Into the Storm

Posted on Fri Aug 21st, 2020 @ 2:07pm by Commander Brig Sito & Lieutenant Avery Paxton III
Edited on on Mon Aug 24th, 2020 @ 3:11pm

Mission: The Avenger
Location: USS Wayfarer/USS Avenger/Small Craft
Timeline: MD-03, Concurrent with "Decoys"

:ON:

{USS Wayfarer - Shuttlebay}

Miles Abara was sitting in his Razor shuttle, just waiting for the word. He had seen action before, but it’s not something that comes along very often, and he’d definitely never seen action since he’d been stationed on the Wayfarer. She was a long range explorer, not a battleship, and as such most of their missions thus far had been more scientific in nature. Nonetheless, he was excited to get back in the saddle.

Kreannes sat in the second fighter on hotpad alert, itching to do...well, anything. She was absolutely bored out of her mind. She has tried for a true combat posting, and had even tried 'switching sides' and going to the Marines to fly. But no, she was stuck here. She watched as the Talon Scout launched into the black void, silently hoping that they would find something.

Anything.

She glanced once again at her wingman and activated the com. "Darkhorse Two to Darkhorse One. Hey, are they ever going to let us go out and play?"

“Hah, I wish. When’s the last time you heard of a long range explorer needing to deploy a razor shuttle?” Miles looked over at Kreannes. “Looks like your stick hand is gettin’ a little twitchy eh?” he laughed.

"Get with the times, Miles." Kreannes shot back. "Even the Nova Class carries a pair these day. Since the whole nasty affair with the Dominion, nobody is taking any chances." She checked her status board for the umpteenth time...Razor Fighters, while fun to fly, were getting a bit long in the tooth. But there wasn't room on these smaller ships for any of the cool fighters. "Maybe when we get the chance we can..."

{USS Wayfarer - Bridge}

“Sir, I’m reading two Romulan ships merging on our location!” Ensign Rizola called urgently from tactical.

"Red Alert!" The light changed from yellow to red and a new audible sounded. He quickly stood up and pulled down his tunic. “Bridge to transporter room one, status?" It had only been a few minutes since the operation had begun to beam the crew of the NX-09 over but Sito was trying to remain optimistic.

“We’re 80% done sir, we need about seven more minutes.” The transporter room chief quickly replied.

“You have five Chief! Sito to Combat Ops, get two more Razors out there and keep the Romulans distracted while we get remaining crew off of the Avenger, and put the third pair at combat readiness. Only engage if fired upon first"

Sito turned to Ensign Rizola, "as soon as the last man is aboard get those shields up!"

"Aye aye sir" she replied, growing in confidence.

{USS Wayfarer - Shuttlebay}

"TAC OPs, Darkhorse Flight. Launch immediately and set course to 241 Mark 2. Do not fire unless fired upon."

“Roger, Darkhorse Flight course set to 241 Mark 2, cleared for immediate launch, ROE set to do not fire unless fired upon.” Miles replied

“Looks like you’re getting your wish Kreannes. Let’s go! And do try to stay in one piece will you?” Miles said with a smirk as he hit the thruster and exited the shuttlebay.

"Alright Miles, lets get in there and take some heat off the Tangos." Kreannes already had weapons charged (just in case) and shields fully in place, set to a modulating frequency as they had been taught in school.

“Watch your six!” Miles warned Kreannes as one of the aft phaser banks from the Romulan warbird beat down on her aft shields.

“Darkhorse One to TAC OPs, we have engaged the enemy, going weapons hot.” Miles informed flight operations of the latest situation.

The shuttles engaged, weaving in and out. Performing a variety of immelmans, pitchbacks and kulbits in an attempt to keep the Romulans busy long enough to finish the crew transport from the Avenger to the Wayfarer.

{USS Wayfarer - Bridge}

=/\= Transporter room one to bridge, the transport is complete Commander. Everyone is aboard =/\= The transporter chief reported to the XO.

“Understood Chief, good work. Ensign Rizola, shields up!" The XO called with a quick reply. “Combat ops, bring those razors in, we’ll be looking to get out of Dodge pretty quickly".

=/\= Dodge sir? =/\=

{USS Wayfarer - Shuttlebay}

"TAC OPs, Darkhorse Flight, Tango Flight. Disengage and return to base immediately.”

“Roger, Darkhorse Flight disengaging and returning to base.” Miles replied.

“Well it didn’t last too long, but at least it was something! Last one back buys the first round.” He said over the com to Kreannes and he turned his shuttle around and oriented her straight for the Wayfarers shuttle bay.

Kreannes was too busy staring at the pair of fighters ahead of them from Tango Flight. Both fighters showed visible damage from the short battle. Suddenly peace and quiet seemed much more appealing.

:OFF:
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Kreannes
Razor Pilot, Darkhorse 2
Played by Rosaleen O'Donnell
USS Wayfarer

Commander Brig Sito
Executive Officer
USS Wayfarer