This plays out the year after A Sinai Welcome
Not much has changed since then. The Sinai rapidly colonised and improved the systems given to them by the other members as best they could.
39 AE
Kanai System
Fleet Leader Doansi of the Santali Class battlecruiser Nauty Lass in the Kanai system was sitting on the bridge of his ship thinking about the recent turnabout in the Sinai fortunes. The colonisation of their new systems had gone smoothly. Tonai was now a prosperous mining system, Kanai was thriving with its two garden worlds. They had lucked out with that one. Plenty of space and one of them was the others moon. Vacation spot anyone? Fenai had multiple fertile farms worlds, now almost ready to harvest their crops and two industrial centres. Fenai IV was a nice mixture. Each system contained an abundance of asteroids for harvesting as well.“
He turned to his XO “I can’t believe our luck, I never thought joining PITA would benefit us this much. I mean look at this ship for example. Its class was named after a Sinai mythical warrior, it looks Sinai, feels Sinai, and was built for use by Sinai.”
“Yes, sir, and then these three systems. Held for us for all these years.”
“Makes me wonder what would have happened if we just talked to them those 100 years ago instead of trying to commit mass murder.” Mused the Fleet Leader.
“Yes, sir, me too.” His XO agreed.
Their conversation was brought to an abrupt end when the sensor officer called out a warning “Sir, we have incoming ships, many of them.”
“Whose are they?” The Fleet Leader demanded.
“Unknown as yet sir, only picking them up on sensors they aren’t in the system yet.”
“XO, declare battle stations.”
“Aye sir” The XO set off the battle stations alarm that would ring for several minutes, loud enough to rouse even the deepest sleeper and get them out of their stupor in a hurry.
“Coms, order the Keel Over and the Ang Ryni Nja to join up on us, and tell the Maid of Plywood to stay in orbit above the Kanai III colony.”
“Sensors, I want identification on those ships. How many there are and how long until they get here.” He saw that the sensor officer had visibly paled, and being a grey skinned to begin with it, had to be really bad.
“Sir, according to the database those ships are Elorden, a Federation race.”
“Not good” he thought.
“Sensors are picking up 315 ships of various sizes sir. They’ll arrive in 10 minutes.” The sensor officer was visibly panicking.
“Even worse.” The Fleet Leader thought. “Send a warning to Sinai Prime, and let’s hope they can send some help.” His mind switched to the other two systems. “Coms, contact our forces in Tonai and Fenai, find out if they under attack as well.”
Few minutes later the coms officer reported to the Fleet Leader “Sir, both the Abirgab Oat in the Fenai system and Get Tin Toad in the Tonai system also report a large amount of ships on route to those systems.”
“Dammit! Forward that information to the Home world as well.”
The Commander however had just finished cleaning his boots and compiling the following message to the crew of the RBN Persephone.
“Dear yoghurt owner,
While opening the refrigerator door, 3 yoghurt tubs made a swan dive from the top tray of the refrigerator door.
With sadness I report that two tubs did not survive their new found love with extreme sports, the third however has been relocated to the intensive care unit ‘bottom shelf’ of the refrigerator.
I am glad to report however, that my boots, while in shock from being covered in the gooey innards of both tubs, are physically unharmed. I have yet to assess their emotional damage.
With regret,
The Commander.”
Just as the Commander sent the message the alarms started blaring throughout the ship.
“Now what!” The Commander swiftly made his way to the bridge. “Captain Pace! Report!”
“Sir, distress call from the Nauty Lass in the Kanai system sent to Sinai Prime, they report 300 plus Elorden ships en route to their system.” Captain Pace reported, “Both the defense forces in the Tonai and the Fenai systems are reporting the same sir. All three systems are being simultaneously attacked.”
“Great... Ok Captain, I want us to join up with the 2nd fleet in the Straya system.” The Commander then opened a visual link to the Admirals of the 2nd, 5th and 9th fleets. “Admirals, I assume you have received the same distress call as I have and have been notified of the development in the three new Sinai colonies?”
They nodded.
“Good, I am sending you detailed orders now. In short, I am sending the 2nd fleet to Kanai, the 5th to Fenai and the 9th to Tonai. Admiral Pinkerton, the Persephone will rendezvous with you in the Straya system. Any questions? Right let’s get moving.”
Straya system 10 minutes later.
“Alright Admiral, let’s go help our friends out.”
“Yes sir.” The Admiral activated a fleet wide com “All ships deploy to the Kanai system, I want the fleet stay in formation and drop out of FTL right on top of the bastards.”
“So Admiral, how keen are you in trying out new marine delivery system?”
A feral grin crept on his face “Extremely keen Commander, let’s see how those bastards like home delivery.”
Kanai System
“Fleet Leader, Elorden ships have entered the system, they are demanding we surrender.”
“Tell them to shove their demands up their waste removal system!”
“Incoming transmission sir, I don’t think they liked your suggestion.” the coms officer smirked.
“Put it through.” He ordered.
An Elorden appeared on the view screen “I am High Arbiter Sol’na, we will add your species to the Federation, who will protect you. Now surrender or be destroyed!”
The Fleet Leader let a grin form on his face “So what you’re saying is, that you’re going to protect us, but first you’re going to destroy us? Does that make sense to you? Also the answer is still no.”
The High Arbiter was simmering in frustration, how this puny race dare defy us, “You cannot resist us, there is no hope for your feeble forces, you will die! We will slaughter you forces, bombard your worlds and turn your wives and children into slaves.”
The Fleet leader kept grinning “Hope is always closer than you think.”
“Then where is your hope?” the High Arbiter demanded!
Just at this moment the Belgian 2nd fleet dropped out of FTL right on top of the Elorden forces “Oh, there it is.”
The Fleet Leader had been made aware that a Belgian fleet was on the way to the system, he only had to delay for a short while until the fleet got there.
High Arbiter Sol’na let out a frustrated “Gaaah” and closed the link.
“Poor sod.” the Fleet Leader said to no one particular.
The comms officer turned to the Commander “The Elorden are hailing us sir.”
“Put them on screen.” He ordered.
“This is High Arbiter Sol’na of the Elorden 12th Reclamation Fleet, I demand to know what you are doing here. This does not concern you!’
“I am Supreme Commander Mechelmans of the Belgian Armed Forces, you are trespassing in Sinai space, as the Sinai are a PITA member this does concern us. I suggest you leave while you can.”
The Elorden fleet turned towards the Belgian fleet and opened fire.
“Sir, they’re opening fire!”
“Return fire! Launch fighters.” He ordered.
The Belgian fleet recently upgraded to the new Mk. II anti-matter reactors which powered its shields and new offensive anti-matter weapons. Due to their proximity the Belgian fleet opened fire with their anti-matter cannons. The effect was simply devastating.
Dreadnaughts and battlecruisers were ripped apart, smaller ships were nothing more than small pieces of debris pinging of hulls and shields. After the first volley barely half of the Elorden fleet was still functional. The Commander wouldn’t have believed it hadn’t he seen it firsthand.
Moments later, the dreadnaughts Destiny Renewed and Dawn's Retribution fired their marines at the two remaining Elorden dreadnaughts. The marines were encased in a modified torpedo casing that catered for ship to ship transfer.
Each torpedo carried five marines wearing their brand new Hell Gate IV armour with their new shoulder mounted rail guns. Each dreadnaught carried 500 marines trained for this purpose. The recipients of these torpedoes were guaranteed to have a bad day.
The Persephone turned from peaceful ship to blood smelling predator circling her prey in an instant. She fired several shots that ripped through a battlecruiser leaving gaping holes. The battlecruiser returned fire but its shots didn’t penetrate her shields. The Persephone fired several more broadsides and left the battlecruiser behind in several pieces.
Meanwhile the marines on the capital ships were working their way to the bridge and engine rooms deck by deck. They had suffered a few casualties but mostly moved unhindered by the resistance of the crew, wreaking havoc and destruction wherever they went.
“Commander, the remaining enemy ships are retreating. The marines of the Dawn's Retribution have taken control of their target, no update from the Destiny Renewed yet.”
“Very well, order the fleet to follow them and keep nipping at their heels until they engage FTL.
“Yes sir.” Answered the coms officer, although he thought it was more resembling a group of sharks circling a school of drowning Chihuahuas.
"Keep me informed of the progress of the Destiny Renewed marines.” The Commander ordered. He opened coms to the enemy flagship carrier.
“To High Arbiter Sol’na, we consider this to be a declaration of war on the Perseus Inter-Species Alliance, I suggest you return to Elorden space, explain the stupidity of your actions and prepare for war. We will be coming.” The Commander couldn’t resist a parting shot “And mind the speed limit, buttmunch!”
“Sir, all enemy ships have engaged FTL” Sensors informed him.
“What about the marines of the Destiny Renewed?”
“Nothing… hold on sir, enemy ship exiting FTL. They're our marines sir, they captured the enemy dreadnaught. They’re hailing us.”
“Captain Strupar, glad you could join us. What kept you?”
“Traffic, sir.” The marine grinned.
The 2nd fleet lost a few frigates and over a dozen fighters, while the Elorden fleet lost over 200 ships. The initial strike was devastating enough to confuse, demoralise and disrupt their fleet so that it ceased to function as a group and turned into individuals fighting for their own survival.
The Sinai barely had any involvement in the battle before it was over.
“Incoming transmission from the Nauty Lass sir, their Fleet Leader is wishing to speak to you.” Reported the comms officer.
“Put him through. Fleet Leader Doansi, how may I be of assistance?”
“Commander Mechelmans, I wanted to thank you for coming to our assistance. I doubt my people and I would still be here if it wasn’t for you and your fleet.”
“Happy to have been of assistance Fleet Leader.”
“If I may ask a question Commander. But why? Why help us?”
“Because Fleet Leader Doansi. We take care of our own.”
Similar battles occurred in the Tonai and the Fenai systems, with the Belgian fleets overwhelming the Elorden fleets with minimal casualties.
Several days later
The Belgian fleets had assembled in various systems bordering Elorden/Federation space and were poised to strike; other PITA members were in the process of mobilising their fleets.
For some time now, without anyone really giving it much thought, including themselves. The Belgians had taken on the role of the military arm of PITA. In some cases they were referred to as the protectors or guardians of the alliance, and as a result kept their military forces active at all times.
This allowed the other races to reduce their military expenditure and only operate skeleton and maintenance crews on most of their fleets, while keeping a small full time force. The part time crews were still required to be fully versed in their roles, and had to attend regular training to keep their skills sharp and get familiar with new upgrades or technology. Due to the shared research being done in Astraea, such upgrades were rather frequent.
The down side was that this resulted in longer mobilisation times. This time, however, was not necessary, as the Federation of Councils requested a meeting in dark space between their borders, one ship each, destroyer class only.
The Federation sued for a white peace; they regretted the actions of their fellow member race, whose delegate was noticeably missing. The PITA Council agreed to the peace agreement, which included a singular but large payment of rare resources to the Sinai.
The Sinai used those same resources to speed up construction of their own shipyards near the outer gas giant in Sinai Prime.
As always, comments, gripes, criticism below. If you think I can do something better, let me know.
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Submitted April 22, 2015 at 11:58AM by muigleb http://ift.tt/1Hj5pd5 HFY
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