Avenger Rise

Dark Avenger C.A.C. 10:50 Abydos Standard Time Day 30, First Cycle, Egyptian Year 3202 Taymen stood at the command console in C.A.C. Everyone was at battle stations and the ship was in stealth mode. Russ, Arthur and Kaleigh all stood on the other side of the command console out of the way. Taymen wanted them to stay behind in a prowler but they insisted on being there, it was there planet after all. They knew they couldn’t really do anything to help but they still wanted to be there and Taymen couldn’t bring himself to refuse. Suddenly the hatch to C.A.C. opened and Talia walked in. “What are you doing here?” Taymen asked. “I don’t really have anywhere else to be.” She replied. Taymen shook his head as he turned to Avril. “Well your audience is all accounted for.” She said jokingly. “There are more civilians in C.A.C. than crewmen.” Taymen said with a smirk. Arthur thought it an odd time to be joking around but didn’t say anything. “Alright.” Taymen said. “Stay over there with them.” He continued pointing to Russ and the others. Talia moved around to the far side of the console and stood next to Russ. “Sir all stations report ready.” Titus reported. “The Silver Phoenix is hailing Sir.” Sairon said. “Patch them through.” Taymen replied. “Sharr what’s your status?” He asked. “All stations report ready and the stealth fighters have been launched. They’re holding position on the night side of Earth’s moon.” Sharr replied over the speaker. “Alright follow our lead, you know what to do.” Taymen said. “Roger that.” Sharr replied before the channel closed. “All stations, status.” Taymen started. “Helm standing by, stream system charged.” Aurin reported. “Gun batteries and missile tubes standing by.” Carrey said from the weapons station. “All sword breakers are ready for launch and prowlers are in position on the far side of the planet, they should be landing in five minutes.” Elisha reported. Taymen took a deep breath as he made sure everything was covered. “Titus bring us to battle mode.” He started. “Load all missile tubes with javelins and prepare one nuke.” “Nukes?” Arthur asked. “You’re going to use nuclear weapons on our planet?” Kaleigh said in a panic. “It’s the only way we can take down that flagship without destroying the planet.” Taymen said. “All stations report battle mode Sir.” Titus reported. “All tubes ready Sir.” Carrey said. “Wait a second, what about the radiation?” Russ asked. “You’ll render the entire area uninhabitable.” Kaleigh said. “It’s a desert.” Avril pointed out. “Relax, the radiation will dissipate after a few days.” Titus explained. “What?” Arthur asked. “Your weapons must use a different element than ours do.” Avril explained. Once Taymen was satisfied there were no other concerns he turned to Aurin. “Helm ready vertical thrusters and stream us out.” He ordered. A second later the Avenger flashed into a bolt of lightning and disappeared followed by the Phoenix a few seconds later. Both ships suddenly appeared five minutes later almost two kilometers directly above the Tray flagship. Taymen felt dizzy and light headed for a few seconds as his vision cleared. The sudden jolt of the ship stopping mid air when the thrusters engaged caused his stomach to float for an instant. “That was new.” Avril said. “Stream complete Sir, we’re right were we’re supposed to be, vertical thrusters stable.” Aurin reported. “All missiles fire!” Taymen snapped. The Avenger fired twelve javelin missiles directly at the flagship while almost simultaneously the Phoenix fired sixteen more. Being so close and acting so quickly all twenty-eight missiles struck the upper hull of the ship tearing through the outer armor. Tray Flagship 11:10 Abydos Standard Time Day 30, First Cycle, Egyptian Year 3202 Commander Soulin struggled to his feet as the lights on the bridge of his ship flickered and consoles exploded around him. “What is going on?” He snapped. “Two Egyptian battle ships have just streamed in above us and opened fire. The outer hull has been compromised, several vital systems are exposed.” One of the operations officers reported. “They streamed into an atmosphere, that’s impossible.” Soulin replied. “Get us out of here and ready all weapons stations. Destroy those ships!” He snapped. “We’ve lost helm control.” The helmsman said. “All upper gun batteries have been destroyed.” The weapons officer reported. “Signal the fleet!” Soulin ordered. “Communications are down!” The operations officer replied. Dark Avenger C.A.C. 11:15 Abydos Standard Time Day 30, First Cycle, Egyptian Year 3202 “Direct hit, all missiles.” Carry reported. “Patch me through to the Phoenix.” Taymen ordered. “Sharr now.” He said before closing the channel. “Launch the nuke. Aurin stream us out!” A second later both ships fired a single nuclear missile at the flagship and disappeared in a bolt of dark lightning as quickly as they had appeared. Both missiles detonated just above the flagship. The combined force of the explosions melted the remaining outer hull as the inner structure was ripped apart leaving nothing but a massive glass crater in the middle of the desert. “Stream complete Sir.” Aurin reported. “The Phoenix?” Avril asked. “They’re five light seconds off our port quarter.” Titus replied. ‘Right where they should be.’ Taymen thought to himself. “Status on the Tray?” He asked. “They’ve detected us.” Titus said. “More likely that explosion.” Avril said quietly. “Five heavy cruisers are closing in on our position and three light cruisers are forming up behind them.” “Prepare a full salvo of javelins.” Taymen ordered. “Heavy batteries prepare to fire on target three, all remaining batteries direct fire on target two.” He continued. “Signal the stealth fighters, order them to engage the light cruisers.” Cairo Egypt 11:40 Abydos Standard Time Day 30, First Cycle, Egyptian Year 3202 Arkeal led his team out of the prowler and into the empty streets. Three prowlers landed at his location to clear the Tray out of a building they thought they were using for a backup command post. He fired off a few rounds before moving to the side of the street to take cover behind a building. The rest of his men poured out of the prowlers and took up positions along the street firing a few rounds at the guards defending the building. The prowlers began to lift off into the air as they each fired off four smoke canisters to conceal Arkeal and his men. Arkeal hit the control on his earpiece. “This is Mentz.” He said. “All teams move in, secure the main entrance to the building and hold position.” He ordered. A few seconds past before Arkeal fired off a few more rounds and then moved out from behind his cover and advanced up the street with his fire partner. Everyone was moving in the same way. They moved in teams of two, one holding position to provide cover fire while the other moved forward a few paces then switching. It wasn’t long before all fifteen fire teams advanced through the street and were surrounding the building. Arkeal hit his earpiece again. “Teams two through ten hold position and provide cover fire, remainder follow my lead and move in.” He ordered. Arkeal ducked behind cover again while his partner continued to fire at the Tray. He hit the release button above the trigger and removed the magazine from the rifle replacing it with a full one. A second later he moved out into the open and fired his weapon hitting the first two guards near the main doors to the building. The remaining teams followed and moved out as they opened fire. They slowly advanced on the Tray forcing them back until most of them backed themselves into the building. “Remaining teams move in now.” Arkeal ordered. After only a short time any remaining Tray guards had retreated inside the building, allowing Arkeal and his men to advance unchecked. Once inside it was only a matter of time before they cleared the Tray out. Dark Avenger C.A.C. 12:17 Abydos Standard Time Day 30, First Cycle, Egyptian Year 320