Betrayal

[Zero755]

A high pitched alarm echoed throughout the bridge of the Mistralith. Report! Colonel Tanis yelled from her center seat.

Maam the entirety of the 122nd has just been put on red alert by order of Commodore Stewart. And I have a secure message from the Commodore for you, text only. Shall I transmit it to your panel?

Yes Reno, Noah replied as she activated her control panel to the left of her seat. Colonel be on the alert, the Kestrel was just attacked by an unknown force and critically damaged.
~Stewart

Noah grimaced at the message. The Kestrel too? This is more than a coincidence. Tactical Red Alert, all hands to battle stations. Deline run constant scans, if anything so much as twitches out there I want to know about it. Helm, what is our ETA?

ETA to the Tenabras is 5 minuets Colonel. The Lifters have began towing operations and the medical cruiser has all the wounded on board and is heading away from the unknown ship at full cruise. Also the Tenabras has deployed her remaining fighters and began towing the other ship away.

Colonel, Lt. Deline said, We are in visual range of the Tenabras.

On screen. The main view screen came to life displaying the the strickes ship before them.

Fana stood up from her seat to the left of Noahs, My God how did this happen?

No time for speculation, deploy our remaining fighter wing to take up escort positions around the Tenabras. Are we in range to use the tractor beam yet? Reno nodded in response to her question. Good then lets get to it.

The Mistralith took up a position between the Heavy Lifters and engaged her tractor beam. The ships slowly began to lurch forward.

Status Report Jake, Noah said quietly from her seat.

The Tenabras Hull Integrity Field is holding, we are clear to engage cruise.

Ok Ben let the Commodore know its about to get bumpy. Katrina, take the engines to full power but gently we dont want to tear the Tenabras apart. Bridge to Engnieering, Elena we are going to need every scrap of power you have. Evacuate non essential areas of the ship and transfer life support from those sections if you have to.

Understood Colonel, I will be able to get you 120% tops, but that might fry out half the relays in the ship and I dont recommend doing it for more than 30 minuets tops.

Thats fine, if we dont make it to that moon in 20 were all going to be a pink mist anyway.

Another alarm sounded, Colonel I have two Bounty Hunter fighters and one bomber at 210 degrees mark 6 Port!

Of all times for those pests to show up, Tanis to Beta Wing, break off and engage those fighters, if they disrupt our engines we wont make it. When you have dealt with them rendezvous with us. On que the fighter wing broke formation and headed to intercept the Hunters. Jake could they have destroyed the Kestrel?

Those ships arent damaged maam, I doubt they could take the Kestrel n the first place, much less unscathed. No I would say they had nothing to do with it.

Noah nodded, Helm, status.

reactor core temperature buildup in the other ship confirms, detonation in 16 mineuts 25 seconds, time to the moon 16 minuets 10 seconds mark.

Fana walked over to the Tactical station, Jake lets see if we can find a way to extend our shields around the Tenabras. Looks like they might need it.

Noah sent a message to Commodore Stewart,
We are going to try to make it behind that moon, if you have any power left try and burn you maneuvering thrusters, they might help out enough to get us there with a bit more time to spare. This is going to be close.

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