Post # 11 Patrol

Posted on Thu Nov 11th, 2021 @ 10:47pm by Commodore Cyndi Song & Captain Alesha Rivers & Lieutenant Suvak & 2nd Lieutenant Murdoch Thirman

Mission: The Forgotten Children
Location: USS Amandora
Timeline: Concurrent

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< BRIDGE >

Now that Lt jg Thirman had been granted a marine corp commission he was very excited to spread his wings. The rivalry between fleeters and marines was almost snuffed out but there was always some pudding to stir.

Of late since leave Lt Suvak, the flight chief of the ship had been frequently flying a runabout and had achieved her goals. Now the shoe was going to be on the other foot as Ltjg Murdoch Thirman wanted to train to drive the Amandora.

" Sooo the inertial dampeners kick in when you drop out of warp. Sweet." joked Thirman.

" There is no qualities of a dessert involved Mr Thirman." Suvak dryly replied.

A beep sounded and Suvak responded..

" Commodore long range sensor show entrance to the system ahead contains fragmental mines of unknown yield." Suvak reported.


"Full stop," Cyndi ordered "Send word to Lieutenant Rivers to launch fighters to clear the way through the mine field."

Murdoch smiled and then stuck his tongue out at Suvak.

" Answering full stop aye," Suvak replied adding just enough dampeners to trip Murdoch as he entered the turbo lift.

"Steady," Cyndi cautioned "And I saw that, sticking out the tongue."

Murdoch chuckled as he entered.

" Commodore long range sensors detect movement with in the planetary system. A vessel or possibly more." Suvak reported.

"Hold position until we hear back from the fighters," Cyndi said .

" Station keeping Commodore, aye." Duvak responded.

< Hanger Bay >

2Lt Thirman rushed out of the lift to find His Cag running between the fighters.

" Lieutenant Rivers? Alesha? We got the call." Murdoch yelled.

"I just heard," Alesha said "Mount up, stay on my wing." Alesha boarded her fighter and after doing the flight check was ready to launch. "Thirman you ready to launch?"

" Roger that...Roll Tide!" he said referring to his roots.

"Bridge this is Rivers we're ready to launch,"

"Your cleared to launch," Cyndi called

Keying in the commands the shuttle bay doors opened and the warning alarms went off indicating the bay was de-pressurizing for the launch of the fighters. Firing the thrusters Alesha maneuvered her fighter out into space. Once Thirman was cleared the bay doors closed and the two fighters headed out into space.

Post maneuverability Thirman followed radio silence but watched the in cab signals from Rivers. The view of carefully tractored mines had been almost perfectly cleared away but a partial few would still need to be cleared away manually.

Moving closer the large craft at the entrance clearly revealed what Amandora's sensors had detected.

Midnight, as Thirman called himself pulled up to Alesha's right wing. And in signal he told her they should regroup.

"We need to clear the way for the Amandora to proceed." Alesha commented "How do you want to proceed?"

" My sensors say that is a JemHadar war ship. We need to report that back to Amandora."

"It out guns us," Alesha said "We've cleared the mine field so the ship can get through. The Amandora out guns it, we out maneuver it."

" With all due respect Lieutenant have you ever fought the JemHadar? Their tactics are of legend. But you da boss... what's yo orders?" Midnight replied.

"No, but I fought the Romulans," Alesha said "We better go warn the commodore."

Following Alesha's turn Thirman turned with her pressing the thrusters to place some distance between themselves and the Jem Hadar warship.

< Amandora >

" Commodore our fighters have altered course and are returning to our flight path." Suvak reported.

"If they've altered course and are returning they've found something. Have them report to me when they land," Cyndi ordered

" Aye Ma'am." Suvak replied.

< The mine field >

Thirman and Rivers reverse course but that was short lived as a new threat emerged from the asteroid and mine field.

Three JemHadar fighters found their way through the mine field and was on an intercept course for fighters.

Swearing Alesha banked her fighter to face the approaching ships. "Midnight get back to the Amandora, I'll cloak and disable them."

" Oh no if that ain't an order you ain't getting all the fun. You cloak and I'll draw them back towards the mine field. While they are chasing me Ill run them towards the mines." Midnight counter offered.

"It was an order," Alesha said engaging the cloak on her fighter and she headed for the lead ship.

Midnight cussed and followed her order. He would go to the extreme limit and signal Amandora and then return to aide his First Lieutenant.

[ USS Amandora we have engaged three Jem Hadar fighters. Requesting permission to return to battle.] Midnight seemed to beg.

"They outgun you lieutenant, Rivers is cloaked let her disable them. Return to the ship," Cyndi ordered.

Midnight complied but was convinced he had sealed Alesha's fate by not responding.

The 3 craft bore down on Alesha but soon broke off as they returned to their own system making radio contact with much larger cruiser that was unable to breach the system.

Midnight quickly boarded the Amandora and jumped from his sabre fighter very pissed.

" #$& &#$@" Murdoch yelled for the whole hanger to hear.

Alesha had managed to heavily cripple the Jem Hadar
fighters, being cloaked they never saw her, yes they'd fired at her but she'd skillfully dodged every phaser fire until the warp drives on the fighters were disabled. Disabled badly enough they'd need a star base of some other place to get them fixed. Spotting the ship Alesha headed for it, seeing a mine not far from it, Alesha fired at the mine causing it to explode as she banked and rolled her fighter clear. The Jem Hadar ship turned and headed back the way it had come. Disengaging the cloak Alesha headed for the Amandora.

"Commodore Lieutenant Rivers is requesting permission to land, she indicates all three Jem Hadar fighters are crippled and the Jem Hadar ship has retreated." communications announced

Alehsa getting permission to land headed for the ship and shut down the engines as the the tractor beam engaged to bring her fighter aboard. Shutting things down she climbed from the fighter.

"Tell the lieutenant permission granted," Cyndi said.

Murdoch was waiting as the Lieutenant's fighter glided into place on the hanger deck.

" Woman do you have a death wish? You could have been killed." Murdoch yelled more as a lover rather than her subordinate.

"Relax Thirman, I never was in danger," Alesha assured him "Those fighters while out gunning you didn't outgun me. I know three to one odds were not the best but I knew I could do it cloak or not. Those Jem Hadar fighters will need a star base to be repaired. Had I not cloaked I'm sure I could have taken them out. I've been in worse fights."

" Are all Amzocks this gung ho? Unless you're immortal ?" Thirman replied.

"No we're not immortal, while those fighters did out gun you, I knew I could cripple them. The fighters once I got close enough to them lacked maneuverability, I believe they were nothing more than very young kids. The ship however was a different story. If those pilots were young kids they had no combat experience and crippling them was easy. A more seasoned pilot would have picked up on a cloaked fighter and come after me," Alesha said

" You think we are fighting children? Wow thats deep. I'm sorry I yelled Alesha. I sort of...well you know..." Murdoch replied.

"I think those three were children, I don't believe that ship was. On my home planet we're required to join the military at thirteen and be ready for combat both ground and air by sixteen if we're needed. I've been flying since I was ten my dad is one of the flight instructors," Alesha said "The way those fighters were flying leads me to believe they lack experience."

" This could change the whole dynamic of our mission. The Jem Hadar using the prisoners as its crew." Murdoch surmised.

"That or they found a way to reproduce," Alesha commented "But from everything I've heard they're not going to trust the Cardassians to pilot a fighter as it would be too simple for them to escape. No those pilots had to have been very young Jem Hadar."

"That is a deep subject. I am glad that I am just a fighter pilot." Murdoch replied.


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