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Crystal Font doing?”
Olly watched his scan for a moment and tilted his head. “They…they must’ve done it wrong.” He replayed their attack and they watched as their strange pulse blasts reflected harmlessly off the enemy shields. “I’m analyzing their attack now to see what happened. I…can’t believe it wouldn’t have worked. That makes no sense!”
“Maybe they needed more time to adapt it to their weapons,” Tim suggested.
“They’ve had a damn week!” Olly cried, “and I was involved the whole time! It worked, I’d bet my life on it!”
“It doesn’t now,” Adam said.
“Crystal Font,” Gray said, “please report. What happened?”
“Protocol Seven did not work,” Kale replied. “We were too slow to fire. My tech crew detected a signal sent to the other ships just as you fired your volley. We believe they were warned.”
“How could they make an adjustment so quickly?” Adam shook his head. “That makes no sense! Altering their shield parameters instantly?”
“It’s possible, sir,” Olly said grudgingly. “It’s not power efficient but it seems they’re randomizing their shield frequencies in three second intervals. I have no idea how long they can keep that up but that’s what they did and frankly, I bet they did it with a simple push of a button.”
One of the enemy vessels moved toward the Behemoth. Gray watched for a moment, thinking. Every second counted so he didn’t have time to really analyze the situation. They were in a tactical environment requiring split second decisions, the right ones to boot. He nodded once and stepped down to address the bridge crew.
“Olly, work on finding a way to adapt Protocol Seven to their little trick. If they are draining power countering us, then there must be a weakness. Find it.”
Olly nodded. “Aye, sir.”
“Redding, let’s draw that ship away from the planet. We got them down to five …let’s see if we can even the odds.”
“On it.” Redding adjusted course.
“Tim, analyze the system for navigational anomalies, dead planetary bodies, debris, anything we might be able to use if we can get these guys moving. I need obstacles.”
“Yes, sir.”
“Adam, keep coordinating with those pilots. Get every pilot we’ve got ready for launch and try to keep us at seventy-five active, twenty-five resting.”
“Got it.”
The enemy fired at them, energy beams sizzling by their shields. “That was close!” Olly said.
“Not really,” Redding replied. “I evaded. I learned a lot about them in our last engagement.”
“Good show,” Gray said. “Let’s keep up that kind of performance and we’ll get through this. Agatha, get us on coms with those other Alliance ships. We’re going to need to work together. You’ve got your jobs, people. Let’s make them happen.”
Chapter 5
Olly multitasked, running an evaluation program against the enemy shield configuration and the Protocol Seven while also monitoring short range scans to track ship movement. He fed various reports to different department heads outside the bridge crew and answered messages from the Crystal Font techs who weren’t as familiar with the algorithm as he was.
He felt wholly in his element.
The enemy may use brute force for the majority of their tactics but they proved to be tech savvy beyond anything Olly would’ve
Olly watched his scan for a moment and tilted his head. “They…they must’ve done it wrong.” He replayed their attack and they watched as their strange pulse blasts reflected harmlessly off the enemy shields. “I’m analyzing their attack now to see what happened. I…can’t believe it wouldn’t have worked. That makes no sense!”
“Maybe they needed more time to adapt it to their weapons,” Tim suggested.
“They’ve had a damn week!” Olly cried, “and I was involved the whole time! It worked, I’d bet my life on it!”
“It doesn’t now,” Adam said.
“Crystal Font,” Gray said, “please report. What happened?”
“Protocol Seven did not work,” Kale replied. “We were too slow to fire. My tech crew detected a signal sent to the other ships just as you fired your volley. We believe they were warned.”
“How could they make an adjustment so quickly?” Adam shook his head. “That makes no sense! Altering their shield parameters instantly?”
“It’s possible, sir,” Olly said grudgingly. “It’s not power efficient but it seems they’re randomizing their shield frequencies in three second intervals. I have no idea how long they can keep that up but that’s what they did and frankly, I bet they did it with a simple push of a button.”
One of the enemy vessels moved toward the Behemoth. Gray watched for a moment, thinking. Every second counted so he didn’t have time to really analyze the situation. They were in a tactical environment requiring split second decisions, the right ones to boot. He nodded once and stepped down to address the bridge crew.
“Olly, work on finding a way to adapt Protocol Seven to their little trick. If they are draining power countering us, then there must be a weakness. Find it.”
Olly nodded. “Aye, sir.”
“Redding, let’s draw that ship away from the planet. We got them down to five …let’s see if we can even the odds.”
“On it.” Redding adjusted course.
“Tim, analyze the system for navigational anomalies, dead planetary bodies, debris, anything we might be able to use if we can get these guys moving. I need obstacles.”
“Yes, sir.”
“Adam, keep coordinating with those pilots. Get every pilot we’ve got ready for launch and try to keep us at seventy-five active, twenty-five resting.”
“Got it.”
The enemy fired at them, energy beams sizzling by their shields. “That was close!” Olly said.
“Not really,” Redding replied. “I evaded. I learned a lot about them in our last engagement.”
“Good show,” Gray said. “Let’s keep up that kind of performance and we’ll get through this. Agatha, get us on coms with those other Alliance ships. We’re going to need to work together. You’ve got your jobs, people. Let’s make them happen.”
Chapter 5
Olly multitasked, running an evaluation program against the enemy shield configuration and the Protocol Seven while also monitoring short range scans to track ship movement. He fed various reports to different department heads outside the bridge crew and answered messages from the Crystal Font techs who weren’t as familiar with the algorithm as he was.
He felt wholly in his element.
The enemy may use brute force for the majority of their tactics but they proved to be tech savvy beyond anything Olly would’ve
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