The war in Baldeka
13 Jun 2020Per-Ja Ferra
After taking my leave of the Wolves of Jonai I wandered. While I was docked up at JF Kennedy station in Eta Cassiopeiae a man dressed in a flag officer's uniform approached me. He introduced himself as ADM Sepulveda the commanding officer of a reserve naval fleet. He explained that my file had landed on his desk. I started to brush him off, I had not been an official part of the Navy in the better part of three years. Yet something told me to listen.Hells knows why I ended up agreeing to the job offer he made me. From a member of a loose collection of pilots working on the fringes of the galaxy to Wing Captain of the 118th Tactical Fighter Wing of the 87th Naval Fleet. What a change. I found myself working with people in crisp clean flight suits and feeling rather out of place. That was until the message about Baldeka arrived.
The fleet was ordered to respond, and I was the Officer of the Watch when it came in. I ordered the 118th to make ready to depart and contacted Captain Cobb of the SCV CYGNUS. The carrier arrived in time to deliver the wing into battle. Our first five sorties were successful!
The SCV CYGNUS is parked in orbit of the 8th planet and will remain there for the next seven days. During those seven days, my pilots and I will be fighting to end a nasty civil war and an outright war between four factions in the system.