Chapter 19 “Run Saturn Run” Part 2
Major Langer pressed a button on his blue tooth headset.
“All right people. Prepare for a combat jump. Land the Combat Air Patrol!”
“Contacts! DRADIS! 4 gunships, 1 is on CBDR collision course. They found us. Continuing jump sequence.”
“Air wing!”
“The enemy is launching raiders!”
“All undamaged tubes have planes ready for combat launch.”
“Jump Key!”
“Jump Keys inserted. Board is green!”
“FTL!”
“FTL board is green.”
“Fifty, five zero missiles heading for the port flight pod.”
“NAV!”
“Nav computers are synched.”
“Combat Jump go!” ordered commander Ramirez
“Combat Jump”
Chapter 19 “Run Saturn Run part 2”
“Jump Complete.”
“Launch the CAP,” Ordered commander Ramirez
“DRADIS, maximum range!”
The radio crackled with the male voice of one of their most experienced viper pilots. “Lots of crap out here.Gonna be hurting to fix any targets.This is plumber, Combat air patrol has been established.”
The distinctive sets of high-pitched peeps came from the DRADIS Console. Other series of noises indicated FTL jumps.
“Contact! Three gunships, two smaller targets, are launching raiders. Three groups of 25-30 inbound missiles. Constant Bearing Decreasing Range!”
Major Langer made eye contact with the commander, who he had known for almost two decades, and knew there was no chance of a tactical withdrawal. Words were not necessary between the two.
“Launch the air wing. Gun Crews spin up on manual mode. Comms make sure every plane knows our engagement zone. Begin crash turns, tactical. At the end of turn 3 Flak is cleared for automatic.”
“This is Angel. Green squadron. Enemy fighters are not challenging us. We’re going to engage the inbound missiles.”
“Orange squadron. Plumber. Split into two tactical groups! Group A engage the inbound missiles. Group B stand back and take out the stragglers.”
“Alert. 25 missiles inbound have evaded our screen and are headed for the port pod.”
“Damage control teams stand by!”
Missile barrage slams into the port pod which is briefly engulfed in flames.
“This is DC crew 4. Toasters scraped off some paint.”
Link to video segment 1
https://youtu.be/yr6vs2s0zEg
“All DC crews, this is the chief. Make frakking sure that every damage control team member has proper breathing gear. Double check the pilots who are grounded from their precious planes!”
“Port flight pod. Report airtight status. All crew in the port and starboard flight pods mandatory equipment check on breathing gear.”
“Raiders lining up for another shot at the port pod. DRADIS has more inbound jumps detected. Reinforcements are arriving.”
James Parker, a senior NCO positioned himself between the commander and the XO so he could see the tactical layout of the enemy fleet.
“Sir, they are not playing aggressive tactics. They are hanging back, trying to get lucky with a salvo of heavy missiles. I would reckon we surprised them with this jump. Reinforcements will jump in, but they are trying to keep their powder dry, trying to stay alive.”
“Another Salvo inbound. Port pod rig for impact!”
“Port pod is taking significant damage!”
“Thus begins what could be a long war of attrition.”
“And I forgot to pack my formal jacket with tails and that cute tie. Do you think my commanding officer will take points off on my annual review?
“Firing solution,15 second, forward battlestar artillery.”
“Forward batteries switch to salvo mode!”
“Local signal, civilian band commander.” Major Langer pointed at an out of place monitor with a bouncing pineapple on it. “My ex used a mobile carrier with that logo!”
“Private go to my quarters, get my mobile phone. Next to it is a data stick.That logo is a signal from Captain Miller.”
Langer looked up from the tactical map. “Head Geek!”
“No follow up signal yet, the first signal came from a raptor based on the Mercury.”
“Frakking HG always head of the class!”
Link to video segment 2
https://youtu.be/yr6vs2s0zEg
Firing missile salvo, on target as per the battle plan.”
“Helm battle turn to port, firing solution will be wicked!”
“Engineering armor hit, holding for now.”
“Gun crews and air wing, get on that Nemesis gunship. They have hacking gear aboard,” ordered Major Langer.
“Colonial Transponder, Mercury raptor niner four seven.”
“Splash two gunships!”
Link to video segment #3
https://youtu.be/yr6vs2s0zEg
“Splash another Phobos!”
“DRADIS is clear, let’s see if we can recover the birds and take a tactical jump.”
“Where the frak is the private with my mobile phone. HG probably has a couple of rendezvous jumps if he actually boarded a raptor.”
Link to video segment #4
https://youtu.be/yr6vs2s0zEg
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