Star Trek: Phoenix: Resistance At Saladin II

Writen by Nax

25 years since the formation of the Imperium of Worlds

Oskar hated this, this war. Every day for the past two months more and more people had died in what was being called the siege of Saladin. How things had changed since the dawn of the Imperium. Ground combat had become much more prevalent, with tanks and other ground vehicles becoming much higher value. Once again, things had changed. Starships flew in atmosphere much more often. Advancements in technology making that far more easy, for all the good it did. Millions had died in this stupid war, even more reconditioned to serve the Imperium. Still, Starfleet fought on. Continuing the fight, as so many fell.

Oskar looked to his team, a bright vulcan ensign and two human Lieutenants. All dressed in intel black, the best Sevena Giles could provide in these trying times. It was fine, most of them wouldn’t be coming back from this mission, that was a fact. He sighed as he led them thought the catacombs deep underground, using his phaser rifle as a flashlight he led them to the exit area.

As they opened the hatch, Oskar led them out in the ruins of a once great city, ruined by weeks upon weeks of constant war. They would need to move fast and quick to get to their collective target, as a squadron of Imperium Picard class attack craft, an insult to the name and memory of a great man, flew overhead. Oskar sighed as he lead his team into a series of buildings, The stench of blood and war prevalent in the air. As he led them into what was once the Klingon embassy on the planet, he walked over to a still functioning console and inputted a code. This was to signal the three ships Giles had requisitioned, to launch their distraction. Oskar quickly lead his team outside, as a trio of Klingon birds of prey quickly entered the air space, allied ships.

The seven attack craft quickly fire on the larger ships, clearly dealing damage. Before two of them are hit, sending them bothcrashing into the skyscrapers. Oskar hurried his team out of the building, quickly leading them towards a crashed miranda class ship, poor thing had lost it’s nacelles. And was now just a crappy saucer, Oskar hurried his team inside through a broken hole in the ship. As a trio of enemy ships, highlighted by the ISS Hades and two Odyssey-X class vessels flew in. Oskar sighed as he looked at his hand. “Maggie..” He had connected to the woman, and the few times he had met her reconditioned self, he felt horrible. Oskar sighed as his team followed him onto the bridge. Where they walked into the ready room. The dead body of a familiar Kelp man, Bellator. Oskar sighed as he looked at the man, before pushing his body out of the chair. No time for respecting the dead when there was a war going on, Oskar sat down and quickly got to work. Typing along the admittedly very damaged console, there. Oskar snapped his fingers as he found the data Bellator had been tasked with relying to their allies in a neighbouring city to this one.

Troop movements for the next 50 days. Oskar stood up as he loaded the data onto a flash drive. Standing up he felt the shake of multiple buildings crashing down. They needed to hurry, he quickly lead his team out. Before realizing they have been caught, as a bird of prey lie smoking and destroyed in the middle of the town. Oskar swore as he led the team quickly back to the entrance to the catacombs. As he saw the entrance in sight, he realized that one of the attack raft was coming in hard. As it fired a torpedo came flying in, he opened the hatch to start getting in, but it hit the ground just behind his team. Killing all three of them as he sent him flying into the hole, his eye and left arm coming off in the process. He coughed up blood as he fell onto the floor, still holding onto his flash drive. “Don’t..let it stop you.” He said, as she stood up, blood dripping down his body. As he stands up and heads down the tunnel, coughing blood all the way.