beth's eyes  flashed   for a Moment  as she took her  focus from the Screens.... HAck gave  Beth the 'dad look'... and Beth thought for a Moment...

  Alright?  for our part.. Orria  has those  screens  humming pretty well... if yuou  want to tahe the  feeds to the troopers....  then she thought a moment,..no?  take the feeds  from the pilots... you know alot more of them, and youc an see whats  goign on..... The Verians  are damn good   Tech  folks, but they aren't human...and they aren't me... we have toggles  set up... they are  4  way toggles... there  are  70  toggles..one for each one of  our  aircraft.. and extras if we send out   the Pool pilots... The toggles  are all set to North....if the light turns red? that means the Verians  Hacked   that aircraft's   Controls, which means.. that pilto  could  die... toggle the   east...south..and west..one  direction at a Time... ther verians will have to  start the HAck all over... you have to do it fast... but  not  skip a 'direction'..if yo skip one,, the red light might go off, but you'll open the door for a free hack line...and we'll have to  cut the feed altogether..which means?  that pilot will have no screens..and only  thier  fire controls   and  thier head set COM...

 She smiled   just slightly,...for you?   You take what footage  yu want from that screen, if you can feed it into  your little Macey's parade  drone....... if  something is very  wrong.. you shout out... it may be something simple..or  it may be something very bad... but i want to hear it....some people  think we have a safe job..not getting shot  at..... she nods to the screens,but they are  wrong.. every round, coming towards those  we  are watching..is aimed at us too...we might not get wounded...but... you'll see them when you close your eyes  tonight...

 he Nods  to the screens

 Orria   was flicking toggles right and left

With Beth agreeing, if slightly under duress, that Izzy could help, Izzy would listen attentively as Beth explained what she was to do. Although she didn't really want to point out that the only reason she knew more pilots was because she was sleeping with one of them and as a consequence had got to meet her friends. With her instructions relayed Izzy would prop her carbine up against the desk before quickly taking off her pack and gauntlets and dropping them on the floor with her helmet before taking a seat in front of the feeds she was responsible for "Ok Izzy if you can get the high score on Miss Pac man you can do this" she quietly said to herself as she watched the bank of toggles in front of her.

At Beth's mention of patching feeds through to Tali, Izzy would softly chuckle before replying "don't worry about Tali, she can film a dozen things in multiple angles, directions and settings and stitch altogether into one seamless feed" she said, her eyes never leaving the controls in front of her "I'm just here to tell her what to film and then add a little human touch to the proceedings...that and people like having someone young and pretty standing in front of the camera"

  Beth  chuckled  a bit,..I wish that's  why  they picked me... but  my skills got me in the gig i'm in... lots of people  are happy for that..lotsa  of people are sad...most of the sad ones are dead though..

 Orria brighter   as she  saw  the   cam  feed  from the spade  showing   Shade, Mila, Melia  and henry all gettign off.. Larry in his  'doggie  armor' she laughed  at the way he looked...

  then.. the red lights  were starting... some  one in the   verian fleet..or a few someones.. were trying to fight   Beth's  hacks.. the toggles  flipped  and turned green..  beth  smiled and shook her  head...

 The Hermes  shook   from the Impact of  a heavy Pulse the AA guns  were  firing...Lokign  out he   Hanger Back doors  as the Hermes made her  turn, was  the Bow of   Vera #17...

 Captain SI's  voice  from the bridge  was heard.....fire   all weapons  at Vera  #17... fire  as you load!

 two  shuttles  from anther   Cap ship took off from #17  when  they heard the Coms...

 the  Ship was at elast 2 miles away..but it still almost   covered  the three  hanger bay  doors   as  the ship  crossed its T...  the torpedoes  and  Heavy Pulse  and   Hard Ammo   round  , that were  as  long as a  Mantis   wing   Zipped towards  the ship.... just before   they  hit. the ship shook as   another broad   side  left..

 Hennings  was looking at a stop watch...we're going to have to give those  Gunnery teams  a bonus!

Wide eyed as the ship shook Haley let out a quiet "EEP!" and grabbed tight to Roll.  she was shaking like a leaf.  She watched the others scramble about.

 Roll held   Haley.. Gregor  ws under the  tool table of the Mech section  blurbing away.

 Sneak    said to them,..you stay by me!.... if  the bad   guys  come in here..i have to  get your to the SEC...

 Roll looked up  with sad scared eyes... and Nodded.

 Look? this is better  then the  stem..not only do we know who the bad people  are...but  we know all the good people too... just  stay  her.. and   don';t go no where.

.,............

 Admiral Hack here..... this is  it now.. we had our surprise..get ready to be  punched back..... Boarding teams..make   Damn sure your Morrow beacons  are on..or you're  getting hammered along  with the ships!

 hennings  and Hack were laughing  as they heard the By-Play of  Shadow  and   Adem.

 Bale  shook  his eha d as he looked at CAptain Morris   who just  shrugged.


  Roles  to Admiral Hack... ready to make the  Run... you sure about this?   we  can't take it back..

  Carry on, CAptain Roles... we aren't doing anything, that  they don't deserve..'' Beth shifted  one  of her other screens away from   Delta  # 4.


 the  Northern Hemisphere..with a mark showing were, Adem's palace is...  5 streaks  of  fire   could  be seen as  EMS  Cps ship   hugged atmo as they  fired   Round  after  round, after  round of  Ion rounds  at the Palace.... eruptions showed up  on the screen..beth zoomed in...  clouds  of fighters  were taking off,, some.. suddenly falling  down to crash.

 other  being taken out   By Raven  and the EMS  fighters....HE mixed  with ION  dust...AP... missed  with ION   dust.. and pain  ION  rounds..  garbage can sized   rounds   filed with ION  dust AP   broke  through Metal walls  or    verian 'rock'  wall.. HE  blew  holes in  every thing... with  each impact IOn  dust     would  mushroom  upwards   and carry...landing on everything…. Verians in the streets  grabbed thier   throats , thier eyes.. many of them , fell to thier knees   throwing  up... others just collapsed.

 Hack nodded to Beth...Adem?... Welcome to the war.... You have seen how  we  treat our friends... now you see how we treat the Empire....The Dust  that is  settling  all over you   City. will kill 1000s..and  that is  a  'short' number. If you and Evert  surrender  to Lilit  I will stop the bombardment  to save the  lives   for  millions..if you do not   surrender... we  will continue the bombardment  until  one of your people  send up your bodies... or..until your planet is....quiet.

 we will not   surrender to that whore!

 wasn't she your first wife?.. but she wouldn't  bow and scrape  so you aske d  'daddy' for a new toy ?.... Here's the deal.. then I'm hanging up.... You want to surrender  and save your People....COM Lilit.. she leading the  Blue verians   and  a bunch of  APF  folks   as the clean out Calimite ... you don't  call her.. you'll  die... You see?  even now? once those shells  hit..i can't   do a damn thing about them..sooner or later, they are going to get into your water  supply ... and all you have to  do is surrender... now? Lok? I understand... if i was in your shoes, and my people wanted to roll the dice , to see how much help you'll  get from the Empire?..heck..I wouldn't do it either... but..maybe?  I would... just so's  no other   folks  died, because i'm a traitor.. just  a warnig here?.. if you think you can send up an Adem, look alike ..Lilit   wil use  whatever emans she needs to make sure its  you and Evert.. shoudl you try to 'get cute'..well , Vera  will become  a Mining planet ....

  Adem clicked the   Vid off.. the  5  EMs   vessels    continued to pound  around the  Palace..  they would circle, every wider   to  spread the  Ion contamination . with   HE  rounds    hitting the palce  at odd  intervals, in case  some one  wanted to 'take a peak outside...

 Adem had to use  an OMIN COM as the normal   COM networks  were fried .  the Back up COMs   bank was  hit  by HE and    Ion shells.. it  took only a few minutes  for the verians  to die, in agony as they  choked, sieze up or convulse..

"Oh don't get me wrong I have skills, they just didn't hire me for them" she said with a knowing smile before quickly moving to flip the toggles for a pair of lights that had turned red, being sure to follow the pattern exactly as Beth had told her to, feeling quietly relieved when they returned to normal.

Meanwhile one of the other screens would switch to show the start of Ion bombardment being performed by EMS ships onto Vera and it's citizens "I hope you're getting that" she said glancing up at Tali only to receive a series of irritable whistles and beeps "ok, I was just checking, there's no need for you to start getting tetchy" she said quietly wondering at what point the little drone had started to develop a personality, or whether she was simply imagining that it had one. Either way she hoped the footage she was getting from the screens would prove to be sufficient.

 the screens  smaller   screens flicked..now and then Hennings or Hack would ask to 'go back to that one"

  on me screen  they stopped on, was  the   scene  to the  starbaord  side of the battle.. the Hyrians. much like a wolf  runnign down a deer to hamstring it... began to batter  the  Vampics from the rear..  The Vampics  we  now caught between the  Delta  #4 ships that lured them in, and  the hammer of the Hyrians  from behind...

   EN Sakura?... You might  mention some where in your  Lead in, that Hyria  has Joined the APF  about a Month ago.... just so , everyone knows.. we seemed to have...um..forgot to mention that.

  Rivets pointed to the Hanger Bays...Admiral!.. perpare for Boarders!!

  Hack to  Bridge,,seal the bridge.. boarding shuttles   comin from a Dying...  Nil?  I love you...

 Hennings  was on his COM mas well , perhaps   saying  somethign to   Emmie.

 Roll looked  scared now  as well.. Sneak was  ready to go to the  SEC... But the QM stopped her...Follow me...

 he took he r and the   kids.. Gregor  being squeezed to  death By roll as he carried him...

  you kids..  you been through enough... thjis is  the safest place  ta be... he used hisn own  CArd to open the Black Hanger.. You go in there.. and go to the bottom..ya hear?.. theres  weapons in there... and theres places to hide... you  use  what ya have to..ifin they  win out on the HAnger.. they ain't takign the ship.. but they'll try to mess her up...Now go!..

 Hack racked Up  his   SMG, and Put his   Helmet on. he gave   Izzy a wink,..then..there's the    heroes  he get over confident.. he and Henning   walked   down the steps  to  stand in from of the war room...

 Bale    set up  on the other  side of Issy.. Morris  on the  other side  of Beth and orria.

 Lyri strode  throught hanger  like the goddess of war shouting  and pointing/// Will and the  sec   trooper scattered   to   preset  places    and the Burains    readied thier  bows... the   heavy Pusle  at the QMs   was  ready.....  and they waited.. 4 shuttled  comign at   full speed , only three of them would  hit  the hanger dec..if the other one did't  stop, it  would ram the Hermes.

  A fighter  dove  down   leveling off behind the Middle  shuttle   and  fired its 37 MM... a super confident pilot, because  a miss sends  the  Round into the hanger!.. 3  runs..one spin of the cannon Blew the Middle   Shuttle to picts.. shattered Burian Bodies   flew  into The Black  the other  three  continued on as the   Fighter     pulled up the  Nuber 40 on his   aircraft..

  rounds  pounded into the   'stern most' shuttle   but  not  enough   as  it hit    the  first  hanger    bay  and  slide  across  to   rest in the tangle   of   berth  piping and canvas.. the  Door Popped opened  .. thje  Heavy pusle   opened up   Gunning down the first  4  Verians out  or the Ramp.. the close  range and rapid  fire , depleting  the  shielding..  then.. the   Heavy Pusle was gone.. a verian grenade  Blew  the gun and the  tree   men to bits... the  second  Shuttle   hit  at the  shuttle  bay   the heavy pusle of the   QMs opened up on teh cock pit  Glass...  Hack  Yelled,Don't let them get  out 

 he and  Hennings  ran forward   with thier  weapons  Up.  The QM tossed  something to   Rivets,  the caught it , turning something on the   package..  the ramp   came   down it  was askew to the Middle of the   hanger..  Lyri was kneeling out in the open..   one  shot   split the  Head open on the  First verian... 50  cal  seconds will do that.. the next one  charged her , she never   blinked  as she  racked the next round  , sighted  and fired..  another   head   vanished.. and the  body toppled  onto teh  dec.. the one who charged    Lyri  stood  as  4  arrow s  slammed into it  from 4  differant directions...

 Lyri didn't look up..but she smiled...

  the next one   came  out  Hack and Hennings  yelled  and screamed at  him and opened  fire  the hard  ammo   slammed into the Verian and he jerked like a  Puppet... Rivets  came  around and tossed  the Bundle   in..  Lyri  kept sighting  as the others  dove away.. hitting the   verian that picked   Up the  Bundle... and dropping him. racking up another  round  , never taking sights of the  shuttle ramp.. The..   a very Loud  explosion, the  shuttle blew  apart like a overdone Hotdog...

  Lyri Blinked to get the   spots  away, when she  was  hit  By a  Verian from the other  shuttle..he held her up by the throat..the  Cold  mask like  helmet not   showing  anything  as she  struggled to breath...  , suddenly a carbine  was  jammed into the  verians  chest.. and   three  sound tore  through  it.  flying out the other  end, and into the back...

 Wills Voice  was angry  as he kicked the body...That's  right!..How  Ya like me now!!   
 two grenades  entered the   1st shuttle   Blowing upo, fragging the  Verians  in the 'tin can' Two verian that  and  come out before that  were runnign   towards  the    'war  room stage'.. one  fired  a verian Rifle   Hitting Beth,  and Knocking her  Side ways...

 YOU Bastard!.... she  yelled in anger  and Pain, he r    left side  bleeding were the  round  went through the   enviro suit.

   Bale  opened up on the charging  .. dropping him   he as he reached  the  steps... three   Ellen, Cora and Nagy  jumped  on him.. the struggled...

  Beth snarled  her  eyes  wide and Blazing..Keep then  gods be  Damned   screens Clean!... she   Jumped of the    steps   and    staggered to the Verian... You fuckin' bastard!....    he strugged  with the  three trooper  holding him. she  drew her  trench   Knife  and drove it through the  eye   slits.. Pounded on the back with her other   hand  and  twisted it.... then pulled it out... and she stagger back to the stage.

 Nagy looked at Cora and Ellen...Just think what she would have done, if he had killed her....  the two ladies  nodded and let the body drop.

 Hack and Hennings  joined the   crew  hooking the   shuttle's remains   so they   could sue the over  hea d crane  to get rid of the wreckage.. a couple  dead  ground crew were scattered on the dec from the impact...

  Morris    took the  derma  Foam from  his  belt  and  foamed up  Beth's  side..

 she groaned a bit  as she  tried to   shout into the COMs,..Shadow?  two  verians   climbing... they are  either after the Sif.. or trying to escape.. or Both...

 Shadow's Voice came over thwe ALL COMs,Karl!.. take  Mitch with you.. see if you can stop then or   slow them down....

Haley was shaking like she was freezing to death as both she and Roll got ready to move. Roll had picked Gregor up and Sneak beginning to usher them to the SEC when the man from the QM desk told them to go to the dark hanger.  Haley was scared and confused.  She still moved with Sneak and Roll who were following the man from the QM place but Haley was scared of what might be in that Dark Hanger.  She moved with them not wanting to be left alone or forgotten about.  Where was Nikki she wondered knowing that Nikki was some where fighting for her, just like in the bunker.

"Of course sir, that will be no problem at all" Izzy politely replied as he pointed out that they'd inadvertently neglected to mention the Hyrian's joining the APF a small smile coming to the tiny reporters face as she made a mental note to do just that.

As the cry went up for them to prepare to repel boarders, Izzy would quickly grab her helmet from where she had left it and pulled it on before chanbering a round in her carbine "This is Ensign Izzy Sakura, currently on the Hangar Dec of the ESN 351 Hermes where we have just been told to prepare to be boarded" Izzy spoke to the tiny drone as she pointed over the barricade behind which she was sheltering towards the incoming shuttles "...unless our fighters are able stop them we are soon going to be seeing the might of the Verian navy up close and personal" she continued mere moments before the first shuttle breached the static field and landed upon the dec, disgorging it's compliment of Verian marines. Turning to face the enemy Izzy would sight along her carbine at the enemy and start firing short bursts just as sh had been trained to do so, not even giving herself time to think about what she was doing and what could happen. She wasn't the worlds greatest marksman but it would be clear that she was competent at what she was doing.

The entire action couldn't have taken more than a few minutes but to Izzy it felt like hours as she aimed and fired, flinching ever so slightly at the explosions that ripped the shuttles apart, and then just like that it was all over "So...Admiral anything you'd like to say to the people back home?" she asked with a cheery smile, confident than none of the other reporters had got footage of the Admiral of the gods be damned Delta fleet standing within a firing line.

  Hack walked back over  to the stage  area  after the   hulk of the  shuttles   was  pushed out of the shuttle   bay.

 He tried to put the visor of his head gear yo  but it wouldn't go. Beth Motioned  to her  helmet . The Admiral reached up and touched the  Metal shard of the shuttle that hand lOdge   right  above  the   visor , apparently driving in deep enough  to stop, the  Visor  from rising.

 Taking off his helmet , he said to  Izzy, Well... We were lucky,  On eof   our Fighters... LT   Foster, I believe... Hennings nodded,..took out one .. the other   tow that landed  were taken in short order, mostly, because  we didn't allow them  to empty the shuttle.... The verians  seem....a bit....unpracticed, in the   art of  navel warfare, but  hand to hand is not desirable .... We cannot    ease up... COMs  say  there  Verians  are MAsign  fighters   and shuttles  to  board the  Hermes..... we have to get back to  work....

 then he   Turned to the   Drone and GAve the  Football chant...3...5..1..HERMES!

.....................

 In the BAlck hanger they saw  some enemy fighters they were  'stacked' on landing  racks  facing the  Bow, ready to launch.  there were   dummies  in  another section  with extra plating   welded on the inside of the  hull for a target range.. several  dummies   stood  for   'hitting practice'..Lockers  with the names of  'The Unit' on.

 Racks  of  weapons were set up... Sneak looked at the   sidearm, and Verian weapon.  she holsdtered them, and  took an SMG  out of the rack, then opened  the  case next to it , until she  found  the mags  that  fit and   slammed it home.

 ..Take a look at the fridge.. see what there is to eat... help yourselves.... Its   quiet  out there now... but.. we'll wait until the   tell us to come out...

 she   took a stool from the weapons  benchs  and  sat it on the first landing , so she   could fire up  at whatever  came through the door.

The ship still rocked a little as the bigger guns of the Hermes fired and other explosions happened around out in space.  Haley still was shaking as she looked around.  Her big eyes were like saucers, shining bright with unfallen tears of fear.  She looked to Sneak who was older "We gonna be safe here?" the sound almost chattering out of her.  One thing she was thankful for was that the Dark Hanger... wasn't as dark as she thought.  There were lights and she could see.

In reply to Isobel Sakura (msg # 731):

Orria worked almost lost in the digital work terminating and redirecting the counter hacks as best she could while trying to push her little virus into the Verian systems working back the pathways the Verian hackers were using.

When boarders were announced she simply placed her sidearm on the desk next to her.

Then chaos erupted. Orria was terrified but kept working. When Beth was hit she startled a little but immediately shifted to clear the screens and took on a larger share. It was simply expanding her responsibility while Beth took care of the Verian that had hit her.

Noticing a threat to a Hermes pilot she Grabs a comm and calls out the threat putting on her best bossy voice and adding appropriate Mr. and Ms. to the pilots.

Ms. Beth I can help more. What do you need

Chuckling softly in response to the football chant he'd finished his little speech with Izzy would quickly remove her helmet and return to her station, propping up her carbine against the desk within easy reach should the Admiral prove right and a second set of boarders made an appearance.

With Beth currently being seen to by Captain Morris, Izzy would re-man her section of the controls as the young girl took over the majority of the feeds leaving Izzy feeling mildly impressed by her competence "I've seen you before...you're Melia's daughter right?" she quietly asked as she worked, vaguely recalling that the red haired medic had a daughter. Meanwhile with the action on the dec now over for the time being at least Tali would get back to monitoring the screens showing the overall battle. As far as Izzy could tell it was just a swirling mess of starships shooting at one another with her unable to tell one ship from another unless she caught a glimpse of the name plate...then again she hadn't been trained in naval warfare.

   Rivets  was limping over to the   stage, he looked up  at The Admiral,..lookin' out  at  Black.. i kinsee the wee bastards formin up.. our lads  an' lasses  are good, but they  ain't stoppin'in all of them, with    three flights  off  chasin'  ships...

 The  ship shook  as the Hermes  fired  both  broadsides  again, which meant there was targest close enough  for the Captain to  order fire.

 Her Voice   came over  the loud speakersBoarding  shuttles   approaching from the  starboad side... Vera #16, closing to   board on trhe port.. we're getting  company...get ready...

 klaxons blared   long loud  sounds...  the 'repel  boarder' lights  flashed.

  Hack pointe to Motts  and  KR-Enmount up in the  pool aircraft.. find    our  piltos  and  form up...good  hunting... they scrambled into the    aircraft..

  Captrain O'reilly...load the  2nd torpedo plane...

 Aye ,Sir, already done

 Captain Morris ..pilot the  torpedo craft.... have   En Vicos be your trigger man..

 Morris   nodded  and hobbled to the  aircraft.. ..lets go, young pup..time to bloody smack them..


 in a minute..,  the last two mantis left the hanger..   Morris   soon had the  torpedo craft  at the edge of the  shuttle  bay..

Washington...  get a torpedo into  that Verian and then reload... use the aircraft like a gun implacement, until you  need to take off,..


 there was a chuckle.. rivets had the  crew  bringing  up another    torpedo ..bloody grand  idea.. eh?... right... get ready young  pup..when you see thier hanger  Dec.. get the  fish in there...

 The Hermes  was  rocked  by heavy   pusle   broadsides  from  both sides of the  ship...

 then the  ship rocked  again with  return  fire.. across the  way the  saw a gaping  hole open  up as  the hard Ammo struck home,.,. the  heavy pusle  blew of  plates  and the torpedo  rammed opened  an other hole , 300 yards  past trhe hander  dec.. Verians  and  equipment were sucked out into  The Balck, before the  static  filed   could  reform.

 ..now's the  time, young pup...  the verians just opened their  boarding chains  cannons..., and  Vicos  fired the torpedo.. it was …just...,.height enough  to slip in at the bottom of the  static  field.., somewhere in the back of the hanger   it  hit,  a massive  explosions.. highlighting bodies   and  supplies  flying  in all directions.. Rivets..himself  helped  ram the  other   torpedo into the ship... they cleared out of the way, like  old  time gunners..

 Morris nodded to the young pilot  and he fired  again.. this   torpedo was a bit  Higher,   slamming into a shuttle that was being loaded,  the explosion set off the shuttle  and more  Explosions  happen, belching  out   troops and  scrap into The Black.

 the ship  rocked again  as  the port side   weapons  went off, causing  Vera #16  started to fall away.. as she   grew  'samller, the extend of the damage was visible.. fire in the hanger   smoke  pour out from at elast 6 holes...already pods  were ejecting into space..

  vera 16 is  done...vern 33 is done  reload   be ready for next attempts..

 Hack smiled    , Morris was  loaded  but sat  at the edge,I want wounded    cared for.,., i want SEC   on the hanger  dec...

 people were scrambling..

  Beth   patted Orria on the  back as she calle dout bad guys  and worked the  boards  she said  softly.,....now?.. see that vornage light.. we talked about that..it means  we stooped  a hack.. and we have its pathway... now ...what happens  if  we send one of our ...'special codes through"...  she  smiled  and noodle d for Orria to have  the honors..
......................

 In the black  hanger.. they heard the impacts  oin both side of the ship... some cans  fell off the shelves by the fridge..

  Sneak smiled at Haley...its not much differant the Roll, or me , or  jax or the  others  had to do in The Stem... there are more  bad guys  with bigger guns? but we have  alot more people with big guns to help us?... if  we are hear.. they know we are safe  and  they can concentrate on killing the bad guys...

 gregor  was   going through old pizza boxes eating stale crusts, or forgotten pizza slices...

 ..they eat pizza  here?

 Sneak smiled and pointed to Shadow's locker.You guys thristy... i bet thier is soda in that fridge.

As she switched yet another toggle so as to extinguish the red light that had appeared Izzy would glance up at Tali hovering overheard "Do you hear that? That klaxon means that more boarders are on the way" she said to the camera with a smile that was nowhere near as sweet and cheerful as it usually was as the tiny reporter tried to multitask between manning her section of the feeds, speaking with Tali so as to explain to the people back home was going on and keep an eye out for the next wave of shuttles full of Verian marines that was on the way "...you'll forgive me if I don't give you all my full attention but as you can see my young friend and I, say hello Orria, are currently manning a very busy set of feeds, needless to say she is a lot better at this than I am" she said offering Orria a quick smile as she does so "...now there was three of us but they are currently receiving treatment for an injury they sustained the last time we were boarding meaning that for the time being at least things are little chaotic" she said as her hands continued to monitor the bank of controls with it's lights and toggles.

   Hack watched.. he  frowned  , he nodded to Beth to open the ALL COMs,... This  is the Hermes.. Vampic   fighters    are heading  to our location...Any fighters in the area,  come  to our aid, my fighter  wings is  a bit  ..undermanned.

 he looked at the Hanger, his  face a bit sad,Cap ships , continue  your missions... but send  what fighter  help you can  bring... Win this Battle...

 even as he put his helmet back on a Groundscrewmen was  split in have   by a stray Verian  Pulse round.

   Hack Looked at Beth and  Izzy..our fighters can't  stop them... there are too many.. I think thie r figthers  are coming in to  be  kamikazes ... The Hermes is a tough Girl... but that's  too  dam many hits...

  Morris's   craft  fired off   a torpedo  that   found  a  Shuttle  about  three miles  away...

Haley was trying to be brave.  Warrior princesses were supposed to be brave, pretty, and know what to do.  She wandered towards the fridge like sneak suggested.  She wasn't thirsty, but she thought she could get Gregor some more pizza or ..something.  she found a ladder that was aqainst one of the fighters.  She kinda remembered seeing it before.  The pink haired ladies ship, she thought.  She got in but knew better than touch anything.  Her hands and feet would not touch any thing anyhow.  Being strapped down for safety it didn't jiggle as much.  Pulling out het teddy bear she just curled up in the seat and hugged it.

 Roll looked  around the hanger..Sneak.. I'm scared.... we knew were to run in the tunnels?.... we don't know where to go?

 Sneak  smiled slightly , she  slipped the strap of the SMG over her head.....you remember Perky?

 Roll looked down and said in a sad voice,..yeah, they took her...i think she got eated...

 Sneak sniffed a bit...yeah...yeah she did.... did you know how they Took her?

 Roll shook his head, looking up..he was getting more scared now...

 ..They Older Ganger.. he was..like 3 years older  them me or Jax?.. he took us to that Borken pipe..and told us to crawl in... But  Perky was sacred ..cause there wasn't a way out.... The older   guy lead  the  snatchers away from us.... he got killed  doing it.... but Perky ran out , and ran  the other way.. and they caught her ..and took her...

 Sneaks  voice quivered,all she had to do..is stay? and she would have been here with us...unless  she got killed  from the snipers at the  truck wreck?.....So.. Mr QM says  we stay here.... we  stay here, and  if bad guys  come in here.. I won't  let them get to you..

  Hack  watched  the  fighters... there was  a few less of the Verians.. but still...way too many..

 Hennings  looked at  Hack..Hack just shook his head 'no'... Hennings nodded  in a resigned  fashion.

..Captain SI... in... 10 minutes or so? we are going to be rammed   and..or..boarded  , by Verian Fighters  and shuttles... LC's people are doing thier best...but...

 when should  we abandon ship....

 wait until after  the Impacts... you'll know  which pods to send them too...and ..maybe  we'll survive

 Beth had  a tear  on her  cheek,..Orria...send the feedback bombs... i want to make sure  we Kill as many of them as we can...

 Will , Nagy, Scarlett, Ellen Cora, Robbins  and Lyri set up  by the stage.. Rivets  still hobbling ha d two more  demo  packs  and hugged the   wall by the  shuttle opening..Lucky had on and he leaned against the  bulkhead in the Middle... Argie  had  teo, and stood  where the   Mess of the   Heavy  Pulse  gun team was..

 Fuji Back Up COMed in..Admiral hack...  the enemy has been neutralized for the Most part.. three Roussian Veesels escaped... there are  4 Captured, Including a  Demon  Cap ship,  They are saying they want to contact thier Home world, since they are only Advisors...

 Did they fire on our People..

 Aye Sir...

 ..then..everyone who demands  to see thier   Home work.. make them walk back.... all others... execute..... I want you all to  stay on station.. Delta 3  needs to close the  loops on on these Verians...

 Already done, ,Admiral...

 ......….

  Beth Contacted    Delt 4

 Admiral  wer e are regrouping.. the verians   are almost beat... the Vampics   are doing some Damage..but the Hyrians  are taking a toll.. we should  be good..but the butcher's bill will be high.. there is a squadron that are making  an End  run  to the Middle of the  fight...

 I'm hoping  we have people in Place... carry on... once you have  Dealt  with the Vampics..Have the Hyrians stay on station...and  you close in on what's left of the verians...

 Already Done..

 Hennings was lookign at Beths   main  screen..Delta  2 is in about the same  mess we are in... The Fleet will win this Battle.....

 sure  would be nice to see the end though...

In reply to Isobel Sakura (msg # 743):

Orria nodded without looking up. "Melia is my mommy. She's out fighting. she then switched to warning about another threat and working the boards. Her little fingers flew and her brow started to get damp with sweat.

She nodded at Beth's direction retracing the hack and sending one of Beth's codes with her little virus piggy backing it.

When asked to say hello Orria looks up for a moment waves hello and the shifts past Izzy to a different screen to start a counter hack, and check on some things. "Hi, I'm Orria. Excuse me I need this screen please." She says as she passes by working hard as she can to make a difference.

  One  three differant verian vessels... The COM techs  became Confused at first...Then worried.. then  an out  right panic,, the   COM  systems  began to overload.. controls  froze  of flat out shut  down.. then  the  explosions happened..Verian screams could   we heard of ther  COM trail of the feebacks…

 The Ships lost their  COM systes..the couldn't even send  word to other parts of the vessels.. and , the COM room was  dead.. fires   flickers and Bodies laid  scattered..,

 Beth Smiled  at   Orria....you  see anymore like that.. yhou do the same thing..there are three ships at there, that are now, blind, deaf and dumb...

Haley looked out a bit from the seat she was in.  "Roll...Sneak How about in hear.  It got armor and we can hide" she said.

  Sneak  nodded to  Roll,..go..get inthere..take a soda   and   somethier  to eat... if you hear me shooting, close the    glass  thing..

 roll  got   two towds  and  three cans of pudding .. and some  spoons.. and  he  ran his little  legs off   for the fighters..  he  Picked Up Gregor   and tossed the  little alrg  in when he got close   enough..

 Chocolate Pudding... they mus hide in here to eat it!..

 he handed one  to   Haley  and opened one  for Gregor.. then himself. and  gave   Haley a root beer.

Haley nodded then hearing a heavy bump and long scraping, like fingernails on a chalkboard (unknown to them it was the hull scraped by the Harvester).  She started shaking again.  She helped with Gregor getting in and scooted over so Roll would fit as well.  She shook her head to the soda.  Looking about she tried to read some of the controls "I'm not sure how the glass comes down.  Lizzy showed me how hers does, but this ain't like that" she said.  She tried figuring out what some words were and sounded out the letters. "K..Koom Link.  E-jaked, Can-oh-pee" some words she did get and understood or thought she understood like 'open', 'shut', 'on/off'. 'lock'.