Faction Chissing In Action

[Ira Sarrin]

Tags: Grand Shepherd Burtch | Willow & Ivy | Bishop Turner | Kalic Daws |

The once mighty warship Bellum Canis exited hyperspace on the very edge of the system that held Damascus Station, the reason why it exited so far out was because of the massive battle damage the ship was suffering from and Ira could feel all of it. Massive rends in the ship's armour exposing dozens of decks to the cold vacuum of space which Ira had tried to seal off to the best of his abilities, the many corridors of Bellum Canis where littered with the bodies of friend and foe in some places reaching chest height and as a result leaving anyone wanting to move have to wade through a sea of gore. So many had died in the battle if Ira had to guess at least two thirds of the crew had been killed and the rest had been wounded in one way or another none the less Ira was proud of the crew they had made the unknown enemy pay in blood ten fold for each deck they took eventually driving the enemy off the ship.

"Lieutenant Dawson If you can try and hail the station, tell them we need all the help we can get" Ira said.

"Yes sir" replied the comms officer.

Sadly Ira had some sad news he wanted to deliver to the Prophets Willow & Ivy in person.

 

[Willow & Ivy]

Damascus Station was a marvel in it'd own right. Not only did it support the livelyhoods of a billion people, but it also supported the ships that looked after them, transported goods, and many were even "birthed" in the station itself. Shipbuilding was one of the station's greatest assets.

So when word had spread about Ira Sarrin being injured, the dry docks were quickly swarmed with members of the Navis Sacra flock and Keepers. Tools were grabbed and at the ready. Durasteel and beskar plating were ordered to be cut into size once the extent of the damage could be seen and measured.

Ira's crew were informed of the dry dock to fly to. One of the Keeper's dispatched word to the twins, whom were playing in the spring inside of the atrium in their bare feet at the time.

"Oh no! Ira is hurt?"

"Contact Kalic Daws and Bishop Turner . See if they can provide escort."

Whether or not he needed to be towed in, they weren't sure. No doubt no one really knew just yet.

Grand Shepherd Burtch

 

[Kalic Daws]

Kalic took a breath as he hopped into the cockpit of Starcrest, Jee not far behind in getting in the droid slot. The drives had already seemed fired up before the modified Y-Wing shot out of the hanger it had sat in.

"Do you think Ira is ok?"

"I don't know Starcrest. We'll have to see when we reach him." The Angel would continue on it's path, hoping to intercept the larger ships course.

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[Bishop Turner]

Bishop was already in Ironheart's cockpit by the time he got the call. The old pilot was working on the controls box where her throttle lay. With the cover off the inner gears were exposed. With a greasy rag he was wiping it down, being sure that all the gears were well oiled and would run smoothly.

~We are being called to duty, Bishop. Ira Sarrin is coming in wounded.~

"Then let's be sure he makes it in, shall we?" Bishop switched on his comms before dutifully replacing the cover on his gearbox. "This is Bishop Turner, reporting for duty. Ironheart will be in the air in two minutes. E.T.A. to our comrade in....5 minutes if all goes well. Bishop out."

With a couple of bangs from his fist, the cover was snapped into place. He then buckled himself into his seat as Ironheart began firing up her engines. "Do a sensor sweep and be sure that he wasn't followed in. If Kalic Daws is nearby, have him do a perimeter check."

~Understood, Bishop. Relaying your orders now.~

 

[Ira Sarrin]

Tags: Grand Shepherd Burtch | Willow & Ivy | Bishop Turner | Kalic Daws |

"DAMN IT ALL" Ira sore the entire ship shook with Ira's anger the starboard engine had exploded taking some of the precious few remaining crew members with it "Lieutenant Dawson I give you this order now and everyone must follow it. Abandon ship with the aid of the transports that we have and get them to the station I shall wait here to be towed with engines and the like off least the worst happen".

Lieutenant Dawson looked like she was tore between her duty to the captain and the ship and her faith to the Navis.

"Yes..yes my captain I shall do as you order" Dawson spoke with a pained voice.

While it saddened Ira for a moment he knew the order was necessary to save as many lives as possible for even he didn't know if he could stop the ship from blowing up if he kept straining its systems. Before shutting down almost everything Ira sent one last order to the station.

"This is captain Ira and I need to be towed home I've also released all my transports with all the remaining crew" Ira stated.

 

[Ira Sarrin]

Tags: Grand Shepherd Burtch | Willow & Ivy | Bishop Turner | Kalic Daws
POV: Yuuzhan Vong Captian

The Miid ro'ik tore into real space in roughly the same place Bellum Canis had appeared, and around 15 minutes behind as the ship's systems slowly woke up from the hyperspace jump it began picking up a great many contacts. The captain's eyes sped over the new information before him he saw where the prey had fled to and smiled to himself for he now had the honor of slaying two threats.

"Launch all Yorik-et, I want the abomination crippled and defenseless for the master to dissect" the captain ordered "Then we shall send our warriors onto the station along with the war slaves".

The captain gave a vicious looking grin if the warmaster Opersh Krul mission was indeed successful then hopefully the stations defenses should be compromised just enough that it wouldn't draw attention at least now straightaway, either way by then it would be too late for the infidels he was after the biggest prize in the system.

 

[Willow & Ivy]

Willow and Ivy were on their way to the dock where they expected Ira Sarrin to be brought in when they suddenly stopped in their tracks.

"There it is again..."

"Yes....but it's hard to....sort out."

"I know...We can't see them."

Ivy wrapped a protective arm around her sister's shoulder as she got them to continue their trek to the dock. "We can't. But the others can." The others that they had in mind were Kalic Daws , Bishop Turner and the other Navis that were headed out there to help Ira.

 

[Kalic Daws]

Starcrest seemed to react a bit as she got the order from Ironheart.

"Sounds like Bishop wants us to keep a watch on the perimet...." She stopped, as scanners picked up something big. The Angel wasn't sure what she was looking at really, quickly interfacing with Jee as both tried to make sense of the new vessel. "Kalic.... Do you know what that it?" Kalic stared blankly. He knew something was there, but....

"I don't see it. This is like.... Oh kark.... Vong. Get in touch with Ira, now!. He needs to haul tail!" Kalic would then quickly hit the comms, reporting back to the station. "We have a Vong ship out here! Even with Starcrest I'm not sure how well fighting this'll go for the Miraluka here!" He honestly had no clue what he was about to do. How he'd handle this. He was about to be fighting something he couldn't really see on his own. Definitely not encoraging.

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[Bishop Turner]

Ironheart picked up the Vong ship on her scanners at the same time that Starcrest did. Or at least it picked up something. But where the ship's sensors couldn't make it out, Bishop's eyes certainly saw the ship for what it was. "I thought they were long dead..."


~Bishop, multiple bogeys are exiting the enemy craft.~

"Copy that, Ironheart." Quickly he flicked his comms to the channel used by Kalic Daws . "This is Bishop Turner. We've got what looks like a Vong warship and fighters coming too close for comfort. I'll try to draw them away from Ira Sarrin , while you make sure he gets to the station. Reinforcements should be joining us shortly. Those are your orders. The Navis protects. Bishop out."

From the old stories that he knew, the Vong were an enemy that Force Users found difficult to fight. Hopefully in an Angel Kalic would fair better.

Bishop then turned his attention to the Vong warship and brought Ironheart about to intercept. "Time for a game of tag. Ironheart, keep the forward shields at max until they've taken the bait. Let's see what these Devils can do."

Grand Shepherd Burtch

 

[Ira Sarrin]

Tags: Grand Shepherd Burtch | Willow & Ivy | Bishop Turner | Kalic Daws | Gabriel Creed
POV: Ira Sarrin

A few things seemed to happen at once the first being a a storm of panicked radio chatter and the second Ira's own damaged sensors picking up a ship Ira had met not long ago. Seething in rage at the Yuuzhan Vong ship that had followed him both Ira and Bellum Canis let out a roar of anger that could be felt by every angel in the system.

Powering up all his available systems to the highest they could go Ira turned slowly towards the Yuuzhan Vong ship and began crawling towards it all the while opening fire with his last remaining L91 long-range quadruple barbette, he would have his vengeance he would not be defeated twice in the same day.

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POV: Yuuzhan Vong Captain

The infidels had finally noticed him good it just mean the gods were giving him a worthy test and he would leave none alive that faced him. As the wounded Bellum Canis opened fire on him the Captain smiled to himself wounded prey that fought back was always fun it mean he could play with his food. When the Yorik-et met the fighters coming at them they would begin the dance of death.

 

[Gabriel Creed]

Tags: Grand Shepherd Burtch | Willow & Ivy | Bishop Turner | Kalic Daws | Ira Sarrin

As the reports of a damaged Ira Sarrin came in Gabriel was already prepping Paladins to assist in the off chance Ira still had enemies aboard him, but when the red alert tore through the station at the arrival of the Yuuzhan Vong ship Gabriel knew his duty.

"Phobos gather the 1st company we are going to capture one of our guests" ordered Gabirel.

"As you command master it shall be done" Phobos responded "I've also taken the liberty of informing the Holy Prophets of your plan"

All through out the station all 100 Paladins of the first company began to converge on the hangers that held Gospel-Class Dropships and whoa betide anyone that got in the way. Having made it abroad like the rest of the company the dropships took off into the cold void.

"All friendlies be advised Paladins are inbound for the enemy warship" Gabriel spoke into the comms.

 

[Willow & Ivy]

Willow and Ivy had a sense of what was going on. Even moreso as Phobos relayed updates to them. The twins stood at one of the transparasteel windows that overlooked the battle arena far ahead of them. They couldn't make out the Vong ship so easily, but the lights from the engines of Bishop Turner and Kalic Daws ' were easily seen amongst the void of space. Especially as they moved.

Already the traffic control officers that guided the comings and goings of different craft were already diverting all traffic from the area, lest any innocent Angels become caught in the crossfire.

"It's hard to predict what we can't see, isn't it Willow?"

"Oh yes....it is. Just go with your feelings and what they tell you."

 

[Kalic Daws]

Kalic heard Bishop, honestly a bit surprised as he hit the comms.

"Bishop, I'm not exactly in practice for shooting something I can't see. And I might have Starcrest's sensors, but I didn't think about practicing trying to actually see through them."

"I'll be right here Kalic. Don't worry. At least I'll make sure we don't die." Kalic couldn't help but smile a bit before looking at around, using his implant to tap into the sesors and... for Force's sake this would tricky. He wasn't exactly sure how this would work on the fly, but he figured he could at least be more than dead weight.

"Ok Jee, keep control of the turret, and hit any Vong you see." The droid whistled as the Miraluka pilot turned to escort Ira back to the station.

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[Bishop Turner]

"Just do your best!" Bishop responded sternly. It wasn't meant to encourage Kalic Daws , but to get him to follow his orders. In war hesitations meant death and defeat.

Returning his focus to the battle ahead of him, Bishop pushed the throttle to increase Ironheart's speed. He opened fire at the incoming fighters, not directly aiming at them but moreso just splattering the airspace in front of him. Him and Ironheart were the bait and he couldn't wait to see how those fighter's moved.

And move they did.

Bishop didn't slow down in the game of chicken. Nor did he divert course. Instead he kept going, flying right towards the Vong warship until Ironheart almost glided along it's surface. The Vong fighters chased him as expected. "Ironheart, redirect the shields. We're going under."

~Understood Bishop. Redirecting now.~

He pushed on the joystick hard, putting the Ironheart into a sharp dive to the underside of the Warship and opened fire again. If the ship was indeed alive, Bishop hoped that it's belly was vulnerable.

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[Ira Sarrin]

Tags: Grand Shepherd Burtch | Willow & Ivy | Bishop Turner | Kalic Daws | Gabriel Creed
Pov: Yuuzhan Vong captain

As the fighters danced their dance of death in the cold void of space the massive Miid ro'ik crept closer almost seemingly ignoring the Bellum Canis as it fired upon them. The Captain was more focused on the incoming fighters and the drop-ships that where coming at speed the Captain wasn't worried for if the reports were right should the drop-ships land they would be filled with nothing more than so called holy knights and his warriors could easily kill them.

As Bishop Turner strafed the underside of the large ship dozens of point defense Yaret-Kor started to open up on the nimble fighter while not the most accurate the amount of fire would hopefully convince anyone from getting to close.

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Pov: Ira Sarrin

As Bellum Canis closer to the Yuuzhan Vong ship Ira was beside himself with rage that one of them had dared to follow him here, the closer he got the more damage he'ed be able to do even with the limited number he had left. As he fired the one L91 long-range quadruple barbette all the shots when wide missing entirely, he hoped that someone had a better plan than him and if his calculations where right hopefully his survivors would be landing in Damascus station now.