[b][u]The Courage[/u][/b]
>>>Near the Hephaestus system Asteroid belt.
 >>>Pirate hunting 

"Launch all fighters and bring us around Ensign, give these ass holes the scare of a lifetime. Lieutenant Commander open channel to their vessels." Captain Knight was quite happy, the ‘pirates’ he'd been ordered to find were nothing more than illegal miners who had set up shop on an abandoned asteroid. They had attracted pirates sure but it was just a another rest stop to them, no need to go in guns blazing. Clearing his voice he stepped up to the transmitter. "This is Captain Knight of the Courage, you will all vacate the station immediately any attempts at resistance will result in your immanent destruction." The hundreds of souls aboard raced to their freighters and took off, fighters escorting them away as no life signs remained in the backwater station.

"Bring all fighters back and send in a search team. Any alcohol found will be stored in the mess hall." He droned on as he looked to Lieutenant Commander Hall. "Sam, you ever miss the days when we actually got to battle pirates and rogue ships?" The Lieutenant Commander rolled her eyes, they had been classmates at the academy and the moment she got the chance she signed on with him, he was jerk and a loudmouth but he was an ace commander.

"I do sir and I- Sir Incoming long range communication. From Titan HQ... Priority one, your eyes only." She sent the message to his view screen. He sat down looking at the monitor a moment before finally speaking.

"Damn, alright then." He typed up a quick memo to all crew explaining the new situation. Turning to the Lieutenant Commander. "Hall you have the bridge, the Ensign has the coordinates." With that he briskly got up and headed down towards the barracks. Hall rolled her eyes, Jackboot definitely the wrong nickname for him. Luckily they were already near the system it would be a short trip so he’d have to be back soon.

Knight put on his earpiece patching into the marines barracks loudspeaker as he climbed into the elevator. "Listen up! You ladies got a job to do, we are going to Defcon one people! You have three hours, pilots get yourselves ready to launch, troopers lock and load! Engineers get all the marines set up with practice rounds. We need to make impression people. The Alliance wants the Courage so lets show them what we can do. Your the best crew in the fleet!" He barked out as stepped out into the middle of the crew decks, tanks, mechs, and transports rolled through as they prepared for deployment. Major Matthews ran up as the men busied themselves his cybernetic arm and large stature made him easy to spot.

"So I'm assuming you want us to drop in immediately. I can have the mechs go first clear the landing zone. The Courage's shuttles can bring in reinforcements." He spoke loudly as off to his left a sergeant yelled at his troops to move faster. Knight shook his head and rubbed his temples.

"Were going to meet up with the fleet, I'll speak to other commanders. We shall see what they want to do, however we've got plenty of experienced soldiers. However you know our specialty is ship to ship combat. Now get the strike teams together." He told the Major patting him on the back. 

The Captain returned to the bridge, Hall returning to her seat at communications as Knight took a seat as they exited FTL. He gave a whistle as through the bridge window he could see one of the new Dreadnoughts. "Hall open channel, other ships could be in area." Hall nodded and followed her orders.

"This is the GNAS Courage reporting to join Sigma. Captain Knight ranking officer. I'll be standing by if you wish to speak." He cut the channel yawning he kicked up his feet and watched the Dreadnought come closer and closer.