Dramatic SFB: Sector 2410 AAR

[Wayne Power]

Matt, nice write up of the scenario 2410    On Friday, 9 October 2020, 10:41:47 am AEST, 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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