Open Fire!
Posted on Mon Nov 5th, 2012 @ 11:38am by Fleet Admiral Mike K`Wor Bremer & Lieutenant K`Wor & Admiral Deela T'Lar & Captain Ryan Greenwood & Commodore Leon `Lee` Pike & Commodore Andrew Clifford & Commander Jonathan Coleman & Captain R'nard Lokran & Commander Tressa Brislan & Brigadier General David Hurd Sr & Lieutenant Vid-Lotilija & Lieutenant Saith i-Ki Baratan & Commodore Alexandra Harrison & Sergeant Maal son of Torg & Lieutenant JG Frank Doyle & Lieutenant Nick Archer & Lieutenant Ariel Gilmore & Lieutenant Catherine Mclintock & Colonel Danny Lennox & Ensign Brandy Ragen & Ensign Vortek & Chief Warrant Officer Xelonul Blackthorne & Master Chief Petty Officer Mark Branson & Gunnery Sergeant Marcus Ermey & Gunnery Sergeant Agtx
4,448 words; about a 22 minute read
Mission:
Mission 80 - Outpost
Location: Yorktown, Bridge
Timeline: Following 'Face Off'
K’Temoc smirked as the Yorktown closed in on the Jem Hadar attack ships. He was eager to get the newly repaired USS Yorktown back in to action. The lead Dominion vessel opened fire on the Avenger, but the nimble Intrepid class ship rocked to port and the blue phased polaron beam missed.
“M’Kota..fire.” K’Temoc ordered.
A moment later, two bright blue quantum torpedoes launched from the Yorktown’s forward launchers, two more immediately followed. They were quickly followed by a burst from the Defiant class ship’s pulse phaser banks. At nearly the same instance, the Defiant herself opened fire with pulse phasers.
The lead Attackship took all four of the Yorktown’s quantum torpedoes and exploded. The ship to its right broke away to avoid the explosion. Both the Defiant’s and Yorktown’s pulse phaser fire found their marks, hitting the third of six ships, ripping it apart.
The other three Attackships stayed on course and opened fire, all three targeting the Yorktown.
The ship shook violently from the impact of the weapons fire. Sparks flew across the Bridge and the lighting flickered. A moment later the ship shook again, but it wasn’t from being hit…
“Captain, we’ve lost shields!” M’Kota announced from Tactical One.
K’Temoc jumped up and walked over behind her, looking at the Tactical Systems Display. “What the hell, one of our shield generators overloaded and exploded! Ragen, take Ops divert auxiliary power to the defense systems, Ensign, the Conn “ He slapped his comm-badge, “Bridge to Engineering, Mr. Coleman what happened?” The Yorktown shook again from another hit.
Coleman worked on his consoles down in Engineering. "Sir, they hit our main generators. The Warp Core is damaged as well and it'll take a few minutes to repair. The main shield generator was also destroyed and I've got all the repair teams working."
“Divert power to the other shield generators to compensate, try to keep main power online!” K’Temoc replied.
Another hit to the Yorktown caused Flight Control station to overload and explode, sending the Ensign there flying back, he was dead before he hit the deck. “M’Kota, take the conn, I’ll handle Tactical.”
The Klingon woman jumped up from Tactical, stepped over the dead Officer, and took a seat at Flight Control as K’Temoc sat in the chair at Tactical One.
Avenger. Bridge
“Captain, the Yorktown has lost shields and main power is fluctuating.” K’Wor said from Tactical as he looked over at the Captain.
"Cover the Yorktown. Attack pattern Beta-two." Ryan commanded.
“Aye sir, firing!” K’Wor said as he tapped commands into the Tactical panel.
Phaser beams lanced out from the Avengers forward arrays. They raked across the underside of one of the Attackships. A second later two photon torpedoes shot from the Avenger’s forward launchers. They also hit the Attackship causing the Dominion vessel to explode.
“Target destroyed sir, that’s three down.” K’Wor reported.
"Good. Lets draw the fire away from the the Yorktown. Ensign, Target the remaining attack ships. Fire at will. Helm, Keep us between the Yorktown and the other ships if possible."
K'Wor nodded as he tapped commands into the Tactical Station, but before he could fire the Avenger took a hit herself.
The ship shuttered and the operations console erupted into a shower of sparks. Ensign Trisha Lee, the crewmen behind the console, was thrown to the deck. Ryan punch a button on his armrest.
"Medical team to the bridge."
The ship lurched under another impact this time throwing Ryan out of his chair. As he regained his composure he continued to bark orders ignoring the pain in his shoulder.
"Ensign, damage report!"
"That hit came from the Battleship...shields at seventy percent, minor buckling on Deck Three...an EPS conduit ruptured, damage control teams on their way!" K'Wor announced, then he finished tapping in targeting coordinates for the weapons. "Returning fire!"
Yorktown, Bridge
“Report Mister Coleman?” K’Temoc said over the comm
"I've got the main generators back to partial power, but I'm still working on the warp core. It took a massive hit when our shields went down."
“Captain we have a hull breach on deck two, force-fields are holding.” Announced Ragen sitting at the Bridge Operations station.
K’Temoc shook his head, he could hardly believe the Yorktown had taken this much damaged so easily. He wondered if the damage control teams back at the Station had just rushed though the repairs to the ship instead of really inspecting her.
Defiant
Sisko was sitting in the big chair in the middle, the Defiant was chasing the Attackship that had broken off when the first one was destroyed.
“Admiral, the Yorktown has taken heavy damage, main power is going offline and their shields are down.” The Lieutenant at Ops reported.
“Captain!” Sisko said.
Having worked together so many years, Kira knew what Ben wanted without him really having to ask, “Firing.” She said.
The pulse phasers from the Defiant flared and made quick work of the Attackship they were chasing.
“That’s four.” Bashir said with a smile.
Sisko smiled as the Jem Hadar ship exploded, “Take us back to the fight, full impulse.”
Yorktown, Bridge
K’Temoc slammed his fist down onto the Tactical One console, shattering it in nearly the same place he had when the ship had been damaged by Clark, “Damnit!”
K’Temoc looked around the Bridge, smoke and vapor filled the air, sparks were flying from damaged consoles. His ship was falling apart around him, again. For now though, the Jem Hadar had seemed to lose interest in them…
Pegasus, Bridge
Bremer looked at the sensor reading from the Yorktown. He was worried about his brother and the crew, but he also knew the Avenger was providing the Yorktown with cover fire and the Defiant was closing on them too.
The Pegasus had its own hands full, the giant Dominion Battleship was baring down on her and the Essex, Sutherland, and Saratoga.
“Admiral, the remaining two Jem Hardar Attackships have broken off their attack on the Yorktown.” Archer reported.
“Harrison, set the Phaser Cannon to pulse mode, lock quantum torpedoes and the canon on to the forward weapons arrays of the Battleship. Fire.” Bremer ordered.
"Aye sir." Captain Harrison's fingers glided across the control panel. "Locking torpedoes and canon." She slightly held her breath as she fired the weapons. She watched the viewscreen to see if she hit her target. In a few seconds, the weapons found their target. "Direct hit!"
Sutherland, Bridge
The Sutherland followed the Pegasus's lead.
Saratoga Bridge
Lee tapped a button on his command chair:"All Marine fighters launch. And be careful out there."
Turning to his status display, Major Hurd said, '' All fighters launched Captain, and they say they will be careful .''
He half turned:"Ensign Bartan lock phasers and photon torpedos onto that big ship and fire!"
Saith nodded her head “Aye, aye Captain.” Her fingers flew across the board as she prepared to fire. The ship obediently complied with her request.
Just then a phased polaron beam shot from port side hit the Saratoga and rocked it sending a couple crew members to the ground.
Major Hurd looked quickly at the status displays around the bridge, and yelled, ''Shields down to 75 percent, forward torpedo launcher one is offline, Damage control teams dispatched.''
"Ensign keep firing on that big ship"
Saith was nearly unseated as the ship rolled beneath her. “Favdt!” Catching herself she straightened her seat and returned to her phasers. She kept up a volley; even without the forward torpedo launcher it was an impressive display of fire power.
Saith’s training and intelligence always kept her looking for solutions. A distant memory came to her as the ship rocked some more. With her left hand she pulled up readings from the ships sensors, her right hand kept firing on the battleship. A few minutes later, she compared the readings of the Dominion battleship to her memory of the RSE Shiarrael, and nodded agreement with herself. She knew the comparisons were basic at best, still . . ..
“Captain, I know this might not seem like the right time. . .” she shouted over the noises on the bridge, “but, a d’Deridex Type B (Bird of Prey) always had little known weakness. An electrical system that ran from the Capital to the Caudal sections. A spinal-cord if you will, although not as serious if severed.”
She didn’t even know if the Captain could hear her or even take in any of what she was saying, but Saith continued, “I think that big battleship has a similar weakness, the same sort of set-up. It wouldn’t be overly crippling to take it out. Birds of Prey had generators that would come on and provide power to the severed sections. I’m sure, this ship would also, but it would be inconvenient, and make some systems go down.”
She felt the floor roll again. Taking another breath aware that others were listening as well, she continued her explanation, despite the fact she was basically letting them know she was not above subterfuge over out and out fighting. “The problem was that once severed certain things couldn’t be controlled from the Capital section of the ship. It would slow things down because in order for some things to happen someone would have to manually move from section to section. The key is that it isn’t usually considered a target because its effects are minimal, and the enemy rarely identified it as a potential weakspot, so it isn’t heavily shielded or guarded. As I said, not crippling, but damn inconvenient.” She shrugged letting the Captain Pike draw his own conclusions.
Lee nodded thinking for a second:"Go ahead and let's......" Just then another shot hit the Saratoga sending Lee sprawling from his chair to the floor. After a couple of seconds Lee gets up from the floor with a huge gash on his forehead.
Seeing the Captain bleeding, Major Hurd tapped his combadge and said, ''Medic to the Bridge!!''
Lee holds his hand to his head as he sits back in the command chair:"Like said before, let's give it a try Ensign and see if it will work."
Essex, Bridge
The ship is at Red Alert and everyone is tense. Seeing the large Battleship made the Essex look like a toy. Deela watched the Yorktown get beat up. The Pegasus's aim at the forward weapons array was spot on. But was it enough?
T'Lar looked over at Tactical. Referring to the Battleship, "Lt. Cmdr Lokran, target their engines."
"Aye, ma'am."he said. He was working the controls, and he looked intense as he did so.
The Essex fires a volley of phasers at the Battleship.
The phaser fire bounced off the battleships shields. Andrew was already standing beside a spare station he was configuring for tactical, "Damn, never touched the shields, Admiral. R'Nard use quantum torpedoes, target a single point on the shields".
"Done." he said, activating the quantum torpedoes. He targeted the engines, and fired.
Clifford continued to work along side Lokran, "R'Nard. Keep targeting their engines with the quantum torpedoes, but use phasers as strafing fire."
"Doing it, sirrr." he trilled. He was crouched over the controls and was looking more the predator at every minute.
He looked up from the station briefly, "Admiral, we are too small to do much damage, I recommend we start running interference to prevent the battleship from concentrating all its power in one place".
T'Lar trusted him. She nodded, "Do it."
Andrew shouted a command to the helm officer, just as a blast from the battleship glanced off their starboard shields, "Helm break and run."
The Essex shuddered under the impact of the glancing blow, but the helm officer was able to swing the Essex away from its previous course.
Andrew continued to call out orders "Get out of range then swing back towards the rear of the battleship. R'nard, get everything ready for simultaneous firing."
"All ready, sirr." said the Tralazar.
The Essex shot away from the battleship. With no other ships to worry about the ship swung round towards the rear of the battleship. Coming in at full impulse the little ship was an almost impossible target.
They approached optimal range, "Fire!", was the only thing Andrew needed to say. The torpedoes streaked away form the ship, with the phasers firing a second later so that all the weapons striking the shields at the same time. Hitting slightly above and to the right of the main engine bay they penetrated the shields and detonated against the hull.
As they rushed away from the battleship Andrew monitored the shields. "They have got the shields back up already and they are strengthening them. Mission accomplished, they are having to use power keeping all the shields up."
*Now we wait and see.* thought R'nard. It would be interesting to see what would come of this.
T'Lar addressed the bridge crew, "Keep doing what you are doing. They can't keep it up forever."
Yorktown, Bridge
“Impulse engines are back online.” M’Kota reported from the conn.
"So are weapons." K’Temoc tapped his comm-badge, “Good work Mister Coleman, now let’s get those shields back.”
"Alright sir. I'll have the shields back on in a few minutes, give or take. Just try and keep the fighters off our backs, if you don't mind."
M’Kota spoke up from the conn, “Captain, those remaining Attackships are making a run on the Pegasus sir…they look to be on a collision course!”
“Intercept course sogh, full impulse!” K’Temoc ordered.
The small ship slowly turned, then seemingly leaped to full impulse, chasing down the Attackships.
“Damnit, phaser safeties are offline again!” K’Temoc said aloud, but to no one in particular. He tapped his comm-badge again, “Captain to all hands, clear decks three and four on the double!”
Pegasus, Bridge
“Sir! The Attackships are on a collision course with us!” Varn sogh reported.
“Chief, evasive action, Captain!” Bremer ordered as he looked back at Harrison.
Harrison didn't answer. She quickly punched in a few commands into the Tactical console.
Yorktown, Bridge
K’Temoc saw the Pegasus start to alter her course to throw off the aim of the two Jem Hadar Attackships as her port phasers fired on both ships…but they still kept coming.
Coleman walked onto the Bridge and took over the Engineering station as K’Temoc locked the pulse phasers and quantum torpedoes onto the ship closest to the Pegasus. “This might hurt a little.” He said quietly to Coleman, Ragen, and M’Kota.
As K’Temoc pushed the ‘fire’ button, the Yorktown shook violently again as sparks and vapors filled the air on the Bridge once more. The bright blue quantum torpedoes hit the Attackship and caused it to veer off course slightly. A second later, the pulse phasers slammed into the ship and tore it into a million burning pieces…
However the Yorktown was again damaged too, this time by her own pulse phasers overloading and the emitters exploding. “Phasers are gone.” K’Temoc calmly said as Coleman looked back at him.
The other Attackship closed in on the Pegasus, even though it was taking hits from the Galaxy Refit’s phaser arrays.
The Yorktown streaked in, shieldless and weaponless.
“All hands, brace for impact!” K’Temoc called over the Yorktown’s intercom. A moment later the Defiant class ship rammed the Jem Hadar Attackship, ripping one of its nacelles off and sending it and the Yorktown spinning. A second later, the Pegasus fired her port phasers again and vaporized the Attackship…
Pegasus, Bridge
Mike had jumped to his feet when he saw the Yorktown ram the Attackship, His eyes were wide, “Harrison, beam the Yorktown’s crew out of there!”
Alex watched in horror, "What the...?" Alex nodded. The Pegasus continued to fire at the Battleship while she locked onto them and beamed them off the dying ship.
K’Temoc, Coleman, Ragen, and M’Kota materialized onto the Pegasus’s bridge. Mike let out a breath, knowing his brother and the rest of the Yorktown’s crew were safe. Mike and K’Temoc looked up at the view screen just as the Defiant class USS Yorktown, NCC-1717-E exploded….
Avenger, Bridge
“Pegasus beamed the Yorktown’s crew off Captain.” K’Wor said with relief in his voice.
Ryan was relieved of that but they still had a battleship to bring down.
"Good to hear. Let make sure we don't loose another ship. Target the battle ship with all weapons."
"Firing phasers with a simultaneous spread of photons." K'Wor replied as phaser beams reached out from the Avenger's forward arrays and hit the Battleship's starboard torpedo launchers. A volley of photo torpedoes soon followed, impacting the same area of the big ship.
Another rough battle would ensue.
Essex, Bridge
T'Lar and the crew saw the explosion. "Damn!" She was upset that they lost another ship but was then relieved to find that the crew was safely off the ship before it saw its demise. T'Lar spoke under her breath, "Good job Alex, good job."
Andrew watched from the second tactical station. "That's not good, but now the attack ships are gone we can all concentrate on the battleship. Swing around again, but keep us out of range until we are ready to attack again. R'nard are those torpedoes ready?"
"All is rready, sirr." said R'nard.
Pegasus, Bridge
Bremer sat back into the Command Chair. Coleman let out a breath as he walked up the ramp to the Engineering Station on the Bridge, M’Kota followed him up the ramp as she took a seat at Science Two. Ragen walked over to the Communications station beside Intel. K’Temoc took a seat in the Executive Officer’s chair, but he stared down at the deck. He’d never lost a command before…
“All right people, we have a Dominion Battleship to take down, let’s get back into the fight! Captain Harrison…fire!”
Alex turned back her attention to the viewscreen and laid a pattern of fire upon the Battleship.
Mike watched the Pegasus’s quantum torpedoes impacting on the Battleship’s shields. They were soon joined by quantum and photon torpedoes from the other ships, as well as phaser fire from all remaining vessels in the Task Force.
The Attack-Fighters were pressing their attack on the massive Battleship, but they were like gnats harassing an elephant.
“Pegasus to all ships.” Mike said over the comm, “Concentrate fire on the Battleship’s weapons and engines. If we can at least neutralize the ship, we can beam ground forces down to their Outpost.”
Mike closed the comm then tapped in a few commands on his left arm rest panel. Suddenly the Pegasus rocked from the impact of four Polaron Torpedoes fired by the Battleship.
"Shields are down to seventy percent sir." Reported Vortek from Strategic Ops.
“Alex, switch the canon back to beam mode. Let’s see if we can overload their forward shields with a concentrated barrage. Add in a salvo of Hellfire and Quantum torpedoes, maybe in concert we can breach those shields and take out their forward weapons.” Mike said to his trusted Tactical Officer as the Pegasus again shook from another hit.
Mike looked over at this brother. He knew how he felt to lose the ship he loved, he remember how he felt when the Pegasus-A was destroyed thirteen years ago…just after the end of the Dominion War. He patted K’Temoc on the shoulder.
“Don’t worry…there WILL be another Yorktown.”
K’Temoc looked up and flashed a smile before taking a deep breath. “Let’s kick some Jem Hadar ass.”
The Pegasus continued firing, heading straight for the Battleship.
Vid-Lotilija watched the sensor readings, she couldn't do but applying a bit of Electronic Countermeasures, making them harder to lock on. She was never good in combat measures and when applied everything she knew how to use, all Vid-Lotilija could do was observe the situation. Seeing Yorktown damaged made her shudder, she maybe just met Coleman, but he was El-Aurian and she cared. Then of a sudden she noticed it, Saratoga was firing to the most unusual place on a big Battleship, she had to check why. After some scanning, it was obvious they knew what they are doing. When she raised her head she saw new people beamed aboard, seeing Jonathan brought a smile to her face. She winked to him when he passed her walking to the Engineering console, then turned to Bremer. "Sir." She said a bit louder than usual and waited his attention. "Saratoga, it seem they pinpointed a good point to attack. Maybe not a major system, but less protected one that may make a difference in a long run."
Bremer stood up and walked up the ramp and behind Vid-Lotilija. He looked at her sensor reads for a moment, then smiled. As he walked back down the ramp he tapped his comm-badge, "Pegasus to Sutherland. General, concentrate your fire at the same point as the Saratoga...looks like they are onto something."
Mike sat back in his seat, then opened another comm channel, "Pegasus to Defiant and Avenger, concentrate fire on the Battleship's warp and impulse engines."
Mike then looked back at Harrison, "Keep targeting their weapons arrays, we've got the disable them."
Mike watched four bright green Hellfire torpedoes burst from the Pegasus's forward launchers. They streaked in on the Battleship. The first hit the shields, but an instant before the other three hit the shields they successfully skipped past them and impacted directly against the ship's hull and destroyed one of the Battleship's torpedo launchers.
"Shields on the Battleship are down to twenty percent Admiral." Vortek reported.
Avenger, Bridge
"Ensign, you heard the Admiral. Lock all weapons on the engines and fire."
Phaser beams streamed from the Avenger and impacted the battleship's shields. After a moment the shields collapsed and the photon torpedoed punctured the hull of the battleship.
"Firing quantum torpedoes." K'Wor replied.
The moment of victory was short lived. The battleship retaliated with its own barrage. The Avenger pitched to the left. Ryan held on to his chair as did the other officers but some fell to the deck. Ryan heard the voice of the young officer at OPS that had replaced his fallen comrade.
"Shields down to 27%. We have lost inertial dampeners. Hull breach on deck 3. Force fields are in place and holding."
The lights on the bridge started dimming. Ryan punch a button on his armchair.
"Engineering, where is my power?"
Ryan heard commotion in the background and then a response.
"Sir, that last volley overloaded the Primary EPS conduits on deck 3. Main power is failing."
"Lieutenant, charge the backup generators to 110% and direct that power to the defensive systems. Seal off that part of the power grid and divert power from axillary systems to compensate."
Ryan knew they could not hold main power for long, but just a few more minutes is all they needed.
"Sir, I will have to take the forward phaser array offline. The generat...."
Ryan interrupted.
"Understood. Just do it Lieutenant."
Ryan turned to his tactical officer.
"Looks like all we have are the torpedoes."
K'Wor let out a breath, "Locking onto the same coordinates that the Essex is targeting, maybe together we can punch through....quantum torpedoes away...but Sir we're down to just ten quantum torpedoes and sixty photons. If we can keep our tail toward the Battleship I can use the aft phasers so we don't exhaust our torpedoes as quickly."
Essex, Bridge
T'Lar smiled as she noticed that the Avenger had joined their fight against the Battleship. Hopefully, it would be enough to bring the Battleship down.
The Essex wasn't walking away from this unscathed. The Battleship was lucky once in a while, hitting the Essex as well.
"Lt. Cmdr. Lokran, status report."
"Shields down to 85%. All weapons arre online and rrready to fire." R'nard trilled.
"Let's see if we can take down his shields." T'Lar saw the Sutherland also getting hit as well as hitting the Battleship.
Sutherland, Bridge
"Phasers are still online, shields are holding," the Tactical officer reported. He fired a volley towards the battleship, aiming for what looked like a power relay.
Tressa ducked instinctively as the ship took another head-on hit and the Tactical officer swore behind her. She left her chair and went to assist him.
"Captain, aft phaser targeting has been damaged," she said.
Pegasus, Bridge
The Bridge crew held tight as the ships shook from another hit. They had managed to take out another of the Battleship's torpedo launchers, but the big ship still has another eight that were still working...
Mike watched the screen as the Defiant streaked into point blank range and strafed the underside of the Battleship.
"Admiral, the Defiant just took out the Battleship's primary sensor array, they're blind!" Ensign David Lee reported from the Intel position.
The Battleship started firing wildly. With it's sensors out, it couldn't see or lock its weapons onto anything.
Then, he saw the lights on the Battleship flicker as the Sutherland and Saratoga suddenly turn away and a massive explosion erupt from the underside of the massive ship. At nearly the same instance, the Essex and Avenger also pulled back as the Battleship's port nacelle exploded!
"Sir, the Saratoga and Sutherland took out two of the Battleship's primary command and control systems. They've lost Bridge control of all Engineering systems, including engines! They also took out the battleship's primary ventral power distro hub! Avenger and Essex destroyed the Battleship's port nacelle!" Archer reported.
The Battleship continued it's turn to port as it burned from it's left nacelle and belly, unable to stop, as if a ship on the water had it's rudder jammed. A moment later it's weapons stopped firing too.
"Their shields are down...I'm picking up a chain of internal explosions across their power grid. Weapons, shields, communications, propulsion, all offline." Archer added.
"Pegasus to all ships, hold your fire." Bremer said over the comm.
The Federation ships and Attack-Fighters surrounded Battleship as it slowly came to a stop and started drifting.
OFF:
(I'll be sending out another JP later today...get ready for a surface battle!)
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