CHS4-26

==Chapter Twenty-Sixth - Book 4 – Chappy's Howling Siegers==
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===Unexpected Promotion===
Governor Mansion, Office of the Governor
Michella, Outworlds Alliance
July 28th, 3030
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Patricia Avellar sat back down, she had been pacing the floor when she was talking to her cousin on the net. 
She should have known it was terrible news when the call notification from the Capital of the Alliance was being routed to her desk. 
As she sat there she went over the words from her cousin.
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Two Hours ago
“Hey, Teddy, what’s up?” Patricia said as she sat down in front of the viewer.
“Neil has went missing along with all the Avellar Guards, reports are coming in that late last night all the Guards dropships left to location unknown. What’s worse more reports are coming in from other planets in which Alliance units were station saying that they have pulled up and left. Those units had a new banner too, one that my sister created.”
Patricia jumped up and started pacing, not knowing whether to scream, throw something, or be concern. She took out her person pad and started typing in request about the units that was on her planet now. “Holy crap, Teddy, what are they doing?”
Teddy had a worry looked on his face and looked like he had aged 10 years overnight. “The Alliance is dead, Patricia, only three planets are left with any credible fighting force, the forces on Quatre Belle, what is left here at Alpheratz and what is left on your planet. Everyone else has left.”
“I just put in a request for a meet with the commander of the four units stationed here plus my militia commander, but the 1st Alliance Air Wing just arrived on station last week from a devastating beating they took on Ramora they are lucky to escape at all. I am not leaving my planet and I will stand with you cousin.”
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===Invasion Force Arrives===
August 29th, 3030
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Governor Patricia had just finished her morning tea when her aid burst through the door. “Madam Governor, Warships and JumpShips just materialized at the Nadir Jump Point and they are heading this way.”
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Michella Nadir Point
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Lt. Commander Alena Shashikanth looked at the status board and nodded to herself, all five escort warships and three JumpShips successfully made the jump. Long-Range Radar notice that the local fighters were spread out though the solar system, which was good for them but bad for the enemy.
“Com patch me to the fleet.” As she said this the commander of the ground units entered the command section. “Report, Commander what is the status of the mission”
Alena looked at Colonel Scragg Commander of the 1st Chappy’s Revenge Regiment still in awe of how this woman carried herself, being the highest-ranking woman in the organization minus the General’s wife. She had the poise of a strong leader that truly cared for her people and at the same time was still humble and took recommendations from others below her in status if it was a good idea.
“Ma’am, all ships have successfully jumped into the Mitchella system. Long range radar shows that the enemy has separated their forces into three main clusters. I was just about to order two of the escorts to move on the research station while the rest head towards the main planet.”
 
The colonel thought for a second, “Ok, sounds good. Tell the escorts not to pursue if the fighters retreat, secure the research facility and then meet up with the rest of the fleet.”
“Roger, Colonel.” The colonel then walked out of the command center and the commander resumed her communication with the fleet.
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===Naval Battle for Michella===
Research Facility - Michella Orbit
Lieutenant SG Kemsley, commander of Outworlds Alliance 103rd Fighter Squadron
Piloting a Blackwasp Aerospace Fighter, call sign B008
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Kemsley was nervous there were only three squadrons protecting a research facility that had no weapons. Reports were coming in that two escort Warships broke off the main enemy fleet and started a 1G burn here. While most of the pilots under his command had combat experience, it was mostly ground, space battle will be totally different, and he had tried to warn them. As the two radar targets drew closer the enemy size doubled, then tripled. “Squadrons!!, targets dropships and fighters must have just launched I need details on what we are up against now.” 
<<“B011 to B008 my sensors are picking up two Titan DropShips 8 Ar………”>>
B011 was Kemsley wing man until several lasers hit him and he was no more. “Evasive maneuvers break formation and target the escort on the left. Let’s make it hurt for them.”
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Bridge 
UFFS Tycho
“Sir, all craft are away contact with enemy squadrons in one minute.”
The commander looked at the main screen. “Decelerate, turn into the path, fire at will.”<<“Aye, aye, Captain.”>>
 
As the main guns fired on the enemy several fighters were destroyed within seconds of each other. Lt. Commander John Ece, Captain of the Freedom Federation Ship sat there in awe, wondering why those fighter pilots thought it was a good idea to stand and fight out in space against his force. From the time he was an Ensign (ten years ago) with the merc unit turned into house unit he always wondered why fighter pilots did not care about their lives. As the fighters passed by and both the enemy and his ships turned and accelerated to match speed, more fighters went up in a ball of fire that quickly dispersed due to the vacuum of space.
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B008
Space, destroyed
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Lieutenant SG Kemsley knew that in one hour if no one found him floating in his spacesuit he would be dead, no need to panic, it was his fault he did not dodge the lasers from the escort ship, might as well close his eyes and just go to sleep. The 102nd fighter squadron was completely wiped out as he drifted off, he hoped the other two squadron would just run.
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A big explosion was heard on the bridge of the Tycho, the front laser bay was just destroyed, and all the armor indicators went from null to green and yellow in a matter of seconds. “Sir, looks like the enemy is focusing on us and ignoring the other ships.” A crewmember announced.
The captain agreed with the assessment, “all right have all ships converge on us and we will destroy the enemy with firepower.”
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Command bunker - Command Section
Conference Room 101
Mitchella, Outworlds Alliance
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Major Wieniawski had been watching with the other commanders the uselessness of what was going on. “Sirs, one squadron has been completely wiped out and the other two are headed that way you must call for retreat. Again, we need to pool all our forces here at the planet if we are to have any chance of defeating the enemy.”
Colonel Roberto Gutierrez commander of all planetary militia looked at the Major as if he was killing her with his bare hands since it was his idea to split the aerospace squadrons to cover the three major assets in the solar system. “Sir” Colonel Gutierrez announce, “Maybe, we should pull the units out and do what the Major suggests, at the time I made the decision to split the forces up I had no information about the enemy having warships with them.
Director Young-Il Xie commander of the ‘suicide kings’ and commander of all the forces second only to the governor nodded his head, “I agree with the assessment call the retreat.”
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Commander of the 103rd Squadron was never so grateful as the call she got to retreat and regroup on Mitchella, it was crazy that the boss had them go up against capital ships. In the end 101st squadron was completely wiped out, 102nd had two guys that were really banged up and her squadron had lost two. As the six fighters put their distance between them and the enemy she wondered if the next battle would be any better.
With no defense capability on the research station the crew of Tycho rounded up the alliance staff that was on board and held them in a holding cell until it could be determine who would give up on the idea of Outworlds Alliance and accept Freedom Federation concepts and laws. After that the two capital ships minus some personnel mostly guards and extra research personnel that they were carrying, left to join the rest of the fleet for the final space battle in the solar system of Mitchella.
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