Acension to power (Short Story)

TNU Presents: Ascension to power

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Written from 07/04/2017 through07/05/2017

Admiral Galek Talor
Commander Carlsbad Polytom
FSF Trinity,Command Carrier
Ready room of Commanding Officer
August 20, 4566 1800 Hours

Faith Services Fleet occupied space: Outer edges Kraylon System, near the Mempa System.

"You promised a short anddecisive win, Commander" called out Rear Admiral Galek Tolar a direct adjuctant to Darius Maximus the field marshall, the self appointed ruler of the Faith Services Fleet. Galek was very upset with the intelligence report that came acrosshis desk. He pounded his fist against the table.

"there was no way to see that outcome" suggested Commander Calsbad Polytom. He was referring tothe failure of the mission to destroyer the trinity fleet flagship. His ship was not even engaged in the battle that crippled the DFS Lavie, however this lame ass admiral was trying to blame him, to save face with Darius, what a cowardly move. He needed to be replaced.

Such a weak leader thought Carl, he did not deserve to be called an Admiral in Darius Maximus’s fleet! "it was just one ship" yelled out Galek with a tone ofanger in his voice.

"Captain Layton is inexperienced, our nextencounter, will crush that damn ship of hers, and the president's personal fleet will be destroyed" suggested Carlsbad who wentby Carl for short.

"how can they call one ship a fleet" asked Carl, in a sarcastic tone and a chuckle.

"its not the only shipthey are planning to build" said Galek, he was not amused atthechuckle of Carl.

"the destruction of the Lavie, will makethe power mungry renegade leader Admiral Hukari Carain, they Faith Services Fleet will restore the galactic federation to it's formerglory, first her fleet tomorrow, and tommorow her soul" suggested Carl, with an grin on his face.

"that instinct needs to be delt with, but we need to send a message, start with her personalfleet's flagship, I want to weaken her position within the council" demanded Galek.

"it will be done Admiral" suggested Carl.

"you said that before Commander, if you fail me again,do not bother returning at all, failure is not an option" suggested Galek.

"I understand, Admiral"said Carl. He was a littlepissed, if he failed, why did that dumb ass admiral, not take of the matterhimself.

Carl assumed theAdmiral could not carryout the orders either, so he passed the buck off to Carl, to give him an escape goat, if the mission fails again. The man is a coward though Carl, not worthy of being an admiral under the great command of Darius.

The admiral was ason a communication's call with Carl,when a text based message came across his desk. Carl could see the message but the Admiral could not. The message read, 'FSF Yorkie, has returned with priority news'. Carl wanted to end the call to see what intelligencethe Yorkie discovered in the Mempa Sector.

"Admiral, I am getting a priority one communique from the Yorkie, intelligence scout ship" suggested Carl, as he waitedfor the Admiral to end the call.

"do not failme, Commander, Admiral Talor out" said Galek as he ended the call.

Carl opened the communique data feed from the FSF Yorkie. It talked about thesighting of the DFS Essex in orbit over the Mempa System, and communications interception discovered that the Memporian Government has signed accords with the renegades, this was a direct actof treason against the ruling leader of the Galactic Federationand the FSF.

Carl wondered howDarius was going to take this news? He hoped that he would allow the FSF Trinity and the FSF Yorkie to destroy the DFS Essex, once and for all. And bombard theMempa System for their failure to support the rightful ruler ofthe Galactic Federation.

Only Field Marshall Darius Maximus was the rightful ruler over the Galactic Federation. They needed to be taught a lesson and Carl, desperately wanted to give them lesson.

Commander Carlsbad Polytom
FSF Trinity, Command Carrier Bridge
August 20, 4566 1820 Hours

Carl walked out of his readyroom. He knew the Trinity and the Yorkie were going to overpower the Essex, with their superior fire power. But it was not his goal to get the inferior ship to simplybe destroyed, he wanted them to flee the area, show the Memporians they were tremble at the presence of the Faith Services Fleet.

“Communications, opena channel with the Yorkie” ordered Carl.

“Yes Captain” said the communications officer.

It tooka few minutes to open the channel, the wait was aggravating Carl, he hated waiting.

“Channel open, Captain” said the communications officer.

“Captain Smith, prepare the Yorkie for combat,we are going to make the Essex flea battle and show the Memporians, the cowards they truly are, they will tremble in fear aswe approach the system” suggested Carl.

“We are ready, been itching for some combat” suggested Captain Jolan Smith of the FSF Yorkie. He was not as power hungry as Carl was, but he loved agood fight. Jolan was from Tera Homeworld, he grew up in one ofthe hostile colonies in the formerunited states territories.

“Set a course for the Mempa Homeworld, we will open fire drawing the weapons fire of the Essex, come in behind us and open fire, our combined firepower should be enough to eliminate the enemy's will to fight” said Carl.

Jolanhoped they would not retreat, he would love to eliminate a carrier, in his eyes the men and women of the Essex, betrayed the true Galactic Federation. They deserved no mercy, no compassion atall.

The channel closed. Carl lookedat his helmsman. “Plot ajump to the Mempa System”demanded Carl as he took a seat in hiscommand chair.

“Readyall weapons, prepare the launch bays, I want to strike the moment we enter the system, give them no choice but to retreat” demanded Carl.

“Weapons online, all fighter pilots are scrambling to their fighters” called out the tacticalofficer. After a couple of minutes the tactical confirmed they were ready to go.

“Make sure to jam their communications as soon as we jump in, Iwant them to flea like cowards and show the Memporians, they are not worthy of their allegiance” said Carl.

“Ready, Captain” said the communications officer.

“Helm make the jump” called out Carl.


Lt. Commander Jolan Smith
FSF Yorkie,Mobius Class Destroyer
The Bridge CommandCenter
August 20, 4566 1820 Hours

“Captain, the Trinity, has made the jump” called out the helmsman.

“Then by all means, jump, helmsman” ordered Jolan.

“Yes Captain” said the Helmsman. The Yorkie jumped.

The FSF Trinity had opened fire on the DFS Essex, without warning or provocation, granted the Mempa System was classified as neutral space, well for the moment, but the crewof the Yorkie did not agree with their captain. They felt this attack was wrong.

“Tactical prepare a firing solution on the Essex” ordered Jolan.

“No Captain” called out the tactical officer.

“You're relieved” said Jolan as he stood up and got readyto reach for his pistol, but the first officer took his pistol from his holster and the captains and pointed them at the Captain.

“You're relievedJolan, do not force me to kill you” said the first officer.

“Thisis treason, Field Marshall Maximus will have you're asses forthis” demanded Jolan.

“Perhaps, but not today” suggested the first officer.

“I will see to it personally” yelled out Jolan.

“Guards place the captain in custody, restrain him in the holding cells” said the first officer.

Senator Candor of Andoria
Captain Marco Ramirez
Commander Mable Sanchez-Martinez
DFS Essex,Deep Space Carrier
The Bridge Command Center
August 20,4566 1820 Hours

“Captain two ships in sensor range, their ISFread FSF ships” called out the tactical officer.

“Red alert, shields up” called out Mable, with a bit of excitement in her voice.

“Scramble all fighters” called out Marco, in a collectedcool tone.

“Helm prepare a jump solution to federation controlled space” ordered Mable.

“Working on it” said the Helmsman.

“Tactical prepare a fire solution on the carrier” ordered Marco.

“IFS reads the carrier as the Trinity, and preparing a fire solution, readyon your orders” said the tactical officer. Hewondered why the Captain did not jump out of the system. Beforehecould answer a senator walked onto the bridge.

“They havesomenerve” called out Candor.

“Senator you should not be on the bridge sir” called out Mable.

Candor walked over to Marco.“We need to stand our ground, if we leave, it will make us lookweak to the Memporian Government and they will withdraw from the new bill they signed with the Federation” suggested Candor.

“I will keep that in mind Senator” said Marco. His first duty was to his crew not to some politician.

“Make sure you, it will be your ass if we screw upthis deal” said Candor, as he left the bridge.

“The Trinity is preparing a fire solution” calledout the tactical officer.

“Launch all fighters and open fire, let’s draw them away from theplanet, helm plot an escape vector” ordered Marco. The Essex opened fire. Along with the weaponsfire, was a small wave of fighters as they began to engage the Trinity.

“IFS has identified the ship as the FSF Yorkie a small destroyer” saidthe tactical officer.

“Have they locked fire on us” asked Mable.

“No ma’am” said the tactical officer.

“Track their movement, can not redirect firepower from the Trinity at the moment, allbatteries continue to track and fire at the Trinity” said Marco.

“Aye Captain” said the tactical officer.

The FSF Trinity and the DFS Essexbegan to engage in combat.

“Communication’s send a coded signal to command informing them we have engaged the FSF at the mempa sector, request immediate assistance” ordered Marco.

“Were being jammed Captain” said the communications officer.

“Clear it” ordered Mable.

Onthe main viewer the one thing that Mable and Marco, never thought they would see, they were seeing it. TheFSF Yorkie was opening fire on the FSF Trinity. They were attacking their own vessel.

“What the...” started off Mable.

“No time to worry about that, coordinate our attack withthe Yorkie, Commander order ourfighters to flag the Yorkie as an ally” ordered Marco.

“I’m on it” said Mable as she knew the only two people who could makethat order was the captain or herself, to the fighter pilots.

Lt. Commander Jolan Smith
FSF Yorkie, Mobius Class Destroyer
Enroute to the brig
August 20, 4566 1823 Hours

The Yorkie was being struck by weapons fire. Jolan could not tellif they were coming from the the Trinity or the Essex. He used the attack to his advantage, with the weapons fire, the ship wasbeing rocked hard, and caused the guards to lose their footing,Jolan killed both guards that defied their Captain.

Jolan wasfurious, his crew needed to pay for their revolution, how dare they turn their backs on the Faith Services Fleet and on him.

Jolan made his way to the main computer corps. He downloaded thelogs from the bridge, he knew he would not be able to retake the bridge and these cowards needed to be taught a lesson.He programmed the Yorkie to self destruct in 5 minutes.

He quickly left the area and began to head to the transporter room. Jolan could see that the fighters were retreating to their perspective carriers, he took advantage of the shield lowering to havehimselfbeamed over to the Trinity.

Captain Marco Ramirez
Commander Mable Sanchez-Martinez
DFS Essex, Deep Space Carrier
The Bridge Command Center
August 20, 4566 1820 Hours

“Captain, the Yorkie’sself destruct sequence has been initiated” called out thetactical officer.

“Recall all fighters” called out Marco.

“Helm prepare a jump, we need to clear the area, immediately” ordered Mable.

The fighters began to prepare emergency jump landings in the bay. After all fighters were accounted for, the drive enginesfor the Essex began to hum, they were fired up and ready to leave the system on the Captain’s orders.

“Helm jump us out of here” ordered Marco, as the Essex left the mempa sector.

Unsung heroes
FSF Yorkie, Mobius Class Destroyer
Enroute to the brig
August 20, 4566 1827 Hours

The DFS Essex had just left the area,the bridge crew was trying to counteract the self destruct,butthe computer would not allow them. They knew time was growing short and they wanted to do as much damage as they could to the trinity.

“They are trying to flea the system” said the tacticalofficer.

“I have plotted a collision course” said thehelmsman,as most of the crew were beamed down to the memporianhomeworld.

“Weapons offline, ordering the armory to manuallyactivate allwarheads on the ship to detonate on my command” said the tactical officer.

“It’s been an honor, may history remember what we did here today” said the helmsman as the Yorkie made it’s way tothe FSF Trinity.

Commander Carlsbad Polytom
Lt. Commander JolanSmith
FSF Trinity, Command Carrier Bridge
August 20, 4566 1830Hours

Jolan made his way to bridge, he was being escorted bysecurity, in the eyes of the Trinity crew hewas a traitor, his ship opened fire on them. “You have some nerve Captain” called out Carl, as he backhanded him in the face.

Jolan was forced to take the slap to the face, it was very insulting to his sense ofhonor. But he had no choice but to take it. “I am innocent of this betrayal, my crew commandeered my ship,I am the one who set the self destruction, those cowards will pay for betraying the true federation” yelled out Jolan in anger.

“It's more likely you'rea coward, and fleeing to myself to avoid your own destruction” yelled back Carl.

“In my pocket is a data file it will prove my innocence, but first let’s destroy my damn ship” demanded Jolan. Before they could react the Yorkie collided against the shields of the Trinity and did a massiveamount of damage to the port side of the carrier, surprisingly she was still intact, the initial shield impact, deflected most of the damage.

The Trinity was badly damaged. She was still functional, but barely.

“Captain, Captain” yelled out the tactical officer.

“He’s dead” called out the helmsman, as he checked the pulse of the Captain.

“First officer and second officer is dead too” said the Communications officer.

“As senior ranking officer of the ship, I assumecommand” demanded Jolan. Heshook his hands free of the guard that was holding them.

“sir , the captain had you in custody” said the tactical officer.

“I am innocent, this tape will prove it, but first let’s get out of here, helm plot a jump to betazed” ordered Jolan as he took the Captain’s chair and took a seat.

The scene starts to fade. The FSF Trinity jumped backed damaged to Betazed, Jolan explained and showed proof of his innocence to Darius Maximus and hewas pardon for the crimes of others. Darius rewarded his bravery and duty with assigning him command of the Trinity. And promoted to Captain given command of a tacticalwing.

The end.