Shadows of the past..
28 Sep 2020Eagle 5
23 March 3301
<> DIRECT HIT <> CONDITION RED <>
"Starboard thruster down to 32%"
> Copy Leo... Alignment looks good just hang on... one more minute!
The Liberty rotated hard to port bouncing a Crimson State Group DF missile along the longitudinal axis of the ship impacting near the rear superstructure
(BANG....)
"Main Thruster at 57% We are leaking coolant, temperatures will be critical soon"
> Target Lock! Command this is Eagle 5 verify target!
"Ghost Rider this is Strike. Package is on board you are weapons free"
> Target confirmed... (sorry Mr. Laoghire this has gone on too long) FOX 1!
The nuclear tipped torpedo cracked off the Liberty's main warhead launcher with a deafening roar pushing the ship back and over as it vectored in toward a seemingly unmarked T7 bringing up the rear in a group of escaping transporters hiding behind a line of attacking CSG ships.
> 35 seconds to impact, CSG attackers are veering off and disengaging, Command do you have an update?
"No change. Continue operations ghost rider"
At exactly 12 seconds the IFF system rebooted reclassifying the T7 wing as allied...
>NO THIS CAN'T BE! COMMAND WHAT IS HAPPENING!!
"GHOST RIDER WING STAND BY!"
(the unkown CSG signal scrambler suddenly went offline)
"NAVY FIGHTERS WHY?!? WE WERE AAAAH"
Zero seconds....
The torpedo erupted like a small supernova incinerating the target T7 taking out several accompanying transporters extinguishing the lives of hundreds of Federal and independent refugees fleeing the Lugh warzone in search of safety. History would show that a similar scenario would play across the Lugh system claiming the lives of 9,322 refugees, but the events at Lugh 6 (by my action) would make up the largest individual portion of that killcount at over 200 casualties to my name.. which was now:
"The Butcher of Lugh"
