The  Tortugan Craft was drifting before  shutdown, the strange Vessel could barley be seen on the scans./

  Angela could not get a Grip of what it qwas...she  knew what it wasn't...it was not  a friend, or an enemy that she was aware of..and it was some 2000 miles  away

Angela looked up as the ship shut down with a scowl. "I didn't get a lock sir, apparently things weren't fully thought through here." She scolded as she stood from the seat. Then began to float just as the announcement was made the ships gravity had shut down. She shook here head bumping the ceiling  which she used to push off past the captains head. "Better hope someone brought us an extra power pack or we are dead in space." she whispered to the captain as she passed and floated out of the bridge. "Going to try a comms with the Hermes as soon as I make it to my room." She thought to herself pas she pushed off the wall of the hallway towards the crew quarters.

  The strange  ship  had  jumped  once more...nothing more then a Glimmer of light, among thousands of Glimmering lights.

 The Captain shrugged we  always have  extra  powerCells...but  we will reboot  these first..no use   wasting new ones...there is no hurry anymore...

  The Sanri and  Oucci ships went into  an Orbit that would  take them around the equator. not only did this put them Over   Bug City, but also gave them a good view of the planet as their  ships circled the globe.

  At the North Pole, the  ESN ships   spread out like an Umbrella, with  Ajax and the Hermes  skimming the Atmo as they readied to launch the ground asault

 The Skith and Tortugan fleets closed in on the South Pole...as the ships closed into  two Lines, they began Fire onto the Pole..Pulse  Weapons, Hard Ammo and Bombs. The Fighters from both fleets  droped down, Loking to take out  any traffic on the roads ..any ground  targets..and troops.

 The LAst Invasion of Astra, had begun.

Alexandria stood on the second tier bridge over her chair as she leaned on the railing, watching the rounds of each ship light up the southern pole of the planet. "Sector two and five, concentrate your fire over peninsula quadrant 0042." She said as she watch a thin line of 50 fighters break the atmosphere "Good luck fighters, Death or honor."

  This is Captain Wess , commanding the EVOL  units of the   Delta Fleet... When should we drop the troops....

 ..This is  CAptain MU of the Skith... they  slight  hiss in his voice was not , unlike the Voice of a LArgran, but smother, and easy to understand...My People are coing in fromthe  North...I must warn you...we do not do well in the Cold..but we wil do our best....We  will continue to Shell the   Mountain Until you give the signal...Ms Alexabdria , commanding the Tortugan Fleet Has Fighters  Coming down to cover you Planetside....either of us, are a COM  away...Good Luck, Captain Wess...

 Wess Let us Know  , Captain Alexandria, when we  may drop down...the shuttles  should be in rtange in 5 Minutes...

Alexandria nodded to herself as the comms came back through. "Alright, we are watching you closely." The map lit up on the screen before her, with various shapes dotting over the lined landscape. The transports were marked as blue triangles pointing to their destinations, one had two blue squares behind it indicating the mechs. Darting around the map were purple triangles indicating the Tortugan fighters. all foot solders of either side came through as red and blue circles clustered in various areas on the map. Each allied personnel had name indicator letting each ship know who was who.

"Alexandria to Star Raven, keep a tight formation, meet with the Skith and back them up. we cant afford to lose any more allies." Alexandria called to Angela with a bit of urgency in her voice.
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All five ravens flew in two at a time, leaving Angela to land soon after, she stayed out in the black encase of stragglers from the enemy who would try to fly after them. as soon as her bird was stationary, she climbed out and looked around at the hustling of the deck crew. she found a floorman and nodded to him. "Whats the story so far?" She turned to a deck mate after speaking.  "I want our birds rearmed, fueled and ready for another flight out."

seperation

  Hack sent the messages out to the Fleet, they would return to Fuji for  treits and repairs, as well as   shoreleave.

  the   Fleet spread out like  a Giant Bird...the Skith ships, the Tortugan Mercs, the Sanri and   Occui and of Course the ESN and EMS ships.

 not  to be lost were the  4 Angel  Destroyers that joined the fleet , 2 each from the 2 moons in the Paradise  system.

  they spread out , sending  some fighters  out as well...keeping eyes open  form enemy vessels...

   The Black Betty exits into the void and barrel rolls into a 4G turn toward the Hermes "Hermes, this is Swine-B, a private ship that is carrying a package from shadow requesting permission to approach and receive vector into the drop off point."

  There is  a moment of  silence, when an olderman's Voice comes on the COM,Capt. Morris here..please Proceed to the first set of  launch doors, they will been green lighted....thank you...

In reply to bo (msg # 70):

"Proceeding as directed."  Bo circles until he sees green lights and heads for said doors.

In reply to Bo-Jagger (msg # 71):

Once again, Bo flies his demon retrofit into the void. "Hermes, Swine-B coming in for my second drop off.  Request clearance to land."

  The  Dec Boss's voice comes on the  COM,Alright Swine B...head to the  first door, where you see the Blinking  Green....

In reply to B0 (msg # 73):

Bo brings Betty in as instructed

Launching once again from the Hermes, No switches the "training controls" on. He vectors into some fairly empty space. "The back controls are on line if you want to take the stick.  Careful, she's twitchy."

 Rivets  chuckles a bit.i duuno 'bout this..ain't flew since  i was 16 or so......

 the poor craft tilts  way one side..then way to the other side, before Rivets gets the 'feel'/..even then, they wobble just a bit, but he laughs,ain't never flew  in The Black Before...wait'll i tell Shadow!

 after a few more Minutes  he  sighs,Ok, Laddie I'm a thinking that's  all fer now..lets go see this sister of yours...

The ship is sound and weathers the inexperienced piloting without complaint.
   "Maybe you should get back in the habit." Bo says as he angles in toward a static gate,  "It might help you keep tabs on the way certain ships handle."

======>Fuji

In reply to Bo-Jagger (msg # 77):

Bo returns from his gear grab
  "Hermes, this is Bo-Jagger in the Black Betty, requesting permission to dock in my assigned storage bay."

  Aye, Black Betty,  Folloe the Yellow lights  Until you see green....'' The   patterns of  Landing lights  seem to change a lot  as  different shuttles come and Go, or a Patrol fighter is returning.

 The Lights lead him to the Hold, where the Red   Lights begin to flash, then turn green. The Bay doors  open and  a few Crew men with Light Paddles  wave  him in.

 BO to  Hold>>>>>>>>>>>>

this is where  in between takes place

 as the   Fleet's ESN  crafts formed up, they would have a bit nof time to look around.

 It was odd, how  beautiful the Black was.. millions of  stars,  a couple moons, and  dozens and dozens of ships.

 tails of after burns   streaked the Black as  Fighters  zipped about, and explosions   blossomed  when one would be hit.

 Cap ships looked painfuly slow , compared to them, The Tortugans fired   ships's Guns and took fore From LArgran's Vessels.

 Skith and Qarl would flash in and flash out..now  and again, one wouldn't   get away in time and the  Black would flash with a larger Explosion, that would leave a broken Vessel drifting , smoking and Burning.

 Shadow  called over the COMsall Delta Fleet ships, Wing Leaders command your own ships , until  further Notice, You have your orders on who is  cleanign the deck, and who is  chasing the prey....Good Hunting...

 The  Hermes group Moved down heading towards  the Atmo of Bura...what flashes  there were in the Black, was not even close to the   fire and lights they could see as the dove  down,,,,,

   If there were any demon forces trying to stop the Hermes  craft from  gettingintot he Atmo, no one would know. Fighters from the  Achillies  and Athena were  attacking   fighters that dared to try to enter the  " Fleet BUbble"...screens  woud show  flashes of  Fighters blowing up and vanishing...now and then, maybe..a Pod was set free with its tiny blinking light...witht eh hopes someone will find them.

 Tenders  Moved  around, now and then firing their small weaponry  as the  tried to track down  salvage and Pods...
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