Dramatic SFB: Sector 2410 AAR

[Majead Farsi]

BTW are there many games left to do guys?

On Fri, 9 Oct 2020 at 19:16, Majead Farsi <majeadfarsi at googlemail.com>
wrote:

> 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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