Fading Light - IC

[vong]

<round 13>
As Zinn is mostly flying straight already, he easily gets full control of his ship.

On the gunnery deck of the chance is silent as they all wait for Garolf's command. As Garolf sees they are in optimum range he yells FIRE. The entire crew opens up with everything that they have. Garolf quickly reaizes that he never specified which singularity projector to target, so their fire was divided. All but Rownn's missiles were turned back by the hull of the ship. The one projector goes up in a mighy explosion, as atmosphere starts to vent from blow it. The larger ship slows a bit more.

As a last ditch effort the Defiant lets loose another volley of destruction at the approaching cruiser and it does start to explode, but a bit too late. The Defiant will not be able to get out of the way in time. The hulk of the cruiser slams into what is left of the Defiants shields. They hold momentarily before failing, allowing the cruiser to impact the hull. Both start spinning together slowly, the lights and engines on the Deifant go out. Just as you think its over, the Defiant explodes in a brilliant flash of light sending debris all over.

As the ship explodes Zinn feels a crushing feeling in his chest, as if a large weight was just placed there. You manage to work through the pain to avoid the debris. The feeling lifts after a few seconds, leaving you with a feeling of loss...

Jo and Zinn go into evasive manoeuvrer trying to avoid the newly formed debris field, managing to avoid any major damage. The battle is mostly won by your side, and simple mop up is going on across the engagement zone.

</round 13>

ooc: Taking it out of round system now - unless you wish to actively engage anyone, they are mostly gonna leave you alone.

ooc2: yes, the other 2 jedi feel it, but they have better training so it doest over whem them.
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[Ankhanu]

The satisfaction Rownn feels as his shot makes it through the cruiser's defenses immediately subside as the scene unfolds and the Defiant is hit by the massive ship. The exploding ship and massive loss of life leaves him feeling hollow, and he fights to remain calm as the sadness washes over him.

After a moment of looking at the debris field and seeing that the battle was essentially over, he looks to Garolf and voices his suggestion for how to proceed in a calm and collected tone.

.: We should get under way on our mission. It would appear that these Vong have no honour and we'll need all the supplies and reinforcements we can muster to fend them off. Anything we can find to help resupply will be vital.
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[Esoomian]

Tiny stares uncertainty rising within him I was playing nice! No talking back, no aggressive posturing! This is what teamwork gets me? I get a snake through the chest trying to play hero and fail when I try to work with a team... I suppose it's a pretty good light show though."

Tiny watches the explosion and shoots at any Vong ships that come within range while he lets out a string of alien expletives.

OOC: I decline to translate or even post Tiny's language.
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[Jedi Skyler]

As an immense stab of pain wracks Zinn's heart, he lets loose with a cry that is heard over the comm channel as he threads his way through the new debris field. Winning free, he forms up on the Chance and comms, "I'm back on your wing, Jo. You wanna bug out, or go back to mop up some more of those drekballs?"

His voice is mostly steady, but anyone paying close attention will notice a slight waver.

[Hellcat]

Garolf watches as the crew's attack proves virtually useless. Only Rownn's attack seems to get through, appearing to slow the analog down a little. He hold's his breath, hoping it's enough for the Defiant to escape....

....And then let's out an agonized gasp as the analog rams the assualt carrier. He watches in horror as the impact starts the Defiant spinning. As the lights and engine's die he feels his heart plummet knowing deep down inside they failed. The final crushing blow comes when the capital ship blossoms outwards, raining debris across space.

"NO!" Garolf screams, slamming his fist into a section of the console in front of him devoid of any controls. "NO! THIS CAN'T HAPPEN! NOT AFTER ALL WE DID!"

He leans back in his seat, completely defeated. One arm falls to his side over the arm of the seat while he covers his one eye with the his other hand, the other eye just barely peeking out around his thumb, elbow propped against the other arm of the chair.
"My fault," he dejectedly says, voice racked with grief and self recrimination, "I never said where to aim. I let them down."

[Orgaloth]

Seeing the greif on Garolf, and hearing his statement,

"The fault doesn't lie with you. We should have confirmed the target with you."

Orrallyn hangs his head slightly, and barely audible,

"Death is a part of war. The cycle must continue. May the Force accept their souls. Lest we forget."

He then turns back to his targeting computer and looks to see if any enemies have come into range.
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[Jedi Skyler]

"Banshee," Zinn says, his tone soft and flat. "Give me a diagnostic of the ship's systems. I need to know what we can and can't do.

"Also, give me a concentrated sensor sweep of the Defiant's location before it...exploded. If there are any survivors, we're gonna have to get 'em picked up by the Chance before the Vong get them."

[Ankhanu]

Rownn shakes his head, and growls out a response to Garolf and Orrallyn, his tone low and remorseful.
.: This isn't your fault. Yes we could have coordinated better, but this is war and there is nothing more we could have done. Even if we managed to get more of those things, we would not have slowed its momentum, it just wouldn't have been able to accelerate.

He releases a deep, centering breath and reiterates his prior comment.
.: What's left can be taken care of by the remaining Republic fleet. We should get under way on our mission
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[noctum_carpe]

In the enginee room Hrar stands looking at all indicators somewhat suprised that this did not blow all the fuses. But then he wipes away some sweat with his rag and starts to doubblecheck and repair whats needed to repair. "Hrar to cap, we dont seem to have any major damage despite the suecidal maovers, but im doubble checking right now."
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[Esoomian]

Tiny is accustomed to causing grief not dealing with it he makes every effort not to look at Garolf or anyone else who exhibits any outward sign of emotion other than those he has experience with (IE Anger, fury and the like).

The tripple blasters light up the darkness around the Chance as Tiny fires again and again, even at the vong targets well out of range.
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[Jedi Skyler]

As Zinn waits for Banshee's response, he will shoot at targets of opportunity...

[Hellcat]

"No, it is my fault," Garolf says, still clearly upset by what happened. "I was coordinating your fire. Had I specified which sigularity projector to aim for then you could have all aimed at it without having to ask me where to fire."

Garolf sits there a moment longer then seems to bring his emotions back in check.

"Jo, are you getting any suvivors on the sensors? We may need to either try and rescue them or let the fleet know where they are."

He then turns his attention to the screen before him.

"Ok, let's make sure we're clear of any of those skips they've got, then maybe we can get on with the mission as Rownn suggested. But before we do that, we may want to make certain we've got some supplies or command is sending supplies to our destination for us. Won't do to get there and have absolutely nothing to defend with. Or worse, no food."

(OOC: Mechanical 2D+1 to check for nearby skips)
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[Ankhanu]

Rownn nods to Garolf but interjects with a series of trills, grunts and roars.
.: Lt. Sekal said they could not spare the supplies for our defense during the briefing, as they are stretched thin as it is... even more thinly now that the Vong have double crossed us. We are to assemble supplies from the stronghold with which to make our defense. We should, however, stop somewhere on route to pick up more food and basic supplies. I'm sure we have enough money from the rescue mission reward to more than cover what we can load up on the Chance. We need not further deplete the military's reserves for our mission; they're going to need what they have for any further refugees.
Rownn turns some of his focus upon the missile launcher targetting computer to watch for incoming targets.

OOC - from the post concerning the mission: "We believe that there still may be some functioning equipment within that you could use to mount a proper defence, until a secondary landing party arrives"
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[vong]

Words scroll across Zinn's screen:

[Jedi Skyler]

"SITHSPIT!" Zinn hollers as he reads the status report from Banshee. Then he keys the comm. "Jo, this X-wing's not gonna be able to make a jump to lightspeed. With the lack of resources here, we'll probably have to land momentarily, ditch this bird, and Banshee and I will have to come aboard to get out of here. This inertial compensator's just not up to it, and if they DO have any available, it'll take too long to switch 'em out."