The Ruxomar Resurgence Vol. 2 Ch. 8 'ATLAS' Pt. 2

"Incoming hail from Captain Yuu, putting it onscreen now." "Captain Kuro. We are approximately 5 minutes away from the dropout point. I suggest we start preparing the fighter wings." "I agree, Captain. I also suggest that we have some ships providing cover fire as well." "Acknowledged. Let's get this show on the road." "Attention all ships. This is Captain Kuro. Carrier wings 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, and 1-4, prepare 3 waves of fighters each for immediate departure at dropout. All other carrier units, prepare 5 waves each and standby." "All carrier wings have acknowledged." "Defiant wings 1-1 and 1-2, Toreador wings 1-1, 1-2, and 1-3, Galaxy wings 1-1 and 1-2, once we have arrived at dropout, you are to provide cover fire for the fighters. All other ships are to attack the main station and supporting ships according to your designated battle plan." "All ships have acknowledged. One minute away from dropout." "Attention all ships, dropout in 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, now." At that moment, all 350 ships dropped out of warp just outside of the range of the Atlas platform and their ships.

"Captain Yuu to carrier wings 1-1 through 1-4, initiate launch. All other carrier units, standby for immediate launch." Each wing launched 3 waves of 10 fighters each. "Captain Yuu, Odyssey is changing callsign. Odyssey is now Archangel." "Athens to Archangel. All ships are ready." "Alright then. All ships, initiate attack!" 50 fighters attacked the frontlines of the enemy fleet, catching them off guard, damaging several ships. "Defiant, Toreador, and Galaxy wings, move in closer! We're losing fighters, they need more cover! Athens to carrier wings 1-5 through 1-10, launch your fighters now!" "Archangel to Athens! Status Report!" "We've destroyed several of their ships, but we're no where near close to breaking through. They are launching fighters." "Alright, it's time we send in some heavy artillery. Sovereign-Actual, Archangel. Send in ships at your discretion." "Yes Sir. Sovereign wings 1-1 and 1-2, get in there and do your thing!" Six Sovereign class ships pulled ahead of other ships and unloaded on the enemy frontlines, attempting to make a hole in their lines. "Simmons to Archangel, we have a problem. We've got hull breaches on decks 2, 5, 6, and 8! Casualties on all decks!" "Get out of there Simmons!" "Negative, Archangel." The defiant class U.S.S. Simmons maneuvered through a couple of the enemy lines before being fatally hit with a shot from one of the Eridinian ships. The Simmons was destroyed, severely damaging several of the Eridinian Escorts and battleships. "Target those ships! NOW!" Several of the Ruxomar ships targeted the damaged ships, destroying 8 of them.

"Archangel, Athens." "Go ahead Athens." "Captain Yuu, I have an idea. I want to lead 100 cloak capable ships to the rear of the enemy fleet. We can flank them and hit the station at the same time. It will take about 3 minutes to set up." "Go ahead. Take whatever ships you need, just don't leave us defenseless." Captain Yuu said that last part with a tone of sarcasm. "Defiant-actual, Athens. We need about 30 of your ships." "Acknowledged. I'm placing the entire Defiant wing 3 under your command. That's about 35 ships." "Thank you captain. Hail Zomar wing 5. Zomar 5-actual, this is Athens. I'm taking command of Zomar 5." "Yes sir." The Athens took command of several other wings of various ships from each fleet, totaling 120 ships altogether. "Attention all ships now under my command, initiate cloak and split up into 4 groups, head to your designated point and wait for my signal." Logan's ships moved to their 4 points. "Attention, decloak and open fire. Watch your fire. Keep an eye out for our ships." All 120 ships decloaked and opened fire on the station and the fleet. "Captain, we've got their attention. We've got incoming ships in an attack formation." 3 Defiant class ships decloaked and attacked the incoming ships, destroying them.

"Target the stations shield generators!" "Yes Sir." "Archangel, Athens. How are you doing over there?" "We're fine. The enemy fleet is down to about 200 ships, we've taken loss though. They've taken out several sovereign class ships. We're down to 217 ships in total. We're going to attempt to make a hole in their lines again so we can get through." "Godspeed, Athens out." "Captain, we've dealt some damage to the station. They are starting evacua- captain, hold that thought. We've got an Eridinian battleship changing course, directly for us." "Auxilliary power to shields. Hail Defiant 3. Defaint 3, we have a problem." "We see it. We'll provide some help." "Incoming Fire!" Several shots hit the Athens. "Front shields down to 87 percent. That's some firepower." "Open fire! Target their shield generators and weapons!" Several shots hit one of the defiant class ships, destroying it. "Incoming hail from Archangel!" "Athens, we've broke through. Looks like you've got your hands full. I'm sending ships to assist, we'll hit the station while you take that ship out." The enemy battleship took out several more ships, being barely damaged itself. "We just lost the Nova, the Firesha, and the Wrangler. This ship is too powe-" The battleship landed a hit on the exposed section of the Athens. "Hull Breech, deck 10 section 112-115!" "Captain, we have 5 more ships decloaking! No way... they're Klingon! A Negh'Var and 4 birds of prey!" Logan looked back at Teva, who had a big smirk on her face. "Incoming hail from the Negh'Var." "This is Alexander Rozhenko of the I.K.S. Worf. You look like you could use some assistance!" "You bet! I have my suspicions that a certain bridge officer of mine called you here... thank you for responding. Target that battleship!" "Qapla'." The Negh'var opened fire on the battleship, taking it's shields out. "Fire Torpedoes!" Several combined shots from The Negh'var and the Athens destroyed the battleship. "Athens to Rozhenko. Give us some cover from the fleet while we take out this station. Take out all ships you can!" "Captain, the stations shields are down!" "Destroy it!" The rest of the fleet had taken out most of the enemy fleet, the rest of the ships have retreated. "All ships, fire." The remaining 87 ships opened fire on Atlas. "Captain, the stations core is about to breach, we need to get out of here!" "All ships, set a course to Starbase 57, maximum warp, NOW!" The Atlas' core breached, destroying several more ships before they had a chance to warp out, leaving a total of 82 ships left.

"Open a hail to the I.K.S. Worf. As a thank you for the assistance, we would like to invite you to join us at Starbase 57." "Qapla', we would like that. It was an honor to fight alongside warriors such as yourself." "Qapla', Alexander." "Teva, I knew you had contacts in the Klingon empire, but I had no idea that they were Worf's son!" "I try to keep it a secret. They happened to be in the sector and we needed the help, so..." "Thank you, Teva." Captain Kuro went to his ready room.

"Captain's log, Stardate 93648.9. Today' attack on the Atlas platform was a success. However we did loose over 200 ships, countless lives. We were successful in destroying the Atlas platform. We had some unexpected help from the Klingon Empire. Captain Alexander Rozhenko of the I.K.S. Worf dropped in per the request of Teva, one of my bridge officers. If they hadn't have helped, this could have been so much different. The Athens is damaged, so there will be repair time. However, it might give my crew a chance to have some well deserved rest and relaxation. We're heading to Starbase 57 for debriefing and repair. My crew performed admirably. It is an honor to serve with each and every one of them. End Log."

A few minutes later, the doorbell chimed. "Come in." Logan said, reading something on a PADD. Claire walked in. "Claire, what can I do for you?" "Logan, I'm so happy that it went well. If I'm being honest, I was scared. But I had faith in everyone. I have faith in you. I knew that you would keep us all safe." "Claire, I couldn't do this if you weren't my first officer. Your advice is invaluable. I have faith that if anything we're to happen to me, you could lead the Athens on in greatness. Claire and Logan walked up to the panoramic window in his ready room. Logan grabbed Claire's hand as they looked out at the passing stars. Claire pulled Logan in closer and they hugged, still staring out the window. "We'll be at Starbase 57 tomorrow. We should go and do something, Claire." "Yes, we should. Let's do. Hey, let's go to the mess hall. I'm hungry." Claire pulled Logan by the hand onto the bridge and to the turbolift. Teva looked at the couple with a smirk as they went to the turbolift. Once the lift doors closed several of the bridge members chuckled and laughed.