened fire on the raiders. Opening a channel, he spoke softly while ripping apart raiders only to send debris back to them; "Lieutenant, your message ain't coming from CIC but from me...keep an eye on the flying and try not to shoot me." As an MKII flies by her Rose scans the bird to see who is piloting it. When the message comes in on her headset she thinks the voice is familiar but still unsure who owns it she replies back. *Pilot in the MKII - Identify yourself immediately or you will find yourself with a hole in your six! I don't know who you are or what you're up to but until I know, I'm listening to Major Dualla first! What's your Call Sign Pilot?* Rose flies behind the pilot and gets a tone lock but does not arm her missiles til he responds to her. *Unless you want lit up I suggest you answer me. This is Lt. Rose leader of the Flaming Wolves* Getting an alarm about a missile lock, Alex knew he stepped on someone's toes too often as he opened a channel to Rose; "You disengage that missile lock otherwise you'd be shooting down your CAG." Flipping around to face her, he fired a bit over her bow before wiggling his wings; "I didn't come out of retirement to be shot by a fellow pilot already had that happen once...call sign is Ace now lock those missiles on the enemy instead of me." Firing his thrusters once more, he whipped around only to reengage the enemy hoping that his angry little Lieutenant wouldn't decide to shoot him out of spite that he has her job; "Oh and as your superior CAG should be fine by now...my order had merit behind it considering we all have our pilot styles and mine are a whole lot more destitution than others."
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Lt. Rose "Spitfire" Thorne
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Post by Lt. Rose "Spitfire" Thorne on May 29, 2011 12:10:10 GMT -6
Having finally gotten identification Rose releases the missile lock in time to dodge some incoming fire from the new CAG!
*All right All right........ missile lock is cleared. Now stop trying to damage my Cobra! So you're the CAG huh? Well it's about time we had an actual leader for this ship besides the Commodore. Let's get some toasters now and you can buy me a drink in the bar later to make up for this!* Rose laughs relieved to know Ace is back with them again. "so, Ace is back huh? well, I guess the Commodore wants him to take over leading us. I can live with that, Ace is a good CAG and I never wanted the job anyway" Keying in again to Ace *Welcome back now just don't get killed on your first day back. You know I almost had my first Friendly Fire Incident on my Record!*
Rose catches a glint to the left as a trio of Raiders suddenly appear out of nowhere. She pulls up hard left and arms her gattling guns. As she presses burst after burst of bullets into them she sees the lead Raider start to falter off course.
With a smile Rose holds steady on the firing mechanism and volleys a constant stream into the three Raiders. The first one does a nose dive spin out then implodes and the other two seem to be confused without their leader. They turn directly into each other as Rose fires off a Banshee Missile and they are blown into dust.
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Post by Clayton Dualla on May 29, 2011 12:14:46 GMT -6
Clayton chuckled and returned the courtesy.
"Appearances can be deceiving, Ace. Just cause it looks the same, down to the paint job, that doesn't mean it is the same." Handling the controls smoothly, Clayton advances the throttle of the four engines and executes a 20.5-g turn to port, followed by an 18-g sweep to starboard. He engaged full reverse thrust, and the Hammerhead spouted blue flame forward from the exhaust nozzles.
"The C or the D couldn't do that."
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2011 12:22:48 GMT -6
Switching through the forwards and aft controls as he moved his ass out of gunfire before tearing into a heavy raider that was trying to plow through him; "I think they're throwing this just for me...they heard I was coming back and figured this would be my welcome back party."
Looking over his controls to see a round impacted his mid nose but nothing more before turning his attention to Diamond; "Appearances? They all look the same too me...maybe after this we can catch up if my own pilots decide to shoot me."
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Post by Clayton Dualla on May 29, 2011 12:31:12 GMT -6
A trio of Raiders - the standard triad - began to close from the seven low of the Hammerhead. A half roll put them in the firing arc of the 59mm tail turret. A series of three-round bursts sent a hail of high-caliber explosive slugs into the lightweight craft. They blossomed and vanished from space.
"Yah, sounds like a plan, though the welcome-back party is a bit much!"
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2011 12:34:08 GMT -6
Having finally gotten identification Rose releases the missile lock in time to dodge some incoming fire from the new CAG! *All right All right........ missile lock is cleared. Now stop trying to damage my Cobra! So you're the CAG huh? Well it's about time we had an actual leader for this ship besides the Commodore. Let's get some toasters now and you can buy me a drink in the bar later to make up for this!* Rose laughs relieved to know Ace is back with them again. "so, Ace is back huh? well, I guess the Commodore wants him to take over leading us. I can live with that, Ace is a good CAG and I never wanted the job anyway" Keying in again to Ace *Welcome back now just don't get killed on your first day back. You know I almost had my first Friendly Fire Incident on my Record!*Rose catches a glint to the left as a trio of Raiders suddenly appear out of nowhere. She pulls up hard left and arms her gattling guns. As she presses burst after burst of bullets into them she sees the lead Raider start to falter off course. With a smile Rose holds steady on the firing mechanism and volleys a constant stream into the three Raiders. The first one does a nose dive spin out then implodes and the other two seem to be confused without their leader. They turn directly into each other as Rose fires off a Banshee Missile and they are blown into dust. Smirking as he took out a raider behind Rose but putting a few rounds into her Cobra, grinning before whipping around to take on another raider; "We all have one of those...actually I got a file cabinet full of those but I think my reliability and skill kinda outweighs that. Oh and your Cobra now has a few rounds in it...your welcome." Flipping of the electronics, he dimmed his cockpit while taking on raiders that were just joining the fight; tearing into them as they distrubited like they were running from him.
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2011 12:35:57 GMT -6
A trio of Raiders - the standard triad - began to close from the seven low of the Hammerhead. A half roll put them in the firing arc of the 59mm tail turret. A series of three-round bursts sent a hail of high-caliber explosive slugs into the lightweight craft. They blossomed and vanished from space. "Yah, sounds like a plan, though the welcome-back party is a bit much!" "Yeah," getting a few more rounds into his wings before whipping back around to take on a few more; "but since when don't the Cylons do so little for us."
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Post by D'Anna on May 29, 2011 12:37:50 GMT -6
JUMP In a blinding FLASH[/color] of light the 109 suddenly appears at the latest scene of battle. D'Anna opens the PA system *ALL RAIDERS LAUNCH. ENEMY TARGETS DETECTED. REPEATING LAUNCH ALL RAIDERS AND ENGAGE THE ENEMY*
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