Splintered Shields and Shattered Swords

Posted on Thu Mar 12th, 2020 @ 5:49am by Captain T'Rae Yamaguchi & Captain Nathan Hanson & Commander Karis Gelon-Caldwell & Commander Fleur "Archer" Mayweather & Captain Trolare th'Plmol & Commander Greg Saunders & Commander Daniel Yamaguchi & Lieutenant Commander Piotr "Woden" Ulyanov & Major Ryan "Paladin" Archer & Lieutenant Naris Linojj & Master Chief Petty Officer Gary Hawkson & Commander Tizarian Lias

Mission: Mission 88: We Must have Bloody Noses and Crack'd Crowns
Location: USS Shield of Wolves - Outer Archanis System
Timeline: 1200Hrs - May 29th, 2392

Captain Dennis Muir of the USS Vindictive nodded. "Alright. Make sure all weapons are armed and ready for launch, the Klingons will be out for blood so let's give them an unfair fight," he commented. "All destroyers, prepare to do what you do best. Cruisers, you will tank the enemy and draw off their fire"

"Aye sir." came the responses. "Coming out of warp now." and with that, the starlines reverted back into stars as the Klingon battle station appeared on the screen along with the massive gas giant nearby, with all its rings and moons in attendance. "Open fire then move off.." the skipper ordered. "Start phase one."

"Starting part one of the battle plan. Aye skipper." came from the ship's conn officer.

Meanwhile on the USS Shield of Wolves. Commander Daniel Yamaguchi watched the display with an air of attention he normally would reserve for his youngest child. "All stop in five... four... three... two... one." he counted down quietly. Knowing he was absolutely sure of himself, his crew and his people around him.

Captain T'Rae knew in her heart of hearts that if they got this wrong then the gesture would be worst than useless. It would be wasteful and downright forgettable but she chose not to give voice to her fears.

Meanwhile, seated at Conn was Lieutenant JG Naris Linojj, the young Boslic woman sat in silence with rapt attention on the console in front of her as Yamaguchi next to her counted down, as soon as he said 'one' she tapped the 'all stop' button on the display before her, the bright lines reverted to stars as the massive gas giant appeared, instantly filling the screen. "Falling into the atmosphere in ten seconds. All hands, brace for chop." the young woman explained.

The USS Shield of Wolves seemed to fall into the upper atmosphere of the planet itself as the amber skies above Archanis Eight seemed to grow brighter and brighter as the massive Federation ship flew into the clouds of the massive gas giant. "Heading two two one... " the Boslic female added a moment later.

Meanwhile down in Engineering. Lieutenant Commander Greg Saunders, commented over the comline to the bridge. "Shutting down anything we don't need to have on. Nice flying El Tee," he commented. "We're on our way to waypoint one."

"Thanks... Nice to have admirers." the young conn officer added with a smile. "I am a leaf on the wind... On eagles wings, I soar!" The Boslic woman almost sang while she flew the massive ship as if it was a part of her body.

Yamaguchi smiled as he kept his thoughts to himself but he agreed with her. "We'll be merging with a second storm system in less than five minutes Helm. You set?"

"I am ready." she paused. "Heavy for waypoint two." Linojj was in her element now and it showed. "Time to destination, ten minutes," she commented softly, the clouds raced past the Shield of Wolves at a dizzying rate as the winds carried the massive ship to where she was heading. Suddenly the ship shook. "Merging with the crosswind. I have it." the Boslic added.

"Wind speeds here are in excess of a thousand miles an hour," Yamaguchi commented. "Boosting power to the shields," he added a moment later.

Captain T'Rae peered at the tactical display that was present on the front viewscreen. "Time?" she inquired.

"Time on target will be four minutes and eight seconds. We are completely blind to what's happening outside the atmosphere." Yamaguchi answered quietly.

T'Rae settled in to wait, everyone else has tasks to do to speed the passage of time as the tall Vulcan woman with an Asian look didn't have this luxury. "I hate waiting," she muttered softly.

Hanson nodded. "Me too. Skipper," he responded quietly.

On the viewscreen, the clouds swirled around the massive ship as the young officer at Conn was silent in her work. "Time on target.. eight seconds... and beginning assent now." she slowly smiled. "We will exit the atmosphere proper in sixteen seconds."

The seconds ticked by slowly as the clouds faded to the blackness of space. "Exiting now... Heading into low Jovian orbit." the conn officer commented quietly.

Outside the view finally faded as the stars, the moons and the rings of Archanis Eight came into view. "Distance?" Hanson inquired.

"Approaching the first target. It's being shot at by four starfighters from Sixteenth Tactical Fighter Wing." Yamaguchi explained. "The reconnaissance drone has been destroyed," he added a moment later. "Sensors are back to a hundred percent. The bases early warning network has been destroyed."

T'Rae nodded her head. "Excellent. Helm take us towards the enemy base. Weps. Stand by with all your ordinance."

Trolare th'Plmol nodded his head. "Everything is ready for flight skipper," he commented. "I had to bypass the safeties but every missile aboard is loaded and prepped."

"Good." the tall Vulcan female responded in a clear tone of voice, signaling her approval.
"Stand by to launch but... Don't target the base yet as we don't want to telegraph our presence just yet." the Vulcan spoke softly.

Meanwhile, the various other Federation ships present were presently locking horns with the Klingon ships defending the outpost. Captain Dennis Muir watched with an air of amusement as he held his silence. "Destroyer Units two and six, proceed with your attack. cruiser unit one, cover them." he rattled off his orders in a clear and methodical manner while not being overly stupid about his plans.

"Aye sir." the responses came back as the three ships indicated proceeded with their runs while the base began shooting at the Century class Heavy Cruiser that was shadowing the two Akira's while they began spamming heavy missiles at their intended targets. Most of those warheads connected and detonated as planned, however one missile went wild as it veered off course as its seeker sought out its target before smashing into a Klingon bird of prey and shattering it into a billion pieces.

Captain Dennis Muir smiled as he watched the battleship approach while powered down before the USS Shield of Wolves suddenly went 'live' and powered up all of her systems at once.

Linojj smiled. "Ready with warp burst maneuver."

Yamaguchi nodded. "Your math looks good," he responded. "Ready for jump."

T'Rae nodded her head. "Do it!" she commented quietly, as Hanson quipped. "Is it too late to back out now?"

The USS Shield of Wolves shot into warp towards her target but she emerged just moments later but as she dropped to impulse, she began launching several hundred missiles out of her warhead launchers and into space, before the Shield of Wolves blasted the base with several phaser blasts from her primary weapons arrays, all this fire, doused the Klingon outpost with highly explosive ordinance which after a few moments of exploding missiles connecting with the bases shields brought down the bases shields with many missiles simply penetrated the base and more or less demolished it from the inside, with the base finally exploding in a massive fireball.

On his flagship. Captain Dennis Muir smiled. "Nice work Captain T'Rae," he commented softly. "Contact all ships, move to the primary objective and bring up the supply ships, Shield of Wolves will be resupplying."

"Aye sir." came the response