Goldd stared at the monitor in dismay, so early, and so many losses, there was a constant gabble of voices over the radio.
++THIS IS RAMPART, WE TOOK A SC HIT TO THE PROJECTOR ROOMS, WE'RE GONE, WE'RE GON-++
++"Indefatigable", reporting major damage, all crew have been ordered to evac.++
++Commander Beige here... We are the last ship left in system... so much death.. I can't do it sir...++
++This is Supreme Commander Richard, they have boarded us, I'm taking down as many as I can but they just keep coming, You're gonna have to do the rest of this without me Goldd++
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In an until recently insignificant star system, a measly SYS-DEF detachment circles a planet bathed in clouds, Commander Boze looked at his monitor, there must be thousands of the buggers, and he had three Light Cruisers and five Zippers, what the hell was he supposed to do?
He knew.
++Iredistin Survivors, please prepare to receive survival pods, I am ordering full crew eject, sorry we couldn't hold this for you, it's probably best you stay on the ground for a while.++
++All crew, Get the hell out, that's an order.++
Survival pods lance forth, EM shielded they can pass through the atmosphere of the planet without harm, buffeted by the winds that blow ceaselessly in the upper atmosphere, the five Zippers follow, but do not enter the atmosphere yet, waiting for confirmation.
Boze Grins, as he eyes the EL cruisers, with stasis down
"So i'm not a threat eh? come on then ya sonuvabitch!"
He slams his hand down on a control, and the antiquated FTL drives kick in, lancing the Overlord class to the speed of an LS Rail projectile...
Three Heavy cruisers detonate before they even realize what happened, then... silence.
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Corporal Dram checked his suit controls.
++5 Small-time measurement until boarding, ready suits.++
Their shuttles rocketed toward the EL line, Dram looked to hi right just in time to see "Impenetrable" get fragged by a Stasis Cannon shell, he looked back to his copilots.
"Everyone ready?"
"Aye Sir"
Then there was a wrenching sound that reverberated through the ship.
"Dakk! we're hit!"
The front left hand side of the shuttle was in ruins, the control cabin gone completely, Dram hit the emergency release button and the suit came clear of the shuttle in a puff of escaping gas.
"We're gonna have to use the Jumpjets"
The suit's jumpjets flared, spiraling it less than gracefully toward the EL cruiser, the suit hit the side and clung on
"Manuel Use the cutter on the thing dammit!"
*The suit started cutting it's way into the side of the ship, oblivious to the fighters bearing down on it from the rear...
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They had held long enough, Goldd could see that.
Richard, Redd, Braun, all dead, all for nothing but the defence of a few systems that would fall anyway.
But it was more than that, if the EL had not fought the Sols, they would not have even let refugees leave Solaric space. It was time.
++All units, Commence Immediate EVAC, head for following safe haven points:
New Hegemony,
Tau Combine,
Lupidira Collective,
FlareCorp,
New Scavengers,
Kel'Shir,
Dimensional Collective.
These people should be able to house you, if not, transfer to a different location listed above.
You fought well my friends, Goldd out.++
And as the Planetary Stasis field closes over "Methuselah", the Solaric Capital planet, Solaric Command goes silent. Alpha-Grade stasis is in effect across the empire.
The people sleep, and EL Cruisers plough the deeps of space between their worlds.
Who knows how long they will slumber.
Perhaps forever.
