i've just started writing a story, its set about 25 years after X4.
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Great Losses, Great Sacrifice.
Prelude.
The X-universe now thinks it’s seen it all, The Cabal’s plot to keep the gateless jump-drive out of the clans hands. Tor Grall bringing everyone back from the khakk trap and the khakk invasion of Omicron lyrae. Then renewed contact with Earth and the Terrain people.
Little do they know the biggest battle of all time is about to take place. The Terrain fleet managed to get the Gate working and established a permanent connection to Earth, they then sent through thousands more ships to join the existing battleships.
After the khakk conflict the Argon forces decided it was necessary to bulk up their minute forces with hundreds more Carriers, Destroyers, corvettes, thousands more fighters and even a couple of Super Destroyers.
The Boron had also taken the Argon’s thoughts on increasing their fleets power. But the Boron also diverted time and credits towards research stations and new ship designs relying on the new Argon fleets to protect their space in exchange for any new technologies they produced. Together the Argon and Boron races did very well.
As for the Teladi, they where still the credit hungry creatures that everyone knows except they had done exceptionally well in exploring new frontiers and space travel, now having found over a hundred different sectors and distributing them to the different races. The Teladi had take over more Xenon sectors than any other race despite requests from THE ANCIENTS, to stop when the Earth jump ship came.
The Split took heavy loses in the second invasion of the khakk, most of their fleets and stations where destroyed by massive fleets of khakk destroyers and carriers. They only managed to stop them through peace talks with the four races to provide fleets of blockades at each gate they hadn’t took to stop them progressing further. Once the second incursion was over, the spilt took to rebuilding their Empire but this time with more advanced technologies incorporated into their stations and ships.
The paranid are waging war with the clans whilst trying to upgrade their entire fleet and pour out more ships. If it hadn’t been for the Teladi intervening and some unorthodox use of the cloaking ability the paranid have they would have been wiped out.
Chapter 1: Gather up the FORCES.
“RED ALERT, ALL HANDS TO BATTLE STATIONS” screamed Admiral black. “Launch all fighters, engines to full power, load Torpedo bays.
“Sir, I’ve got thirty M3 class fighters coming in, an M2 class destroyer and M5’s all over the place.”
“Torpedo bays ready, all fighters launched, engines holding at full power. SIR”
The Decker was one of the few Argon Titan destroyers left after the khakk invasion but she was now an aging hull and was soon in for decommission, unfortunately the Xenon were testing the Argon’s defences as Decker was passing by and with no other ships in the area she was forced to engage because she no longer had the speed edge over the new improved Xenon destroyers and fighters.
“Xenon forces engaging fighters, coming into weapons range, opening fire.”
The admiral watched as streams of plasma fell on their targets, a massive explosion rocketed the ship throwing everyone onto the floor. Consoles exploded, sparks flying everywhere. The NAV officer managed to rescue the ship but only as more power conduits exploded all over the ship and more consoles exploded outwards. The admiral could smell the fire suppressant kicking in.
“Hull breaches on decks 9,10,11,12 and 13. force-fields holding, shields at 60percent”
“WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED”
“Checking, it appears ten Xenon fighters went suicidal, crashing into the port side of the ship and the upper port engine pod. Engines down to 60%, we lost 3 turrets in the attack and one shield generator. Most of the extra equipment was destroyed.”
The Xenon destroyer was coming under fire from the fighters the Decker had launched and then the Decker opened fire again with everything it had but the destroyer managed to dodge most of the incoming fire with the use of a strafe drive. It then opened up fire on the Decker. As the plasma streams flew across space Decker did everything she could to avoid the incoming fire and return it, with little success.
“REPORT” shouted the Admiral.
“We have lost main engines, acting on thrusters, main power is out, lost all turrets and we have exhausted out missiles. Shields are down and most sub-systems are offline”
“SIR, there is a core breach in progress, I estimate three minutes until she blows.”
“Can we eject the core”
“No Sir, its offline.”
“If we diverted all remaining power to engines could we go fast enough to ram and destroy the Xenon ship.”
“Yes”
“Set collision course, full power to engines, put me through to everybody on the ship and all our fighters, launch black-box.”
“Eye sir”
“This is Admiral Black, all fighters get to the nearest shipyard before the explosion hits you, were going to ram the Xenon ship before it can destroy anything else. It WILL destroy the ship and the Xenon destroyer we are aiming for. All hands Abandon ship, repeat all hands abandon ship.”
The command crew didn’t even move when he gave the order and they showed no intention of.
“GO NOW while you still can.”
“Sir, with all due respect, to hell with your orders, we would stay by your side even if it meant being tortured.”
“Thanks all of you.”
The Decker started moving towards its target all the while getting faster and faster, escape pods launching off all sides. The nose of the Argon Destroyer ploughed straight through the Xenon’s shields and into the hull of the beast. Its aim had been perfect, straight into the main reactor of the Xenon ship. Both ships went up in massive explosions as the two cores went critical at such short range. The remaining Xenon fighters where engulfed and destroyed by the explosion instantly.
The shockwave was so powerful the remaining Decker ships that where now some forty kilometres away, lost control as their ships where thrown about in space. Fortunately the stations where so far away that they where only thrown about a little bit when the shockwave hit home.
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