>>6028270Setting your main engine on neutral, Inger uses the remaining thrusters to gently nudge your ship's heading. Missing the target by just a fraction of a fraction of a degree could potentially shoot your ship straight past Molosses' gravity well and right into the next world, if there is one.
Once everyone else has settled into their positions in the arrow-shaped formation, Jean-Pierre greenlights the final cooldown. 3. Tim grips tightly onto a safety handle, “Never love these breaching operations.” 2. Here goes nothing. 1.
“Saints in heaven, Charlie's on top of us.” Moynihan makes the spacer's cross before nearly shouting into the radio. “4 bogeys. Elevation 80 degrees. .7 mil klicks, burning in fast. ETA 20 minutes. Do you copy? Skyline over.” You nearly fall over as Inger does an emergency barrel roll to bring the ventral battery into play. “Armitage here, copy. Moving to intercept. All other ships, remain in formation. Do not engage. I repeat, do not engage. Over.”
You quietly thank Jean-Pierre for remembering your request. A moment later, two out of four blips sputter and fall out of formation. “Multiple torpedo hits registered. Sparrow-1 and Heron-3 disabled. I repeat, Sparrow-1, Heron-3 disabled. Over.” The last two destroyers engage in a brief knife fight before Heron-2 also joins its compatriots.
The Armitage makes short work of one last poorly-aimed torpedo barrage from Heron-2. Before fleeing the crime scene, Heron-1 fires a brief tightbeam at your cruiser. “Yamir-Hysret sends his regards. May the Hys years never end!”
Liu's shrill voice interrupts a small celebration on your combat information centre, “Main enemy force in disarray. Moving in for torpedo run. Requesting all fire support available. Razoredge, over.” Jean-Pierre quickly responds, “Stay in formation, stay in formation, goddamnit, Razoredge, do you copy?” The twin destroyers pull further and further away from the rest of your fleet. Jean-Pierre's light cruiser promptly chases after them, all guns blazing.
<span class="mu-s">"Skyline, Yushi, Invincible. Fire at will. Suppress them until we get out." Tim looks at you with suspicion. He and you both realise how mighty convenient this is.</span>
>Follow Jean-Pierre's orders. You dislike Liu, but you can't leave him in the lurch.>Fire slowly and deliberately. You can't risk hitting friendlies now, can you?>Suppress Heart's Perch instead. He never specified which target to shoot.>Manoeuvre to place Razoredge between you and the enemy. Time for some danger close ‘support’. (Tim disapproves of this)>Write-in. 