A Short Drop and a Sudden Stop - Part Two

Posted on Fri Jan 1st, 2021 @ 2:28pm by Captain Kayden Nell & Captain Sarah Horner & Commander Tressa Brislan-Antilles & Commander Victoria 'Enyo' Yamaguchi & Fleet Captain Heather Walking Bear & Commander Alyssa Temetti & Commander Kolar, Son of Magh'tor & Commander Morae Stormstout & Commander Ethan "Hardcase" Duval & Commander Jackson Antilles & Commander Shaalari Zh'Terran & Lieutenant Commander Meslina Amakawa & Lieutenant Sapata M'Herris & Lieutenant Commander Ouros Yamaguchi & Commodore T'Shaamet 'Runt' Antilles & Command Master Chief Petty Officer Elizabeth Smithson & Colonel James "Gryphon" McTaggert

Mission: Mission 105: The Mirror, Shattered
Location: Various Locations - USS Infinity
Timeline: 1345Hrs - October 7th, 2393

Standing in at tactical for Commander Kayden Nell who was not present on the bridge, he was assisting with the resettlement efforts for the liberated prisoners. Lieutenant Anita Reed swore as she tapped the display before her, "Activating shields... I'm going to keep the ventral shields down so we can finish our evacuation of the planet in an orderly fashion."

"Understood," Duval answered. "Helm, initiate evasive maneuvers but don't let them see our underside..."

"Aye, sir. Coming around." the young Bajopran male answered in a flat, even tone.

Duval turned his head. "El-Tee. Deal with that pest please..." he commented in a quiet but even tone of voice.

Reed smiled while she nodded. "Aye sir," The young woman regarded the display before her. She tapped her panel several times as two phaser blasts hurtling at the Steamrunner, one of which blasted her forward shields with a lot more force then one would normally expect while the second sliced through her starboard shields and through her starboard nacelle, turning it into highly radioactive scrap metal.

The Steamrunner rolled over as it performed a long banking turn to port while she tried to extend and escape the engagement zone.

Reed regarded the effects of her handiwork. "They will no longer bother us... and the evacuation is now complete sir. All personel are aboard."

Duval smiled. "Alright... Helm break orbit..." he commented as several flashes appeared on the screen, this marked the arrival of the relief force. Both Defiant-class ships turned and began their attacks on the Infinity while two of the Freighters dropped their cargo pods, which seemed to disintegrate, revealing the four squadrons of Starfighters concealed within as they ignited their engines and seemed to come to life before they regrouped and formed up into a large group while they began their efforts to suppress the Infinity and her combat capabilities.

"Anita. I recall you being paranoid about this particular development." Duval commented in a light tone of voice as he watched the Imperials deploy their trump card. "When we get back, forward your file to My Exec. I could use someone like you," he commented evenly. "Fire at will..."

"Aye, sir... and firing," Reed answered in a flat tone as she went to work, blasting a Peregrine class starfighter almost at random. While the Excelsior and the Nebula class ships began to move in when both ships cut loose with their main batteries. The echos of weapons impact began to be heard over the sounds of a bridge crew at work. "Lieutenant. I think the time for subtlety has passed, being all our weapons on line and let em' have it..."

Reed nodded. "Aye Captain."

Lieutenant Ameen turned to Duval. "We have reports of multiple wounded, including the Captain and Commander Horner," she explained evenly. "Sickbay is responding." the young Caitian female explained in a soft tone of voice.

Duval nodded his head. "Initiate evasive maneuvers. Delta sequence. Target that Excelsior." he commented evenly, he narrowed his eyes as he did so. "Ahh... So they are trying to distract us... and box us in..." he turned to Reed. "Phasers on the Starfighters, we need to clean them out..." he said as a Phaser blast seemed to impale a Defiant-class ship, causing her entire shield grid to overload and short out, with massive discharges of energy which seemed to coruscate over the small ships hull, as she slowly spun about in her X-axis, clearly out of control. Reed dismissed the small ship as she proceeded to do the same thing to the second ship while she blasted the two capital class ships with several phaser blasts each. The Nebula's shields collapsed as she turned away from the Infinity. Suddenly two large hull breaches exploded outward, spraying debris and such into space as the Excelsior increased her fire, attempting to draw away the fire from the Nebula as she withdrew away from the battle.

Duval knew she was beaten. "Anita, focus on the fighters now..." he commented as if reading from the daily newsfeed. He was not overly concerned or worried about the battle before him as he knew these Federation ships had no way to hurt him as he watched the starfighters organize for their strafing runs.

Reed frowned as she had to constantly fight to keep from the opposition forces from being killed needlessly. She had the phasers set to one-tenth power as the Excelsior took one errant torpedo strike too many as the set of three missiles did their work with a ruthless and efficient manner, as they were designed to do, the first splashed against the shields, proving a storm of energy over the shields and hull as the defending Excelsior tried to dissipate the energy, the second round impacted a moment later, which obliterated the shields and this allowed the energy to wash over the hull itself, when suddenly the third round landed, it severed the starboard nacelle at the strut, severing it with a massive explosion, the first two rounds had crippled the ship and the third was almost redundant overkill.

Ameen turned her head. "The remaining starfighters are withdrawing," she commented. "The Nebula sent a recall order, they are telling the fighters to screen the freighters as they withdraw," she reported.

"Okay, let them go," Duval answered. "Damage report?"

"Shields are back to forty percent of normal sir. Minor damage to the hull plating." the Caitian female explained with a nod of her head. "All other systems are unaffected by the battle sir," she added as she turned to regard Duval.

"Alright," Duval answered. "Helm set a course for the rendezvous point. warp six."