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we are not, and we have full authorization to use everything at our disposal to accomplish this mission. When we exit this jump, Dusty, make sure we are not seen. Flame, after Dusty uses his power to make us gone, change course radically and approach one of the battleships. They are likely to fire upon our last known position and course. I need you to make sure we are not there to be shot. Once we can see the battlefield I will determine our next steps; everyone clear? Good, then engage the jump drives and let’s go.”
I felt the massive power surge of the jump drives coming online, and soon we were in that ethereal realm called jump space. I wondered briefly if I was being foolish like Bill suggested, but there was no way I could back down from this direct challenge. If I did not meet it and show them how powerless they were before us, they would take it as a sign of weakness and possibly an open door to attack our home.
As we exited jump space I saw four battleships and a myriad of smaller attack ships. They were fanning out around our exit point as Dusty chanted his spell and we vanished. Flame quickly turned us harshly towards the lead battleship and throttled up our engines. I could sense Dusty was struggling to hide that much power. Our tactical displays lit up like crazy as the enemy laid down a blanket of fire over our last position. Flame kept us clear of their attacks and brought us around the starboard side of the battleship. Once we were clear of the fire, Flame throttled us back to give Dusty some reprieve.
“Excellent work, Flame. Spectra, if I recall right, you have learned the gate spell, is that so?” I asked.
“Yes, Shadow,” she said.
As an apprentice with the dimensional power line she could open a gate to travel short distances inside our realm. As she increased in rank, she would be able to gate further distances. Once she reached elite level she could open a gate over unlimited distances, eventually even between realms, but for now she should be able to reach the distance we needed so long as we kept the Dust Dragon relatively close to the battlefield. That would make the timing difficult because, if my plan worked, the battleship would explode and destroy everything nearby. Flame would have to stay close enough to the battleship so that Spectra could gate us out if we hit trouble, but get us clear of the explosion if we were successful. These objectives for Flame were mutually exclusive, as the range of the blast would easily be greater than Spectra’s gate range.
“Okay then, here is what we are going to do. That battleship that Flame selected is going to be our example. We will destroy it and then leave without them ever getting a shot on us. There are far too many of them for us to take alone, but they do not need to know that. The plan is to make it look like we are so powerful that we just ignored them. Flame, come to zero relative to the command tower on that battleship,” I said.
Flame carefully and slowly brought us in. Meanwhile, the pirates were expanding their field of fire greatly, hoping to get lucky and draw us out. Tensions must be getting high by now over there. They could never guess my plan and would never look for us here.
“Spectra, keep a tab on Phoenix and me. Dusty, you are doing very well. Keep us completely undetectable. Flame, get ready to pull us away, but for now keep the ship in its lowest possible power mode to help Dusty as much as you can. Phoenix, you and I are going on a little tour of their engine room,” I said. A look of great surprise passed over their faces when they realized what I was planning.
Phoenix grabbed his staff, took a deep breath, and said, “Ready.”
“Be on guard, everyone. Once we move we will have to move very fast. It would not do to get blown up with the battleship,” I said.
Once everyone was ready I walked over to Phoenix who said, “Let’s do this!” He had come a long way from the man that I had taken into battle
I felt the massive power surge of the jump drives coming online, and soon we were in that ethereal realm called jump space. I wondered briefly if I was being foolish like Bill suggested, but there was no way I could back down from this direct challenge. If I did not meet it and show them how powerless they were before us, they would take it as a sign of weakness and possibly an open door to attack our home.
As we exited jump space I saw four battleships and a myriad of smaller attack ships. They were fanning out around our exit point as Dusty chanted his spell and we vanished. Flame quickly turned us harshly towards the lead battleship and throttled up our engines. I could sense Dusty was struggling to hide that much power. Our tactical displays lit up like crazy as the enemy laid down a blanket of fire over our last position. Flame kept us clear of their attacks and brought us around the starboard side of the battleship. Once we were clear of the fire, Flame throttled us back to give Dusty some reprieve.
“Excellent work, Flame. Spectra, if I recall right, you have learned the gate spell, is that so?” I asked.
“Yes, Shadow,” she said.
As an apprentice with the dimensional power line she could open a gate to travel short distances inside our realm. As she increased in rank, she would be able to gate further distances. Once she reached elite level she could open a gate over unlimited distances, eventually even between realms, but for now she should be able to reach the distance we needed so long as we kept the Dust Dragon relatively close to the battlefield. That would make the timing difficult because, if my plan worked, the battleship would explode and destroy everything nearby. Flame would have to stay close enough to the battleship so that Spectra could gate us out if we hit trouble, but get us clear of the explosion if we were successful. These objectives for Flame were mutually exclusive, as the range of the blast would easily be greater than Spectra’s gate range.
“Okay then, here is what we are going to do. That battleship that Flame selected is going to be our example. We will destroy it and then leave without them ever getting a shot on us. There are far too many of them for us to take alone, but they do not need to know that. The plan is to make it look like we are so powerful that we just ignored them. Flame, come to zero relative to the command tower on that battleship,” I said.
Flame carefully and slowly brought us in. Meanwhile, the pirates were expanding their field of fire greatly, hoping to get lucky and draw us out. Tensions must be getting high by now over there. They could never guess my plan and would never look for us here.
“Spectra, keep a tab on Phoenix and me. Dusty, you are doing very well. Keep us completely undetectable. Flame, get ready to pull us away, but for now keep the ship in its lowest possible power mode to help Dusty as much as you can. Phoenix, you and I are going on a little tour of their engine room,” I said. A look of great surprise passed over their faces when they realized what I was planning.
Phoenix grabbed his staff, took a deep breath, and said, “Ready.”
“Be on guard, everyone. Once we move we will have to move very fast. It would not do to get blown up with the battleship,” I said.
Once everyone was ready I walked over to Phoenix who said, “Let’s do this!” He had come a long way from the man that I had taken into battle
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