when we reach there....

 Admiral Lana Richards Looked out of the   Widows at the Top of the  Upper's Hanger. They  managed to squeeze  in half of the lower's   fighters..before the   Lower Hanger De was over run..even now..pockets of  ESN  and SEC troopers   were fighting hit and run battles ..

 sometimes, even blowing up a fighter or powercells, to prevent  the HUmaniod Creshians  from  manning them... even at thay.. some  30  fighters  from the lower  were captured and  flown off the  station.

  Enemies in  captured ESN fighters.... The Creshians were smarter then they looked.

  from the  window  she could see weapons  fire on the Hull.. a parasite  shuttle  Blew up, taking a few yards of  plating with it.. as the ESN troopers  moved to the  Next  parasite.

   Admiral Richards second in command approached, saluted    and waited.

   ..What is it Fred?

 Captain Fred Moone  looked at his Vid Board.... Ma'am,.. the lowers is a mess... they  have already started  Breeding   chambers ins some of the warehouses  and   factories...

  ..The Uppers  is  in a balence.. but the Damn UEs  are all over the place.. for every 100 we  kill we lose someone..The Bugs  can afford it.. we can't...

 ...and the Stem? she  asked her hands  clasped behind her.

 .. They are holding thier own.. a few of the Docks are being used  to  get Civies off station to the   ESN  Snow  Bird  and Cowbird...  The. folks down there  are tearing up the Bugs.. they  have Traps that   stop  UE  swarms... but?.. we have to  keep feedign them  Power cells and ammo  to keep it up... There is very little   traffic now... only those  few  who make it to an air car or something and try to ehad to the Uppers or Lowers.... smart folks are landing  in the Stem.. some  are goign to the step to join the fight..

 .. You know.... The ESN and the APF can't allow   a Station to fall into enemy hands...

 ..you think they will blow us up? he half stated...half  asked.

 Imagine..  all the breeders they can have... and the ....food..they can have...  and how fast they will  be putting troops..even if only UEs...into battle...They can't let place stand... if the Bugs take  Complete  control

 ..any news.. is the Delta  Fleet coming?

 ... I have know  Oliver for a very long  Time. Between  me and Sevente, we should have hand  these quads locked down...we both failed.. for differant  reasons..but that doesn't  matter to some  woman who's pumping out  creshian eggs.. or  some kid that's being tore  apart as Some   creshian offcier's snack...

   Moone  flinched  at the  words.

  ...  The Delta Fleet is Coming,  Fred. And as the saying goes... the 9 hells  are coming him.... let's hope   he decides it better to try to take  Matterhorn back... then it is to blow it up..

   The Corvette cruised  on almost no power....its  two fighters sat on the back..powered down, but  ready to take off if needs  be.

  The Hanger Dec was dark.. only Blueish head lamps showed the movement by the Crew.

  Every   30 Minutes  a buoy  was   swung out    into the Black... just a  tiny blinking light to show it was there.

   around the Bottom was a chalk drawing of  'Killroy was here" from WWII .  the   saying was replaced with. " Hack was here"

  Sarah sat in the command Chair.. she   waited.. the wiring intense....

  ...5 more minutes.. the last one is out, Skipper....

  ..Thank you...COMs  as soon as the last one is out... send the  message to  LT Morrow...

   with the orders  received..Matterhorn's , Fighters   turned inward.. to start scraping off  parasites.. and   trying to shoot down  new ones.

   now and then, a fighter would get  lucky, as a  fresh Parasite  ling
ked up with one that was in positions so it  could  funnel more UEs into the station.. the resulting explosion  would send Bugs  and   metals  spinning through the air..with the shells of the UEs bursting after a moment or two....

 The creshains and largrans began to shift foucs to these attacking on the Hull of the station..

 the few Cap ships that were  freed up tried to counter them.

 That's  when Moone said,..Admiral?  we have the Alpha Fleet on the screens, they are just about to make contact with the fringe  ships...but?  we do not see the  Delta Fleet?

 Richards   Moved to the screens  and Looked,..Delta Fleet is out there.. Fred.... but why we don't know where?.. is beyond me?

 ..Hack  could be suing the Alpha's to distract the  Bugs and Lizards while he goes to Anzio space?

Richards pushed her  hair back with one hand, then stood up to look out the   windows,..that would be a damn good  Idea, Fred... keep the Bugs and Lizards busy here?..either way?.. we have orders.... and we'll carry them out... if  nothing else, we'll stem the flow of bugs into our house...

  Hearing  Hack's voice  over the COMs. Richards looks at Moone,...he's out there , Fred.... and they'er  coming.... lets make sure they have something left to save

 Moone was watching thier  screens..the Alpha fleet has been engaged...

  She watched   sevente take a pounding.. two of his newest ships were  goen.., just more floating debris , in what has becaome to be know as  The Field.

 The  Wolfheart  limped , Just    even with the midsection of the Uppers... she was still firing Guns, and  her  figthers  tried to protect her..

 Moone  came over  with a  vid report,..all of the creshians   reserve ships have left the Quad... we assume they are heading to  Anzio from the back?

 Riachrds  nodded as she leaned on the window seal,.. Hack?.. that bastard?... He's  fooled everyone.. all of us.... we didn't think he was coming.. his orders  made it  look as though we were hunkering down... and that Sevente's fleet was... his  fleet... But where the  9 hells is the Delta  Fleet!

 a  COM Tech pointed  out the  window of the Control room........THERE!....  Riachards  and Moone  ran across the  wide  space to  the  7:00 window as  saw the   wave of Cap ships, destroyers.. and ominous  shapes of Transport Basses... off in the distance where the lights of   the  supply ships , medtechs and so on..

 Not one of the   delta vessels had lights on... save for the lights  from thier Hanger  Decs... the starboard sides  of the CAp ships  faced the MAtterhorn..... sooner or later the   dying   Empire ships would be missed... but until then.. everyone that died.. was one less to attack.

 Richards smiled, and Pounded the   console ,send out orders  for all Gamma ships  to   pull back from The Field.. protect themselves  and  the station while we clean off the parasites..... that may help draw  more attention away from  the Delta fleet.. without going against orders...

  The Captain COMed the MAtterhorn.

  Captain Milkstone, of the Yellow Star Transport Company to  Matterhorn.... we are coming from Nivar and the Greenmoon Colonies? We have... some  Bug removal Supplies  we need to deliver....They..um.. how shall i say this?... work very well with the   Ape  folk from the Delta Colonies?... But  I will send a coded  picture of  what they lok like, so Gamma  folks don't  think  they are the  wrong sort... also?.. One tranpsot Of  Nivairans here to...help unload... the supplies  and , follow then  to thier destinations... if you understand?

 It was  Quiet for a Bit, Richards  came on the COM,...we do not see you.....

 Ahhh, Madame ? You will if you but open your eyes.... we are part of the Delta Fleet supply chain?... so.....we ..um... travel much as they do....We request docking on the back side of The Matterhorn, so we can get the Supplies unloaded, without  nosey neighbors  watching...hmmmm?

 again, there was  quiet,..Alright/.... My spotters  confirm your   Approach... Lighting up  4 docking  arms  rather then one, so you may unlaod faster.... See  Captain  Polk of th eMatterhorn MArines.. he'll tell you  the best place to send the...'supplies'.. Take Note.. transport/bases are landing on the Uppers, and the Ape-folk are  using Parasite holes to  pour into the ship... it would be a good thing.. to  tell them  you are here...

 Milkstone  said  to Joe Mac,..Right then?.. go gather  you multilegged heroes..... off you go...

........................

 Richards shook her  head as she walked   from the  backside  windows, to the windows  facing  The Field.

 ..Something  Wrong?

 ..Something wrong?.... whatever could be  wrong, Moone?... I have a debri field  some  100,000 miles long  and wide.. in front of my Station... i got  hundreds of thousands  of Buts..IN..my station...

 Her arm Point  to the  1:00  area of the windows,..I have a crippled   fleet of my own.... I have a cripped fleet..over there.. from a Station who did not send me aid when i asked.... I have the Biggest, gods-be-damned Fleet in history pouring of the  Debris field.... now?>. I have  some transports  comign with a whole new set of bugs.. to come kill the bugs  already have...

 she points at a TransportBAse that has the MArkings of The delta colonies... Apefolks of all three types were pouring out  and  Hopping into the  jagged edges of the   destroyed  parasite. all around the  scene was the same..

 ...SO ! of course nothing is wrong!

  Moone  tried  not to smile... too much,... we do not know how this  will  End, Admiral?.. but we have  more then a chance now... then we did  5 hours ago..

 there was  a sickening  yelp from one of the COM  techs...

 now what!

 The Ape Folk , Admiral Richards?... some of them are  eating  bits of UEs as they move pass them...

 She  snorted,..yeah?... wait until you see what's in the transports......

Unless he has been granted a ride, Joseph has had one heck of a time keeping up with the Naragran.  Mass assault is not a strong point for Joseph though he has marksman skills with his pistols and can make his sabre and dirk dance nicely.  It seems having two hands on the same weapon is difficult for him and affects his accuracy horribly.

   His strength [beyond music] was in bringing communications together and seeing patterns in his environment.  As the Naragrans approached the local marines he sent out a blanket com, "Hello gentlemen, we hope you don't mind a little help from the Navar moon.  Since you couldn't drop by and visit our beautiful jungles, we thought we would kindly bring the jungles to you."  He grins a little evilly and signals over the data boards "Let's show these bugs what a real exoskelleton can do."

   With Beth's permission he cranks som music over the coms, especially loud on enemy channels. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-9IU6XVgmM

 As the Music  plays  through  the MAtterhorn COMs.. the ape folks  are  beginning to take a  Toll on the Bugs.   the  almost complete like of ferar, and the  training  given to them by the ESN.. the Ape folks are even more cruel  and ruthless to thier  enemies , then the  Demons

   Shells   cracked  with stops of  Boots.. Humanoids who closed  in for HAnd to HAnd, have Limbs ripped off and are left to  die screaming, as the  angry..vengeful ape  folk move through the passage way.

......

   Joe MAc  manages to hand on to the   Naragran that has the battered helmet webbed to it s  BAck..

  The Naragrans  scuttle fast.. almost amazingly fast on the solid e  Decs..  Spindle  claws grabbing of  stabbing    creatures..

 More then One 'yaste  test  some of the  UEs  and   Humaniods..UEs  have a problem swarming the NAragrans  as thier    spider-crab like legs    pierce some of  UEs,  while they  shake off others....  There are sprays of  webbing  that Mire  HUmanoids  and leave the  to be finished off  By HUman troopers....


  Meanwhile  Matterhorn  MArines  and SEC  floow the  NAragrans  and  Ape folks firing grenades into masses  of UEs   and  use   automatic weapons to  chew up  flanking  elements

 Polk had Given Joe Mac a 'ill fitting" hemet so he could here the MAtterhorn COM chatter.

 ..THis is still gonna take a while... but, its  moving   alot damn better then before... and  as the  parasites are destroyed, the Bugs  are having trouble bringing in fresh...

 Richards Voice  was stern,we'll have out hands  full...   once we manage the  Uppers , we'll have to Link up with those on the  Stem.. then push through to the Lowers...This won't be  done over night...