Once More Into The Breach

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Once More Into The Breach

 

Pilots Log: Angelis,John,A. Lt.jg., Acting CAG,U.S.S. Reaent

 

Computer begin pilots log...the soft beep signaled the recording was active. The group has been deployed into a defensive posture around the Reaent. All fighters have reengaged their holo emitters to assume the physical appearance of small asteroid bits floating around the ship.

 

The order to go weapons hot has been given in absence of orders from the bridge and to protect the ship at all cost.My second Mr.Nansk had apparently gotten the same idea as I had...we may prove more valuable and possibly survive this with limited losses taking up the disguise again instead of a fighter group awaiting to engage the enemy.

 

The Reaent had been dark,possibly some kind of power failure, I had attempted to contact her with no success to inform them of the rapidly closing Valdore class war birds at extreme sensor range. The scouts sent out from Alpha and Bravo squadrons had confirmed this.The Valdore class indeed...well it could have been worse,There could have been more than just the two of them closing on our position.

 

Sitting waiting for the ships to close I still have doubts they may be the only ones on their way, There could always be cloaked ships following in their wake to back them up if things start getting heavy. The main thing we need to do is set perfectly still and monitor the situation...play possum as long as we can. The ships approaching will sooner or later show their hand.

 

The possibility we may make it through without a fight has occurred to me as well if the Reaent can be taken seriously as being damaged in some way,and with complete navigational systems,and propulsion as the Captain had originally mentioned in his initial briefing. The other side of that coin is not appealing though, The Romulans would be in all respects delighted to assist the ship by towing her to some Star Empire base and I am just as sure they would be benevolent in their actions towards the crew...yeah,right. I have read accounts from crews that managed to escape from Romulan captivity, They are not pleasant reading.

 

The heads up display is steadily indicating the twin Valdore class ships as they are approaching, I do not even need to pull up the fighters ship id class and tech information, I know full well what they are...they are designed for one mission and one mission only and that is as a hunter killer class ship. There are a few things in our favor though, They have no fighters and are a stand alone ship. The other possible tactical advantage we have is unless they are equipped with Borg lasers they should not be able to see through the groups holo imaging.

 

The nagging thought of additional Valdores being cloaked is still of concern..even that may be handled if done correctly,well either way if they so much as appear to power up their weapons against the Reaent we may have a little jack in the box surprise waiting on them if they do engage. The memory of my wife's last thoughts she had relayed to me as I had launched with the group are kept in mind as well.."Be careful Angel". I full well intend to be careful,however we will not hesitate to protect the ship if need be.

 

Watching the screen as well as the group deployed around me I cannot help but feel the tension of each and every pilot as they set collectively in their small protected environments waiting for the order to engage. The thought of our old CAG Zafira as well comes to mind and his constant training schedules...harsh yes,tiring yes, and his words come to mind as was always making it a point to drill it into our minds...let the other side die for their convictions, You need to survive and live for yours. Zafira would have been proud of this group right now.. each pilot a highly skilled and competent pilot,some new to be sure and perhaps their first trial by fire.

 

Looking over to where Mr.Nansk and Bravo are deployed I know Tabor will take care of his new wingman,and the new young addition to our group will survive if he stays close to Tabor and follows his orders. Well all we can do now is wait as the blips get closer and closer, Once more into the breach my friends...once more. Computer end log..the soft beep again acknowledged the computer ending the recording.