Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-7489529-20140906215813/@comment-24828824-20141027174024

Merel's HUD still counted down as the data from the General Norema showed the projected firing arc of the Lancer heavy beam cannons, four lines tht would strike through the heart of the enemy formation, to catch as many of the craft in a strike. thanks to the datalink all UWG pilots, including the Shuttle pilots, could see their won location relatie to eachother and the projection and Merel saw that up was the best option for her. she again pulled on her stick and the 0G manouvering program fired the corresponding thrusters to tilt her craft upwards so the main engines could propel her out of the line of fire. and none too soon as she saw the counter reach single digits when she did so. meanwhile the enemy force knew something was up and tried to split off into two groups to follow the split team and try and isolate Merel and Halvard from their teammates at the shuttle. they still exhanged fire a the shuttle to discourige the enemy from getting too close but Merel hoped the force would not have the luck to disperse where the shots were prepared

Getting closer and closer to the battlefield, the general Norema rew was on full alert. as they were about to enter the combat zone damage crews were on standby and everyone was where they should be after the captain announced general quarters. on the exterior of the assault carrier the two heavy beam cannons mounted above the port and starboard catapults activates and the four barrels sluggishly swiveled while the data adjusted their aim for the first shot. the commander stood at the gunner pit where our crewmen were in charge of the weapons systems directly under his command. the Datalink showed a smlight change on the formation of enemy gunships and the Lancers were adjusted minutely to fire in the larger of the two clusters, near the shuttle. "Final safety locks disengaged, the Lancers are ready to fire, sir!" one gunner called out on que. the timer reached the final seconds and Commander Lamperouge gave the command to fire. with a press of a trigger the two turets opened fire and four bright green beams cut through the void of space and lanced right through the ebemy formation, due to the relative elevation and velocity of the turrets to their target the beams appeared to travel upward a few meters and this caught another portion of the enemy force by surprise. a fraction of a second later the fuel cells of the ships exxploded, creating an additional hazard to the ships closest to the hit area. the drones at the edge o the battlefield kept scanning and updating the feed where Merel could see in awe how four lines were drawn through the swarm of enemy ships and the tiny boxes marking the individual units were wiped from the screen as the ships they represented exploded. After the additional  explosions had subsided roughly 30% of the ships were destroyed or crippled. Already Merel could  see the new projection lining up with the now clearly devided two groups and the countdown reset to again 30 seconds.

"Now they get the picture..." Merel said to herself and she saw the remains of the enemy force scatter for a few seconds before resuming their attacks. Now they knew they were in trouble and they had very little chance to retreat as the General Norema would be getting closer every second. If any of their pilots decided to run now they would likely out of range of the missiles the Trident was carrying, however the missiles were not the only problem they had on their hands now...

OOC: ok the General Norema should be close enough to have the shuttle move to meet it while the team holds off the remaining ships before they too get destroyed. I'll leave the rest to you guys.