VC2 Chapter 40-Rookies

Sector 2100

Planet 2101

December 3, 2052

Natalia flew her Rancor battleship fleet alongside Irene's Exodus cruisers. Many other new recruits joined in the formation. Most had little to none experience, but the duty called to them. With their medium attack ships, it served as a distraction so that the experienced pilots could move in and make the strike.

“Alright folks. I'm not going to lie about this, but a lot of people are going to die. My job is ensure you guys come home alive.” McClelland flew his Revelation fleet in front of the rookies' formation.

“That sounds great...” Irene replied sarcastically eyeing her ships and the enemies.

“They may have the tech and firepower, but we got the piloting skills. Remember your training.” McClelland began to make the take charge.

“You ready?” Natalia looked at Irene's ship.

“Yeah, let's do it.” Irene pushed her thrusters forward following McClelland's lead.

McClelland lead the team towards a weaker side of the battle and immediately started engaging the nearest enemy. The first wave of medium ships that entered the battle and were immediately destroyed by the shower of lasers, projectiles, and explosives.

“Keep going forward!” McClelland turned his cruiser sideways to block the incoming fire directed the the recruits.

“They are too strong!” Natalia fired her broadside scatter missiles and watched as the enemy shields absorb it all.

“Break formation. Swarm them on all sides so they can't concentrate their firepower.” McClelland watched as his ship sensors flashed indicating the low shield strength on his ship.

The cluster of NB ships broke apart and became a total mess in the space making the enemy firing randomly into space as it attempted to find a target lock.

“McClelland here, we're swarming the space and the enemy is distracted. Go to next operation.” McClelland broadcasted on the Star Alliance comms.

“Renegade Gold Squad coming in hot.” an old man replied.

The space behind McClelland began to warp as RNG cruisers warped into the empty space. Twenty Revelation cruisers armed with thermal beams began to fly past McClelland's fleet and started firing at the distracted ships. The thermal beams fired in unison locking to one specific ship at a time. With the combined firepower of the high power thermal beam weaponry, the shields vaporized in an instant and the hull took significant damages from the medium attack ships' mixed weaponry.

“Oh yeah!” Irene cheered as she laid waste to a shieldless cruiser creating holes in its hull.

“Renegade Gold Squad advancing to next mark.” the old man lead his squad forward into a more intensified battlefield.

 “Let's swarm the next line.” McClelland commanded as he steered his battle-charred ship in hot pursuit behind the RNG fleet.