for  hunting action.

  When Shadow  settled in above the hermes, he hit his command module , and counted  the  'chicks' leaving the nest.

  LC Shadow.... all birds in the air....

 Stoly Followed suit..

 ..LT Stoly  all shuttles in the air, nestled in the ams of the  fighters.

  .. alright boys and Girls.... take care of your wings,,,, Fighter leaders.. you have your people..anyone  COM if you need help, and  don't  take these basatards  for granted...and?...don't let any live...

 ..LC.. any fighters  yet...

 yeah,, they formed  up like we did , above thier ships... they haven;t  seens us  yet

 Wait for the Opening salvos.. then? Go hunting...

 Already done!

... 1 minute , they were closing....1:30  the blast   windows, all of them closed  , could be seen.. 1:45... Captain Si's  voice  rang through the   crosstalk like a silver bell...

 FIRE!!!

 The  Black  lit up with   Cpa ship grade  heavy Pulse   , Hard  Ammo  and  telephone  pole  sized   torpedoes  sent  towards  the  closing pack...

 Lady's Revenge was permitted the  first shot..in truth,, everyone else  fired   a heart beat after.   her first torpedo  fired in anger, sailed  straight  and  true, It met the  Green Bean 13 . Nose  to nose, the front of the vessels  erupted  as plates  peeled  back and flames    roared   towards the stern as if  trying to escape the Vaccum of The Black  The Ship   split  ino   4s  the whole length of  the hulls.. bodies  , supplies  and torn  metal filled the void..

 Cheers  erupted  all over   Lady's revenge..

 Rounds  slammed into  other ships,  Torpedoes went off into the  darkness and the Sol System...

 Now Shadow....!..Captain SI, If you please...

 Already Done   , Admiral hack... Delta !, Cross over Net....

 the  ships    began to move, half of the  squadron  sailed to the  right or the  oncoming , surprised    fleet, ,  The hermes   heading to the left with the other  Half

 as the  ships  opened the middle the  attacking vessels   had to  either sail through, or try to slow  down..neither choice  was a good

 The Achilles  was  the last in the line to the Hermes Side, she closed with The HeartBreaker.. ESN Cap ship  boarding  chains fired  across the   void  as one finial broad  side hit the  Privateer's   starboard side along  with the massive  harpoons ...

 She was reeling    the Achilles    assaults  shuttles   attacked the three points , and the board    tunnel  launched  across  the  chains.. The Achilles   was now in full reverse  to keep up with the  wounded  Heartbreaker.

  Hennings  was pumping his  fist, Morris  was lokign through Bios.. hack watched   as they sailed down the  flank for the   attackers,  and  Captain Si   began to steer towards  the Perth.

 Admiral?

 Admiral hack looked  at the battle, only a stern smile, but he  seemed to be studying  the   ships...Aye , Captain Morris?

 two torpedoes  that missed from the opening salvo..well, they just exploded  down range?

 Hack turned  to Morris.....exploded on what? he turned to  the  scaffolding...Beth!.. what is behind the    enemy fleet!

   Shadow shook his head with a chuckle...of course there is a nest ship!... it must be  the 'planet 9' we heard of  since   ...ever? Doesn't matter to us, send the birds... 'till they get here  we'll have these scumbags bagged  and tagged...

 Feng's  Call was heard..

 Hey?  I'm Shadow..Let me guess..i killed you mom or  dad, or stepped on your  hamster when you were a kid..right?

 NO!!!... I am Captain Feng, leading Ace of the   SSN #3.. i want you to be my next !

 Oh?...Good!.. i may have killed your father or  Mother, but i'd never step on a Hamster...Look , Fig.... I'm not hard to find...Just look for the  white Tail fin with the Number 19..what's your  Number...

 I am Number 1...

 there is a chuckle,of course you are... why did i ask?.... well.. this is war  time Captain Fig... I'll try and find you, but  I' not passing up killing   traitors and scumbags...

  Go for it Guys!

  and the hermes  fighters    shot  forwards, all around the  swirling Cap ships,   there was a gout of  flame from the Heartbreaker  as the assault  team blew the engines... already a drop ship was  heading   to   clean it out.

  The cloud of    SSN  fighters  rose,  seeking ( or perhaps told) to protect the Flag ship

  Into the furball the  'unseen'  Fighters  began  to engage the  enemy fires, and flashed of light  began to pop around the   twisting  caps ships... a corvette  was blown to bits  by the Nymph's  Hard ammo guns.


 Shadow and Kat   zipped   in towards the Perth.. a  fighter   had  climbed to  try and get Frans's flight, But Shadow Gutted it. Kat Killed the  wingman
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 On the   Perth  Howe   and   Fitz  lead thier    flights   down the   port side  chewing up AA guns  and  drawing off  fighters.  2  enemy fighters fell,  but anoth  ^ chased them.

  Right behind them  , The Club sat down on the   stern of  The perth, no running  lights,  Bubble gunners trackign aircraft, but not  shooting.

   The Burners  began to  cut....

 amidships , The Diamond    Landed  and  began  to    cut a square  as well..
 and at  the Bow,   Stoly landed,  the  burners  cutting  abut 100 yards  back from the bridge.

 The  Burners called out...Plates are goign to drop!.. we don't have   time  to secure them.  fiest guys in better  be shooting!

 Morgan COMed...let us drop in first.. we  can  take alot of  rounds, unless they have RPGs  handy.

 it  took  5 minutes .. then the plates  fell into the ship   mechs dropped   down  first..Andre hit the   dec and his   mini gun was already spinning.

   Raven COMed to ' the extras flight..OK Spartan?.... take your   chics  and   see if you can knock down some of the bastards... Redwater  and  I  will sweep under and Up  the ship mack sure they don't have   fighters  hiding.

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

 Machins   COMed   Billie,we'll follow Shadow. as soon as we  see  target  we peel off to  get them... he almost didn't  finish as  three  fighters broke off  when the  saw  Shadow and Kat   rise  about  The perth , torching two more SSN fighters.

 Machin   arrowed  towards  them as they arrowed  towards Shadow.

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

 Fighters from the Sunny Skies  were  movign towards the Perth, a Mix of  Largran and SSN  fighters  with little smiley suns on thier wings...

 Nikki and   Lizzy  had thier  choice  for them  or Perth fighters.

 Lizzy followed Fitz and stayed with Nikki as they went down the Portside of the Perth. Lizzy would shoot for AA guns and other guns as well, as she and Nikki flew down the port side. The one fighter the chased Fitz, Lizzy lined up and fired all guns at trying to protect her flight mates. Lizzy would then call to Nikki, "Ok Fury lets get more of these fighters out of the way shall we, Fire and Fury."

 Lizzy would then follow Fitz as she looked for enemy craft, enemy shuttles, or other ESN fighters that might need help. Once after their run Lizzy would say to Nikki," Hey we got some fighters coming in lets surprise them shall we." Lizzy would head towards the incoming fighters from the Sunny Skies, she calls out over fighter comms," Fitz, LC we have incoming Largan, SSN fighters coming in Nikki and I could use some help in thinning them out."

Kira dropped in mere seconds after Andre she had both her mechs heavy pulse and minigun out, as she landed her HUD instantly lit up with targets and she let both weapons fire full auto, "Engaging hostile!"
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In reply to shuttles (msg # 5):

Zob waited ready to pounce into the tunnel as soon as the word was given, 'Girl is hogging all the glory' he chuckled mentally to himself as stood ready to jump.
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"Well time for a furball or two, there fire" She had opened up her guns when they were in range she overheard Si on the comm and knew who's ship was on which side.  atleast the mantis also had an IFF monitor.
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Following the felrites Jug passed a toaster to Bog and one to Uvuvu.  Once landing they would all fallout in course weapons ready and wait until a hole was cut.

"Aye, got it Raven," Nic responded with then COMM'd his pair. "We are going up and over so stay on my six De La Rue, Houde. Call your targets and if you get in trouble." As soon as he said that, fighters appeared and he was firing at them, saving his hard ammo for when he had a sure shot. This was his first big dogfight and he focused on the enemy, taking down as many as he could.

Karl took off with the shuttles, slipping into the crowd of fighter craft and shuttles as he scanned the area ahead.  "Okay, Ed...get me a fix on the smaller vessels in their fleet...stuff big enough to be a possible threat to the fighters but small enough to not warrant the attention of the big guns...I want to start raining HEAP rounds on their bridges until we get into the middle of the fighting.  Then I want to start making opportunistic hits on hangar decks...maybe, if we're really lucky, we catch 'em with munitions out and ready to re-arm fighters, get some good secondaries.  Even if we don't, we can chew 'em up enough that landing fighters to re-arm is no longer an option."

The targeting array lit up with a series of indicators, constantly updating to account for the changing speeds and trajectories.  Once the fleet opened fire, the howitzer opened up.  The projectiles were pretty minimal by comparison...but unlike the main guns on the cap ships, the Morningstar's fire control was optimized for fine-targeting.  Rounds larger around than a man's forearm sailed through the Black, hardened shells with shaped charges designed to plunge density-enhanced cores through hull plating, metaglass, and armor, where a second charge would go off to maximize the damage.  The automated loader allowed rounds to be fired every couple of seconds...and soon a swarm of such projectiles was sailing at the SSN and pirate vessels, too small to be seen and lacking any sort of signature to track...

Roy grunted quietly as he assessed the situation.  "A hundred yards forward.  Time to make like our football team.  As soon as we get a clear from Ambermoon, I want everyone POURING in.  Move fast...let the largs lead the way, but do your best to keep up with them so they don't get isolated.  Keep your fire over them, and don't be stingy with the ammo.  I wanna go home with Captain Orika's head on a pike...so if you find a pike along the way, someone be sure and grab it," he quipped.

He reached down and gave Larry a pat.  "They think they know what they're fighting...but I'm betting they've never had to deal with a pair of angry largs.  Show these assholes what Hell is all about, Larry..."

   Kira had   SSN troops  comign at her from two directions, heavy troops from the    amind ship's passage, and  some lighter  troops  near the bridge. The lay out was much like the   ESN cap ships, seeing how it was easier to use  the   template  then waste  time on new formats .

, Larry and Hool charged out  and were on  the  troopers  trying to shoot  around the  Corners. the Largs, 'designed helmets' allowed the strength of the  jaws to come into  plat, and the   steel 'teeth' to rip and tear.

 The  Bridge doors  were sealed  as what was left of the guards ran in..

 this left a dozen or  so, at the Moment, coming down the passage.

   The Hermes  troops began to drop down

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

 Andre  was in about the  same  postion as  troopers came from  the  elevator  and  had staged   ay the end of the officers'  dec.  he had alot more trooper, but the largs   attacked  towards the stern, letting him concentrate on  those   comign from the Bow direction.

........

 Morgan dropped   down on to the top  dec of the  Engine room...   he slammed the lock on the  door to the officer's  Dec. and began to  spray  the  engineers  and   SEC  on the top dec,  Thier  Largs  droped  down next waiting for  Orders  as  LT Hirr  and her Felrites , drooped  , with Gava  comign next, then the  Burians .

 Morgan says,Main Controls are on the   Hanger Dec level.. we have to get there  and  destory them, or  disable them

    Nic  found out  that  wingman really tried to stay with  you, as the  two  womenwho followed him over the top..  they saw  a red Bird  getting ready to strafe the Diamond,  Nic    Blew that one to bits.

 De LaRue, torched another.  Houde,   wings done, but it  dove into the cluster that  was a mix of  Cap ships and fighters.

 Pulse  rounds and even lazars  zipped  through  The Balck,  with a sprinkle of   bright blossoms  of light, that signaled the end of  a pilot's life.

 Nikki   got on the tail of  one  Pirate largran aircraft, and chewed it up, the Pilot  PODED out,  bouncing of the side of a Cap  ship , the POD  spinning into space.

 Lizzy torched    an ESN Mantis that was painted  gold with Red  Numbers.

 Shadow  and Kat tipped over  after the   Climbed  to  fire at The Manchseter's  AA. guns Flores and Farrow  chased  tow    fighters and    took them both out, Farrow  shouting for joy.

Shadow  was lucky enough to see a Shuttle headed from the Manchester towards the Perth, and  sent it to the 9 hells... Kat took out one of the supporting  fighters.

 brivet and Chatty  Smith were  circling the area between the hermes  and  The Perth  knocking down figthers or chasing them away.

  Feng called out...SHADOW...were  are you hiding!

 Not hiding Fig?  But, you might have trouble seeing me , because of  all the  explosions  and your  Pilots dying and all...

Gi-lo and  Boyce Carre would not be comign back  as they  both Gi-loanished in a bright ball of   fire.

The three veered off from the mix of Cap ships and fighters to come back around in search of more fighters to take on and take out. He wasn't stupid enough to go into that cluster of enemy, not without more fighters going in. With the chaos around him, he sighted in on another pair, mindful of the two following him. They did what they needed to, to make the enemy die for their cause. He closed in and strafed with his pulse and then added a shot of hard ammo as he went past the enemy, not even looking back as he went in search of another enemy to drop.

 Lizzy stayed with Nikki, Lizzy got a good on a gold painted Mantis with Red numbers, she blew it out of the sky then hit ALL COMMS: " Just shot down a Gold Painted Mantis Fighter with red numbers I hope that was someone important."

 Lizzy then stayed with Nikki, she saw a group of SSN fighters trying to get behind their friends, she comms Nikki," Ok Fury lets get these three going after our people, you with me. We go after the wings then we both hit the lead lets do this, FIRE AND FURY!!!!!" Lizzy would line up a shot on one of the wings, she would fire at it and then turn on the lead before it had a chance to recover and open fire on it's engines.

“Roger that,” she responded to Machins, following his lead. Seeing the enemies as they approached, Billie opened fire, using her pulse rounds instead of her hard ammo, trying to conserve that.