Back story
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The Midori nebula, a beautiful purple and blue cloud that sits on the edge of the Nagano system. However, few know of who live inside the cloud itself. While not home to any major threats of the imposing enemies; a lone Depot, belonging to the Farmer's Alliance sits deep within the cloud itself. The station itself however recently caught the eyes of one faction much more stronger then that of the Alliance force stationed in the nebula.
The Blood Dragons.
For the longest time, the Dragon's ignore the self imposing farmers of Kusari, however after recent problems inside the Nagano system and attacks taken against the Dragon's themselves, the shogunate decided to finally make a move against the depot to finally remove the Alliance from near by systems entirely. After the recent battles against the stations belonging to Samura in the system, the Dragons began to mount up another force. This time however, the had their eyes set on the nearly defenseless station belonging to the Alliance, Shibukawa Depot. Gathering their forces, the Dragons planned to mount a siege upon the station to weaken its defenses before finally boarding it to capture it.
Operation Silenced Flame
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Three ships sat on the edge Takasaki Dust Field in Nagano. From a distance, it was hard to make out just what ships they were, however, upon closer inspection, it was clear that one of them as a battleship, the other two however were transports that were loaded with soldiers. The captain of the battleship sighed and turned around, as if waiting for something else to happen
"I said to be here, where are they.." she muttered quietly, the captains of two transports spoke up in turn
"Maybe their late, you know its hard to get people ready for this stuff." To which the other captain spoke as well
"Ya! I mean, it's not every day we plan to take a station by force." The female of the battleship sighed and sat down on the chair
"Steel, Metal, you always win these arguments.." The two only cracked up in laughter after hearing their Daimyo surrender to embarrassment.
Yuki shook her head and sighed
"The others should be here soon anyways. Hopefully the Alliance will clear the station and not fight us, I don't want there to be more senseless blood shed then there needs to be." Steel rolled her eyes a bit "
Ya ya, says the one that-" Metal snipped
"Shhhhush about that!" Steel shook her head and sighed "
Fine.."
Yuki turned back and checked over the scanners, still waiting for the others to show up at this point, she then sent out a message that the transports and the battleship Fuji were ready for the assault and that others should begin to gather and where, however she didn't just leave it at that, she also gave the order to bring fighters and bombers along mainly, as she knew the Alliance didn't use capital vessels beyond that of gunships. Sending a third part to a few special Dragon's, she ordered them to bring two capital classes along side the snub support, however not a battleship or any large warship class. Leaving them to decide what to bring, she turned back and looked outside the Fuji's windows on the bridge
"Nagano, you will soon be ours..you can count on that..." Muttering mostly to herself
A capital ship appeared at the edge of the Battleship's detection range, moving ever closer. It was recognized as the Kagatsuchi class Assault Cruiser Mount Takao, personal cruiser of the Twin Dragons, Machiyo and Michiyo.
Moving into a position near the Battleship, the Cruiser came to a stop and a video screen popped up near Yuki. Shown on it was the Twins, one dressed and armored for the pending Assault. "Hey Hey, Yuki. We're here and ready." "Sorry we're late. We were putting the finishing touches on a few new toys to try out on that tin can." The twins were full of energy and very eager for what was to come.
A third capital vessel appears on the Fuji's scope a second Kagatsuchi class Assault cruiser bearing the name Mount Kita it's main forward cannon fully charge and nearly glowing with energy.
"This is Fleet Commander Daimyo Saito commanding the Mount Kita... reporting in Yuki... I have been waiting a very LONG time for this..." She smiles a little as the cruiser spins around the Fuji and the Takao coming to rest on the port side of the battleship. "I'm ready to start knocking..." She said the forward cannon still glowing.
Yuki sat back with a smile and though for a moment before speaking "Were going to need more fighter and bomber crafts if were going to take care of the defense wing first, the second problem will be getting the stations shield down. Once that goes down, all we need to do is board the station and secure all major points on board. The last sounds easy, but I already expect F.A forces on alert after the recent attacks into the system a few days ago. Keep your eyes peeled once the attack is launched, we need to strike hard and fast before they have any time to react. Any gunships that they might throw at us are up to you guys." she motioned to the twins and Saito "To take care of, I'll personally see through that the shield is taken down and any defenses, fighters and bombers will take care of any defense wings. Once I give the clear, Katana one, and Katana two will move in and begin boarding of the station, it will be our task to defend them till everyone is onboard. Any questions so far?"
It was a sunny day at the Aoseki no Ike, one of the many high luxury villa complexes built by Samura that could be found in a few locations on Planet Tomioka. Wakame, of the middle management of a certain Samura company, was enjoying sunbathing by the pool, while reading up the latest news from a holopad.
Wakame had struck his luck recently, when he managed to close a lucrative deal for selling industrial incinerators before the competition was even aware of the opportunity. He had also managed to delay a governmental inspection to Samura installations on Rishiri and Nagano, with the help of his contacts in the Farmers Alliance that attacked the Police convoys. It gave enough time for Samura to cut some loose ends and hide many leftovers of their operations which would give a bad image to the company.
Such efforts had earned him a week long vacation in Tomioka, but his mind was not at ease. Particularly the timing of it.
"Dammit these Dragons. A week of attacks on Xuanming and other installations will make a dent on the stocks.... Good thing that the Farmers managed to root them out and back into their thrash can."
Of course the newspapers didn't say anything about the Dragons being pushed back, only about the many efforts by the KNF and Samura to keep the corridors secure. In his mind however, he believed that the Farmers had given their enemies a swift and perhaps messy death.
His holopad woke up into a frenzy, the sign of an incoming call. He recognized the number as being of one of his lower contacts with the Farmers of Shibukawa Depot.
He picked up the call, and a face of a young man with smudges of oil appeared on the screen. Mamegara was working on some mechanical components while talking to the screen.
Mamegara - "Ohayou, Wakame-sama. How's it goin there?"
Wakame, with a condescending look - "Mamegara, I've told you to not call me without taking measures. And not to bother me when I don't have any work for you to do, or something important."
Mamegara - "Eh, but it's sort of important... I mean, I wanted to know when you will be evacuating back to New Tokyo."
Wakame - "I'll go at the end of next week, gotta enjoy the fruits..." Wakame paused, sensing that something was off in the conversation. He asked with a troubled look - "Oy, what you mean, evacuate?"
Now it was Mamegara who was giving him a troubled look.
Mamegara - "Now now now Wakame-sama, didn't they tell you already? Evacuation.... Don't say that you aren't aware of it yet? The Dragon Fleet of last week has been spotted again in the system by our scouts."
Wakame - "Ah sou... and then? What are the rascals doing these time? Have you ambushed them already?"
Mamegara - "Ehehe, you joking as usual. That force... is too much for our bag. And their scouts have been passing too close to the northern sector. We've seen several Samura shuttles, with the rich dudes probably, leaving Tomioka for the south, in preparation of what is to come."
Wakame, loosing his confidence - "B-but... You guys will still be around, defending Tomioka right? Isn't that what we put you in Shibukawa? "
Mamegara - "Ahh... about that, yes... We're... sort of evacuating too."
Wakame drops the holopad to the ground, his face showing an expression like he had suffered an apoplexy.
He picks up the holopad, and mutters some more sentences
Wakame - "You guys... are running away? Because of some dragons are coming your way?"
Mamegara - "No no no, don't think that way. Seems it was a plan of the higher ups all along. I'm just finishing some components for us to rig up the last section of the base with bombs. Most of the lads have been shipped away already, and a few brave fools and old dogs will stay behind in the base to give those snakes some bait to come closer.
Also, thanks for that small antimatter batch."
Wakame eyes widened once again, and seemed about to pop out.
Wakame - "Anitmatter!? Where the hell you got your hands on antimatter?"
Mamegara - "Eh, it wasn't yours? Well, it came with your regular shipping, on that transport of yours. We were told to use it "liberally"." *a loud commotion can be heard in the background* "Ah, meeting time. See you later pops."
Wakame was sitting on the chair by the pool, dumbfounded. Nothing make sense to him. He was just supposed to have a nice vacation, on clear Tomioka. Why wasn't he informed about this bef...
Suddenly, things started falling into place. He had a weird feeling when he had received word of going on vacation, to one of the luxury villas even. Surely it was too great of a reward for what he had accomplished.
Then the use of his ship to bring stuff to Shibukawa, and the unannounced evacuation of the bigwigs, who usually stay at those villas. He saw it now, it was much clearer. He had been chosen by Samura to be a sacrificial lam-.....
"Did that guy just called me an old man?!"
Later on in the day, the Blood Dragon gathering had grown much larger then it was a few hours ago. Pings all over the area outside the field showed up, fighters, bombers, gunships, even a few cruisers and a battleship. And these ships were not just the normal fielded warships the Dragon's sent out, these were armored and prepped warships.
Yuki looked outside the window and smiled softly to herself "Were almost ready..Dragons, Dagger formation. Twins, you take the right flak, Saito, you take the left." She looked outside for a longer time as ships and crafts began to shift from where they were. "Right. We move now! Charge cruise and move!"
As the Dragons vanished into the field, all seemed quiet before...
One ping showed up..nothing with it, it seemed. It was tagged and the warnings then came with it..the Blood Dragon assault battleship, the Mount Fuji was sitting in siege range. Two more pings showed up as its escort cruisers came in from the back of the station, completely boxing it in. Several smaller pings popped up as almost four wings of bombers and several fighter wings made sphere around the base...they seemed to wait, any attempt to contact them was met with silence on their end, on the Dragon's end, people were prepping and getting ready. "Well..this looks easy.." she had a worried expression however of what might happen.
Yet another ping pops up.Not as sizeable as the Capitals,nor small as the fighter crafts.The fleet was approached by a Hachiman class gunship,Mount Shiomi.The communications of the ship were stuttering a little,but when they finally stabilized only a jawn could be heard. "Kon'nichiwaaaa...!" Shana says with another jawn following it up... "I had to get myself out of bed for this..." The forward cannon seemed online but the Solaris turrets were not... "Well i am still getting used to this vessel..." Shana hits a few buttons as the turrets come online,she takes up formation with the other ships surrounding the station... "There we go,so,when is this thing starting?" She raises her feet onto the dashboard.
- Just look at this... - Takao chuckled and shook his head. - Seems like every single Dragon came here just for us... I almost feel honoured. - he briefly looked over reports from Alliance's scouts in the area. - Oh my, that's some nice battleship they have there. This is going to be a nice show.
Silence filled Tiger's bridge as he stopped talking, this time looking over the reports from Shibukawa. He then looked through the glass. He could barely see the tip of his ship, not even mentioning it's small escort or Shibukawa itself few clicks away. It took him a moment to realise how quiet it was onboard.
- Hey, Chou, are you with me? - he tried to look over his shoulder, but the fighter sized cockpit and his spacesuit made it impossible for him.
- Yeah, yeah... I'm with you. - a woman on the back seat replied with a rather silent tone.
- Nervous?
- No.
- No worries, we will be fine. Did you ever head about one of these ships being taken down by a bunch of fools like Dragons?
- Not yet.
- Ah. You and your optimism.
Takao looked at the silent scanner. As far as he knew people were about to finish filling Shibukawa with explosives... Shame, such a nice and quiet place. He was about to pick up the conversation with his sister again when he heard quiet pings. One after another Tiger's scanner filled with Dragon vessels. Takao chuckled again.
- White Tiger to escort. Bloodies are coming in range. Keep in mind, people, we're covering last transports, not making a last stand. Stay alive and stay focused. - he pressed few buttons and two engines of his Claymore filled the ship with a muffled roar. - This is it, Chou. Don't panic.
- I'm not. - Chou took a deep breath.
- Yeah, right... - he pushed the speed lever forward and the ship slowly began to move. - Defensive positions, people!
Yuki waited for a long period of time before yelling a single word out, the type of word known to start wars and conflicts. "FIRE!" The Fuji opened up on the station, bringing its shields up quickly. The fighters and bombers breaking formation and begin to move around the area quickly. Yuki motioned to the captains to begin what they were tasked to do
The Mount Takao shudders as the forward gun fires, and the turrets join in as well.
"I better head down t0 the hangar and prep the assaulters. Need to get the Dragon's Claws ready as well" The armored twin leaves the bridge while the other remains commanding the ship. "Gunnery, keep fire on that station. Watch for any friendlies moving through." The Dragon walks over to the radar station. "EW, link into the Fuji's sensor net. ping anything that isnt a dragon. If it's a hostile, send the data to the fleet and to Fire Control. Fire Control, task any hostiles received from EW to the Missile Launchers. You are cleared to fire when you need to." She strides back to the command dais and takes a seat on one of the chairs.