Public The hunt Begins [closed/ finished]

[Laphisto]

Location: the M'haeli

Objective: Destroy the Dusate Pirates in the system and capture the old Mining facility


Aboard the Highlander, Laphisto stood at the head of the halo map, a projection of the planet on display with several holographic ships surrounding a single station. Around the table stood Owen Gisk [ on hologram] Zach Harrasaf [ on hologram] Dravin macovish [ on halo Gram] as well as Tia Tivor [ on hologram]

"The Dusate Pirates had controlled the M'haeli System since the system's previous government fell. The local defense force could not return to the constant onslaught of pirate raids and attacks until they eventually faltered and fell under the Pirate's control. The Dusate pirates have used the old mining facility on the planet to fund their operation by selling the precious metals and using civilian slave labor to man the mines. The local populace in the area has been subjugated. So bear in mind when you make landfall, we are here for the Pirates, not the civilians. Be mind full of their presence and make sure they are not caught in the crossfire." Laphisto looked over at the Blurry faces of the holograms. His vision always failed him when it came to nonsentient objects. Grabbing the bridge of his nose, he groaned softly before shaking his head and pointing back to the hologram.

" Our scouts detected roughly twenty-five small attack craft identified as Starhammer-series Attack Corvettes, outdated designs that should be able to be dealt with quickly enough. They shouldn't be a problem for our fleet if we are precise. The next class of ship is five medium-sized Corvette which we identified as a Martan-series Carrier Corvette. Expect this ship to stay in the rear but attacking with a full complement of Zerek Zenith-series Multi-Role Starfighters." pulling up the hologram of the ship, laphisto pointed out the large hanger bay near the ship's engines" We have discovered this structural weakness in the ship's design. Much of the ship's internals have been hallowed to support its large starfighter complement. But our main threat will be this large Frigate identified as the Terrik-series Attack Frigate." pulling the ship up on the hologram Laphsto ran his finger along the length of the ship, " scouts have found three of this ship class in the system. The slender design makes his ship hard to hit, and the multiple weapon mounts leave no blind spots to take advantage of."

Pulling up the fourth and final hologram bringing an XQQ-5 series Outpost Platform into view," This is the station and our main target either through capture or its destruction. The station has little to no means of movement save for small directional thrusters. The station has advanced sensors that can detect a single basilisk fighter even on the system's edge, so we will be detected the moment we jump into the system. So expect them to come charging at us when we drop out of hyperspace. Any questions?" Laphisto crossed his arms over his chest, looking between the holograms thoroughly.

 

[Zach Harrasaf]

"Right so with the invasion force on the forray's of my fleet you ought to tell your men that there gotta be in for a rough rough ride"

He chuckled at the fact that all the lives of soldiers were on his ships

 

[Dravin macovish]

*Dravin listened to the briefing frowning at the odds they were up against sitting in his brand new Basilisk starfighter. leading his new better trained squadron responding to his commander as they spoke " copy that sir, the Dragon eyes are standing by and ready to engage"

 

[Laphisto]

"The Hammerheads and Drak'iv Frigates must cover the Forray's advance. The ships are faster and more capable of blockade-running straight to the planet below. The Aranov and Highlander have been Designated as the ground landing party. Ensure those two ships get to the planet's surface without trouble, so we will only have six forrays for the initial assault. Owen will be taking command of the fleet with Zach as his second. Ill be joining the ground team in the Initial Invasion."

As the ships exited hyperspace, the enemy began to descend upon the fleet, closing the 2km distance as quickly as they could, the Carriers launching their fighters lurching forwards towards the Lilaste fleet—the 25 attack corvettes behind them. Owen got on the comms immediately, beginning to give orders. [enemies arrive in 5 turns if the fleet doesn't move forwards]

" All foray vessels create a wedge around the Aronov and Highlander create a buffer push. To the left of the system and remain out of that station firing range. Once you make landfall, return to your stations" Owen stood aboard the Furious, a Drak'iv class Assault frigate that he was using for his personal command ship[ Forrays out of commission for six turns]

 

[Dravin macovish]

exiting hyperspace always made him feel a little sick, shaking his head Dravin groaned in a bit of space sickness before regaining his composure, looking over and watching the Corvettes rush off. looking ahead Dravin saw the massive swarm of star fighters. they nearly doubled his own numbers. and if he was quick he could hit the swarm before it made it to the main fleet. radioing in to his starfighters Dravin gave the order " alright Dragons eye, all fighters forwards catch that swarm before it hits the main force!"

 

[Zach Harrasaf]

(Lmao turn order i shoulda gone first)

He comms over to the Furious

"Owen Sir! I recommend that we split our forces so that we can command the ships to the of our best ability!"

 

[Laphisto]

Owen stood on his bridge, gripping his chin softly before hearing Admiral Zachs communicating, thinking for a moment before replying, "That's not a bad idea. Take half of what ships we currently have, push your ships right and high, and ill go left and low. We will create a crossfire with little to no risk of accidentally hitting each other's ships. I recommend keeping your shield popper frigate in the rear, we will need those ships for the station."

As Dravins starfighters rushed into the oncoming swarm, the enemy fighters began to attack the much stronger-defended but slower Basalisk fighters the initial swarm scores some hits but the Basalisk fighters came out unharmed


[hit chance is 14 for Basalisk 10 for enemy fighters]

[1/6 turns for forrays return]

[2/5 till striker corvettes arrive in the fight]

 

[Dravin macovish]

oh shoot sorry!) Dravin grunts opening fire on the enemy pulling off to one side and trying to give chase to the much faster fighters grumbling to himself as he cant seem to keep an accurate target lock due to the speed of the enemy attack craft. " drats, i cant get a target lock they are to fast!"

 

[Zach Harrasaf]

He comms over to Dravin

"Dravin! If you start losing too many fighters pull back!"

 

[Laphisto]

With the fleets moving forwards, Owen pushed his shits down to the bottom of the fighter swarm. The Hammerhead Frigates got in range to open fire on the fighters " Zach, move your fleet into position and aid our fighter Craft."

As Owens's two Hammerhead ships closed the gap, the ships began opening fire on the fighters, the automated targeting systems reading friendly and enemy IFF tags. the turrets began to fire but were still to far out of range to score any hits on the enemy strike craft

With the fleets moving and closing the gap, the enemy fleet will arrive next turn.

Forrays return in 3/6 turns.

As the Aronov and Highlander breach the atmosphere of the Planet, the two corvettes drop open their hatches, dropping off the troops and Prototype AT-AS walkers. Once on the ground, Laphisto would rally the troops " alright, men, move forwards, LT Lubara, take half of the regiment and the AT-AS walkers and charge through the front. Ill take the other half of our troops and push through the side tunnel in the Mine with luck you can draw the enemy out to the front, and we can sneak up behind them." with that, the ground team began to mobilize.

 

[Dravin macovish]

with Owens fleet coming to assist him Dravin began to try and attack any of the distracted craft dodging fire from the Hammerhead ships. still unable to score any hits due to the higher speeds and maneuverability of the enemy ships.

 

[Dravin macovish]

forgot to roll!

 

[Zach Harrasaf]

He responds to the com from Owen

"Understood sir, we are on our way to assist our fighters"

He orders his ships to advance and aim the AA guns at the enemy fighters

As his AA rains down on the enemy fighter's his ships score a total of 16 enemy confirmed fighter kills

 

[Laphisto]

With the main force rushing to the front of the enemy encampment, the AT-AS walkers began to rain fire on the enemy encampment the LO-35R rotary cannon from all five walkers hit at the entrenched enemies.

Meanwhile, Laphisto would push into the Mine, carefully walking through the side entrance with the other half of the small attack force


as the Strike Craft decent onto the battlefield, they began to open fire with only eleven of the 25 ships scoring hits [ rolled on google]

The ships focusing fire on one ship, striking the hull of one of Owens Hammerhead Frigates the advanced shields rippling and coming close to buckling. all of Owens's ships return fire with their own giving the command on the comms" all ships open fire!"

The hammerhead that was struck begins to return fire first, all of its weapons targeting one ship and then switching to the next target once it was destroyed. the first hammerhead Destroying one of the small corvettes. and severely wounding the other

the second hammerhead begins to open fire on the smaller ships finishing off the weakened ship and wounding a third.

the Drak'iv Frigate opens fire killing the wounded ship and finishing off another. [ 21 Strike corvettes remain]

forays return in 4/6 turns]

the enemy fighters attempt to destroy the Basalisk fighters

 

[Dravin macovish]

Dravin begins to open fire on the enemy ships once again giving a celebration as his squadron killed nine of the enemy fighters.

 

[Zach Harrasaf]

He orders his Drak'iv Shield popper named the Poseidon to aim at the enemy Starhammer corvette's

"Poseidon Aim for those enemy corvettes!"

He instructs for every available AA weapon to aim at the enemy fighters and take them down

The AA that came from the Hammerheads took out a total of 28 enemy starfighters, while the Poseidon strikes six enemy corvette's and destroys their shields.

 

[Berro]

As laphisto's forces would push into the mine he would soon sense a strange presence that would be very prominent within the air. The air wasn't malicious, but it was a welcoming feeling, a feeling of familiarity oozing from a strange Falicity that was tucked away in the mine. perhaps it was abandoned but only time could tell if laphostio choose to peruse the strange air.

 

[Peylin]

Now Peylin has never believed for a moment in her entire pathetic life, that she was ever intelligent. She can learn, yes, some things she learns quicker than others like her Force Shroud ability, but anything that requires more academic study, she's always been terrible at. Math is a bane of her existence, she thought she wouldn't need it but then her damn navigational computer bugged her, and had to attempt to do the whole damn thing by hand. Fortunately, her datapad helped crunch those numbers quicker than if she did it by mind alone, but it still took two hours of sobbing and begging her stupid nav-computer to come on.

And then she finally finished. She felt victorious. She carefully typed in the coordinates manually, and off she "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!"

She hyperspaced herself right into a firefight. Agile fighters dogfighting, turbo lasers, and missiles going flying everywhere. She could barely keep up as she went into rudimentary and amateurish evasive maneuvers. Spinning, was a neat trick, right?!?!

 

[Laphisto]

laphisto paused in his tracks, looking around and letting the force flick over his vision seeking out the strange presence " Sargent take the men forwards into the mine. I'm going to investigate something. Ill meet up with you all soon. You know the mission, come up behind the enemy and flank them into death or surrender" pushing himself into the mine laphisto would look around at the walls using the force as his guide following the strange yet familiar feeling.

Meanwhile, in the fighting above, the ships continued their fighting. The Starhammer corvettes opened fire on the Hammerhead once again, swarming the much larger ship, the small craft replenishing the rest of the Hammerhead's shields and doing minor damage to the ship's hull.

The hammerhead that was under attack began to return fire on the small corvette ships destroying three of the unshielded ships.

the second Hammerhead firing and Destroying two more of the unshielded ships

The shield popper Frigate opens fire upon the small ships disabling four of the ship's shields.

as the last Drak'iv assault Frigate starts to fire, a few volleys go off before unknown ship hyperspace in the middle of the conflict. Owen calls for his ship to hold fire. " hold fire! And hail that ships immediately!" Owen would franticly watch the ship, hoping a few of the shots they launched didn't hit teh innocent bystander. The Drak'iv Frigate hails the unknown ship, thankful all of their shots missed

13/20 Enemy starfighter squadrons left]

forrays return 5/6]

16/ 25 star hammers left]

 

[Dravin macovish]

dravin is focused on the fight not seeing the unknown ship entering the combat zone focused on killing the enemy fighters " now thats what im talking about!" Dravin rubs the ships nav computer " no more old relics for me!"