VC Chapter 31-Spartans

Sector 1600

Planet 1605

January 25, 2052

“Tassos, are you seeing this?” Dimitris spoke into his communications as he watched ship and base debris float around the planet.

“Yes, look. I think there is a war.” Tassos pointed at some explosions at another nearby planet.

“Sir, incoming ships on radar!” an officer alerted Tassos.

“Dimitris, break formation and cover my six.” Tassos turned his head to look out the window to see two Talon frigates approaching.

“They are sending a message.” the officer replied.

“Send it through.” Tassos ordered as the Talons stopped in front of the Nighthawk.

“You are entering MoB controlled airspace. Go any further and you will be shot down and killed on site.” the transmission threatened.

“There are no bad guys up north. NB lives here.” Tassos explained.

“They have been marked as enemies. If you are friends with them, you will be as well.” the MoB officer warned.

Tassos ended the transmission and looked at his crew wondering what actions he should take.

“Orders sir?” the communications officer waited impatiently with his eyes fixed on the hostile Talons in front of them.

“Get Dimitris to fly back and get backup. I will buy him the time to call for help.” Tassos grabbed a Greek Spartan helmet under his chair and put it on his head.

Dimitris' ship turned away quickly and was quickly fired upon with polaron rays.

“They should have never messed with the Greeks. Fire all weapons!” Tassos adjusted his helmet.

The Nighthawk fired a stream of hex missiles and some short bursts of lasers into the Talon pursuing Dimitris. The mixed weapons effectively made work of its shields and tore the enemy Talon into bits and pieces.

“Go Dimitris, get out of here! You must relay the message that war is coming and it is time for the Greeks to rise again my friend.” Tassos turned his ship to attack the other Talon who had already begun firing its scatter missiles.

“Sir, we have a fleet of enemy Exodus cruisers on approach.” an officer alerted Tassos.

Dimitris sped his Talon quickly out of the northern system and into deep space. With rear thrusters III, he was able to quickly gain distance from the enemy reinforcements. He turned his head back to look at his General who was flying skillfully to engage the fleet of Exodus cruisers. Tassos was strafing and firing its hex missiles while maintaining a safe distance from the enemy ships' laser weapons. Hidden from the nearby planet, three Nighthawks appeared and started to give chase to Tassos' ships.

“Watch out.” Dimitris muttered under his breath as he saw the enemy lit Tassos' frigate up in flames.

“Preparing for jump.” an officer interrupted.

Tassos' ship was smoking heavily and then slammed into a Nighthawk tearing it into half creating a massive explosion.

 “Nooooo!” Dimitris watched as his friend's ship exploded and then lost visual as his ship jumped into warp.