Slowly Vinyata could feel the S90 MAAT gunship levitate and rotate toward the opening of the hangar bay. All the troop bays of the 70 S90’s were fully loaded with platoons of the Serpent legion and their advanced weaponry. As the S90’s flew out of the hangar bay and into the void of space toward the erupting battle whole flights of Taral Fighters, and Galaxy Bombers exited the hangar bay also and formed up into their respective squadron formations. 60 Taral Fighters and 40 Aleph fighters formed up in escort squadrons around the flight of S90’s carrying their invaluable space marines. The rest of the Vortex’s Galaxy bombers formed into squadrons along with the rest of the Vortex’s Taral fighters for escort. The massive wave of Imperial fighters, bombers and gunships turned and headed in unison toward the Mandalorian fleet.
Vinyata detached her datapad from her utility belt and inputted data on several keys. A display showing all the Mandalorian and Sith Fleets appeared, as well as the recently arrived Republic fleet, no doubt coming fresh of the operations on Dac. With her pointer finger she double-tapped the display and zoomed in on the flight of gunships and escorting Taral and Aleph fighters. On the datapad display was a plotted course the starfighters of the Vortex would take to get to the Mandalorian Alpha-Core formation. The target of the boarding party was no small undertaking. They were about to board an Ash’amur class Star Destroyer, which came equipped with lethal anti-ship armaments, if it had less-than adequate AA encampments. This was the Mandalorian command ship, at least from Vinyata’s collected data.
Shockwaves rocked the gunship as the flight wing started to fly through the battle erupting around the Mandalorian fleet. Although she couldn’t see it, Vinyata could sense Star Destroyers engaging in long-ranged broadside duels and fighter squadron’s dash in and around each other as they vied for superior positioning. Due to the properties of space, Vinyata couldn’t hear the battle, but she reached out through the force and could hear and sense the destruction and aggression such a high-stakes battle in an unforgiving environment breed. The chaos of the battle fueled her, she channeled the havoc through her and started to draw on its strength, preparing herself for the upcoming battle she was about to fight. Around her, the legionaries in their sleek black combat armor decaled with purple serpents stoically refused to move a muscle as the gunship executed evasive maneuvers. Looking at her tactical display, Vinyata could see the flight wing approaching closer and closer to the Mandalorian command ship. Gazing out through a small pep-hole, Vinyata could see the various Mandalorian cruisers exchanging fire with the Sith fleet, and the Republic fleet split up into several different formations and move to engage the embattled Sith fleet. The fast and maneuverable Taral and Aleph fighters dueled with the Mandalorian interceptors sent to engage the flight wing of the S90 gunships. She could see an Aleph unload a cascade of luminous green lasers that stuck home on a Mandalorian interceptor. The lasers ripped shards of metal off the interceptor, heated the metal into slag, and registered a hit on the interceptors engine. The ensuing reaction blew up the interceptor into larges chunks of the once-grand interceptor and large pieces of shrapnel. In less than barley a second, the explosion occurred and quickly receded, lacking oxygen to sustain itself.
“Approaching gravity well of Mandalorian command ship.” She could hear the pilot tell her over her comlink. Vinyata put her datapad away in her personalized vacuum-sealed Sith armor, engraved with red inscriptions of ancient Sith symbols. Reacting to the news, she could see the legionaries around her ready their weapons, Vinyata herself brought her saberstaff to rest in the palm of her hand.
Flak from the command ship rocked the S90 as the PD cannons sent up furious barrages of lasers and ammunition. Out the pep-hole Vinyata saw a Taral fighter and S90 shot apart by the ensuing flak. In her tactical display in her visor she could see Mandalorian fighters scramble to intercept the oncoming boarding party. However, the superior fighter cover that the Taral and Aleph fighters had provided had not wavered and quickly moved to engage the outnumbered Mandalorian fighters. An escorting Komrk cruiser also dispatched its squadrons and opened up its own AA cannons on the fast approaching boarding party. Galaxy bombers then dove and began their attack runs. EMP bombs, concussion warheads, missiles all laced the command ship, shutting down turrets, and leaving scarring explosions all across the command ship. The bombing run was terribly effective, even though the Galaxy bombers suffered substantial casualties, they managed to empty their deadly payloads all across the surface of the command ship, knocking out turrets, installations, and shutting down the PD cannons.
Vinyata pulled her eyes away from the epic battle going on when she heard the pilot call out over the com: “Deploying in ten seconds.” The platoon of legionaries unstrapped themselves and prepared to rush out the troop bay. Vinyata deliberately stood up and positioned herself in front of the platoon, Commander Jeran standing close by her right side. Inhaling one last breath, Vinyata let the chaos and darkness of the battle give her strength.
“All right men let’s move!” Jeran shouted.
The door to the air-sealed troop bay opened, revealing the scarred surface of the command ship below. Vinyata and her legionaries deployed their jetpacks, specifically designed to operate in the hazards of a vacuum and rocketed out of the troop bay, the platoon propelling themselves toward the surface of the command ship. Taking a quick glance around, Vinyata could see the other gunships deploying their respective platoons. Vinyata’s magnetized boots lached onto the durasteel of the command ship as she summoned the force and hurled a sphere of purple dark-side energy straight at a turret. The turret blew apart in a luminous purple explosion of energy, and the troops of the Serpent Legion started to cut and blow holes in the command ship as their points of entry. It wasn’t the pretties boarding, but the legionaries were operating with the utmost efficiency.
Vinyata used the force to blast a hole in the durasteel. Activating her saberstaff, she lead her legionaries into the corridors of the command ship.
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