Dramatic SFB: Sector 2410 AAR

[Majead Farsi]

Nice Matt!

On Fri, 9 Oct 2020 at 01:41, Matt via SFBdrama <sfbdrama at lists.mattnet.org>
wrote:

> "Klingons Inbound!" the sub-chief manning the sensors at Base Station
> #2410 said suddenly. "Warp footprints say it's a dreadnaught, a pair of
> war cruisers, and a pair of destroyers."
>
> "Report it to the Jordan." The commander replied while turning to the
> Comms officer. "Begin sounding recall for personell from the cruisers
> on-board. Warm up the Storm Generators."
>
> It took nearly 15 minutes to get everyone in their proper place. Not
> bad, for the attacking force was detected not but 80 light-seconds out.
> The Klingons sure took their time in the approach. By the time the Vudar
> knew the Klingon's escorts were an AD5 and an FWE, the cruisers Jordan,
> Tirzah, and Philistia had warmed up thier weapons and they were
> beginning to pull warp 1.8. The Klingons were beginning to launch their
> fighter squadron and spread out for the attack plan.
>
> "Prepare for a close-range engagement, captain." The commander of the
> base station had command of the group while the force was in the
> immediate environs of the station. Technically the Jordan warranted a
> Rear-Admiral's slot, since she was the largest ship class the Vudar
> could produce. However, with the guns mounted on the station it was the
> best doctrine to coordinate through her. However, defense of Vudar
> stations tend to very quickly devolve into independant commands because
> of everyone's dependence on subspace and the Vudar's abilities to remove
> subspace from the equation.
>
> "Overload Ion Cannons." The captain of the Jordan commanded the group.
> "Launch PFs. Make course for a close-approach with the base in
> one-point-five minutes heading three-five-zero. And stay out of arc of
> the directional waves."
>
> The PFs disconnected from their linkages with a sharp release that
> vibrated through the fabric of the ships. A total of four fast patrol
> ships disengaged from the Tirzah and Philistia. The Vudar force made for
> a sharp turn to starboard that took them closer to the base and circled
> around again in order to arrive at the base the same time that the
> Klingons were projected to open fire.
>
> The area began churning with random ionic discharges as the base began
> dumping power into the subspace matrix. Very quickly, communication was
> useless and firing solutions fuzzed out as a beauty of an ion storm
> gripped the area. The Klingon attempts to lock onto the station were
> further hampered by it's sudden release of fire control and ramping up
> of personal ECM. The Vudar ships kept their fire control but also
> attempted to further the woes of the Klingon fire control computers. The
> Klingon force pushed past 1.6 million miles from the base with the scout
> and carrier in the rear and the fighters in the middle.
>
> "Turn on the Vudar Tourist Association. Full Power." The station
> commander said with a smile. The facing Ion Storm Generator emitted a
> deep pulse of energy that caused the ion storm to align itself into a
> short series of harmonic frequencies. The power built very quickly and
> then began to broaden out in a 60-degree arc that bracketed the Klingon
> force very nicely. When it smashed into the entire Klingon fleet, half
> of the fighters were crippled and everyone's shields were coruscent with
> radiant light. Shortly thereafter, another of the base's systems came
> into view. Sensing another horrific blast, the Klingon fighter pilots
> launched their drones and tried to get out of range. Without dash packs,
> they lacked the speed to stay their destruction. Another wave of
> directed subspace crashed into the Klingon force, destroying the entire
> fighter squadron and doing more shield damage to the attacking force.
> "Keep waving at them, ensign." The station commander said, as the
> Klingon carrier began turning away from the battle.
>
> The Dreadnaught and escort ships clawed their way towards the base on
> sheer grit. By sheer luck and a blundered defense of the base, three
> drones managed to hit the base; taking the shield down by half after
> battery power was diverted to keep the shield up. The dreadnaught opened
> fire on the base at a half-million miles, followed shortly by the AD5
> doing the same. Thanks to the drone hits, the Dreadnaught was able to
> score damage on the armor. A follow-up blast from the dreadnaught's
> phasers had begun to strip the base of her weapons.
>
> However, the Klingon force was not doing well at this time. The carrier
> had exited the field entirely, the scout had taken minor internals, and
> the other remaining ships had extremely weakened front shields.
> Additionally, the PFs had detached from the Vudar force in order to
> charge the dreadnaught. At ten thousand miles, six overloaded ion
> cannons and as many phasers punched through a paper-thin front shield on
> the dreadnaught to nearly cripple her.
>
> Stunned by the blast, the Dreadnaught turned away while the escort ships
> gave chase to the PFs. The much smaller Vudar units used battery power
> to protect theier structures as they banked impossibly sharp to get out
> of the arc of the station's guns. In the mean time, the Vudar cruisers
> closed in for the kill against their wounded foe.
>
> Again, at knife-fighting range, the Klingon dreadnaught obsorbed
> impossible damage as ten overloaded beams of pure electrons plowed into
> a relatively fresh dreadnaught shield. The beams tore great chunks from
> the large structer, until the engines blew and momentarily created a new
> star in space. Being so close, all three of the Vudar cruisers
> completely lost their front shields to the blast.
>
> With the death of the Klingon flagship and the retreat of the carrier
> and the scout, the Klingon escorts attempted to rout. The Vudar PFs were
> int he process of disengaing from the immediate area of the battle in
> order to reload their weapons, but decided to re-engage once they
> realized the situation. The Vudar cruisers turned to the large escort
> and began to give chase. They reached extreme tractor range and fired
> their fresh phasers into the rear of the retreating war cruiser. She
> suffered moderate damage, but more importantly had lost the use of maybe
> half of her engines.
>
> The Ion storm dissipated as the base stopped dumping power into
> subspace. With the clearing of the communication channels, the Jordan
> transmitted to the nearly-crippled escort, "Heave to and prepare to be
> boarded!" The response was a surrender and request for repatriation. The
> small escort was allowed to finish retreating unmolested.
>
> Final tally is:
> Vudar - No internal damage to mobile units. Moderate damage to the base
> (but it wasn't crippled.)
> Klingon - Destroyed C8, captured (and crippled) AD5. No internals on the
> D5V. No lasting damage (but some internals) on the FWE and F5S.
>
> Vudar Win
>
> --Matt
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