[center][color=#bf0d0d][b][h1]=GEMINI AFTERMATH=[/h1][/b][/color][/center]


The escape was doing good, the torpedoes hit and The Mist and its fighter compliment were completely disabled, the break out was going to plan, however other high value targets within the mixed race mining facility were still inside, the escape pods and a cannon was seen firing off the facility.

However a blip on the sensors, multiple contacts out of nowhere, it was the Empire.

[color=#3d7aa5]"Abort, any and all ships disengage, jump to random coordinates, meeting point at deadman's run!"[/color] The captain of Thor's hammer instantly jumped out of his seat and yelled the order as if possessed, it wasn't their first tangle with the Empire, but this was different, he recognized this Modus Operandi, a sudden and deliberate strike out of no where, it was one of the Empire's most feared ships that was rumored to belong to the Praetor.

The sensors then picked up one torpedo heading towards the station, then bright light where it impacted, the asteroid facility physically moved, many of the ships that attempted docking with it suffered damage and were no longer able to make an FTL jump.

The fighters tried as they might were not able to recharge their FTL drives fast enough, the frigates that were able to make a jump went first, then the two stolen battleships, then the second blast finished Gemini for good, casualty rate high.

Five corvettes, three xeno frigates, several transport vessels, seventy fighter bomber squadrons, and several dozen sleeper agents.


[h3]3 Hours Later...[/h3]

Deadman's Run, there were many places near the fringes named Deadman's run, but this referred to a thick nebula cluster that housed a large gas mining facility harvesting the nebula's abundant gas resources, many of the gasses are used for commercial and industrial uses all through out the empire, around the facility is a large station surrounded by docking platforms, these station modules were used to house the workers and its residence, along with trade fronts and other such commodities, any ship that docked there have many reasons to be there, the place turned into a super city prospering on the income of trade from the refined gasses harvested from the Nebula, this of course brought their own problems such as crime and piracy which eventually dominated the city, making it seem as if it were still clean. It got it's name due to it being a notorious site for dirty dealing.

The fleet arrive at Deadman's run, now a safe haven for even Revolutionaries to stay, the captain of the Hammer of Thor then asked, 

[color=#3d7aa5]"How many are we?[/color]

The fleet responded and the staggering amount of losses was too much to bare, Conrad stepping out into the hangar never getting his chance to even shoot his weapon took off his helmet and fell on his knees, he heard everything through the radio, the morale of the fleet was crushed. They've had these losses before but in a prolonged engagement, they were gone in a matter of seconds simultaneously.

The admiral of the fleet slumped back in his chair and said [color=#3d7aa5]"Dock at the port, if the Imperium comes here, they'll think our ships are just part of the local militia, and the xeno ships just random traders, so we should be safe, and send the word, The Praetor is on the Prowl."[/color]

[color=red]"Sir!"[/color] The Helmsman yelled, [color=red]"We have dents and holes all over the ships hull, it seems we were struck by something, some of the objects are still embedded in the dents".[/color]

[color=#3d7aa5]"Take them out once we dock."[/color]

[@wildman13]

[i](Mechanized weapon platforms will come in another post)[/i]