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@mattmanganon Nebulon Bs do have some Hangar space (though we've kinda crammed it full) which is where the fighters came from, some ops call for jumping from hyperspace but in this particular case we just launched. Simply as we didn't know the exact moment the fighting would start, which makes it hard to know when to drop out. Too early and you ruin the op, too late and the Keep would already be slag.

Other than that, good post.

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The bridge of a Venator was near identical to that of the Imperial Class. It was really the vessel that had spearheaded the entire line of Star Destroyers, it was a shame that few still existed in active service. They acted as a bridge between the sheer firepower of an Imperial Class and the compliment of a dedicated carrier. Unlike a regular carrier vessel the Venator was still able to hold it's own, the fact the Imperials had not repurposed the design was surprising given the Tarkin Doctrines reliance on manpower. The entire point of the TIE fighter for example was that they were cheap and easy to produce, so they could replace broken units easily and field hundreds of the craft.

So why the Empire didn't use ships capable of fielding hundreds and pack a punch was beyond him. It wasn't important, if he had leaked the necessary information this vessel would be fighting against the Empire soon enough. He just had to put up a show so that when the ISB showed up with questions, he was covered. Lorne spoke up, the officers on the bridge were all ex-military. Not that he had a problem with mercenaries, most of the ships crew were from the fringes of civilized space, he just wanted people who actually knew what they were doing at the controls of his masterpiece. "Inform the pilot of the Endurance in the lower hangar to prepare for departure, I want the engines warmed up and ready to go." He turned to one of the few Stormtroopers aboard, part of his personal guard. "I want your squad to move out and clear a path to the Endurance. Leave some behind for my personal escort."

"Sir."

He ran off, his voice muffled via his helmet as he spoke through the internal comms rather than relaying his voice to the outside. Two more troops fell back and stood behind him. He didn't even acknowledge their presence, that's not what they were there for. He turned to one of the men in the pits. "I want you to lock down all bulkheads with the exception of from here to my ship, and here to the nearest escape pods. Once that's done set the engines to full power, and the self destruct to my personal comm." He had no interest in actually using the self destruct, though having it known that he had it armed wasn't a bad thing in the long run when the agents came investigating. It technically wasn't an Imperial Navy vessel, and he'd get a smack on the wrist for using back alleys to secure and fully equip a star destroyer to then have it fall into enemy hands. If he made a gesture at not letting the Rebels take it, at least he'd keep his life and position.

"Inform the Imperial Fleet of our situation, see if we can't get any reinforcements and then set out the call to abandon ship. The enemy have obviously prepared for this, mercenaries aren't going to do any good."

WhatThisMeans

What this means for all you posting is:

Starfighters:

Not a lot has changed.

Boarders:

All pathways are now sealed, except between the bridge and the lower hangar (suspicious huh?) and the escape pods.

In the open passageways, a group of 15+ Stormtroopers (Red shoulder pauldron leading as a sign of rank)

Mercs will also be running towards the pods, trying to get through the doors as the abandon ship alarm will be going off.

Navy:

No Reinforcements will be moving towards the Majestic in terms of boarding craft, TIEs will still be swarming.

Note:

If cornered, not all the mercs will surrender. Some will fight tooth and nail to get away, also the Stormtroopers are elite as they are the personal guard to a Moff. So be warned if you face them.

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In the name of helping y'all know what your facing to react and whatnot I will be posting a post this evening from the perspective of our host.

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Some parts are missing.

@mattmanganon

What do you mean?

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Sorry about that, been super busy the last few days cleaning out the shop I work in. My days consisted of "Get up at 8am, go out the door, work all day, come home at 10pm, collapse into bed, redo from start" Anyway, I will get going on an opening post.

@mattmanganon

Bear in mind the size of the Imperial Force, and to have read the IC first.

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the only reason I did not know that, is because I haven't had time to read the more recent posts. /doh!
sorry.

@Gunther

It's alright.

I await your "Go! Go! Go!" moment.

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Would you mind if I pass on posting this round? I want to wait until the ship's are adjacent and the SF team has completed their spike of the Majestic's computers before we do anything.

@Gunther

The ships are adjacent, and the SF team has placed the Spike... you're good to breach.

We did it quickly as to prevent people from needing to wait too long. @Naril has an awesome post all about it.

Absolute Comics: A Brave New World

P R E S E N T

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C E N T R A L C I T Y

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^{March 12th, 2017 - 3:57 PM | Downtown Central City}

"The names Professor Zoom. I'm with the Flash."

Barrys heart skipped a beat, and for someones who had a heart that beat far faster than the average humans, that was a big deal. He had missed training someone about the Speed Force, not to mention having Wally by his side but this guy said he was with him. That was a bit of a leap. Before he could say anything though people were accosting the man in yellow with questions.

"Are you the Flash from Keystone?"

"Are you faster?"

"Where did you come from?"

The one Barry honed in on was the last one. "Do you know who the Flash is?"

"Yes." Not good.. Even before he knew Batman he knew that one of the most important secrets he had was his name, not that Batman had ever needed to figure out who he was. At that moment Barry ran up the steps towards him, placing his arm around 'Zooms' shoulder and waving to the crowd. It wouldn't do good to get into a confrontation here, not infront of all these people.

"Can I have a word, Partner?" He made sure to put emphasis on the word, to anyone thinking that the two of them actually knew eachother it would possibly seem normal, perhaps even congratulatory. He was hoping that this Zoom character would pick up on it's true intent, it was to show this Zoom character that Barry wasn't impressed, nor happy. If he had been approached beforehand about a possible pairing then that would be a different matter. It was like if the man in yellow had just taken to the streets using his name. No, this needed to get sorted now. He needed to know more before he could be associated with the man in yellow.

"Sure thing Flash!" Did he sound, excited? He ran off down the street, turning and looking back he saw that Zoom was keeping pace. He wasn't catching up, but wasn't falling behind either. If Barry were to push it however, would Zoom be able to keep up? If this was Wally he surely would have, though the situation was far too serious. First this individual had turned up out of the blue, running around the city not really doing anything before taking down Trajectory and now he claimed to be Barrys partner? It was all too co-incidental, the CSI in him didn't believe for a moment that that was all there was too it. Was Professor Zoom the 'Doctor Elias' that Ted had told him about? If so, what was his motiviation for becoming a speedster? If he wasn't Elias then who was he?

Too many questions cluttered his brain, and he needed answers. He came to a skidding stop outside of the city limits. "So, just who are you Professor Zoom? As the man in yellow eyed him up, surprisingly he went to peel back his mask from his forehead.

"You don't know it yet, though lets just say-" He pulled the cowl all the way back off his face. "-Where I come from, we know eachother very well." No wonder Ted had found the face so familiar, it was like Barry was staring face to face with a mirror. The man wore his face. Were they twins? No wait, where I come from. He knew Time Travel was possible, he had ran back in time by accident on one occasion.

"I don't.." Barry shook his head. "I don't understand."

"You will Barry, you will. Given time."

There it was again. Time. The differences in the suit, the name. The voice even sounded coarser, older. He wasn't ready to jump in head first with the belief that this Zoom character was an older version of himself, though there was certainly some form of connection. He just couldn't see it yet. He could almost hear Bruces voice in his head, erring him on the side of caution. He shook it off. He had spent too much time around the Dark Knight, he was starting to get paranoid. This Zoom character, seemed alright. The fact that he knew Barrys secret identity alone was cause to give him a break.

"So who are you? Really."

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Nae counted the seconds in his head after the hangar closed behind the LAATs. Then, the second the command came in he lost all count. The code word having been said by the members of the SpecForce and relayed back to the the command centre. At any point now the breaching charges on the hull of the Majestic would be set off which would then allow the infantry to storm the ship. It was the job of him and the other flight squadrons to keep reinforcements from causing a problem. Initially to stop the TIE fighters messing with the boarding tubes, and preventing the cruisers from docking to disperse more troops in opposition. In the long run, if more Imperial Vessels turned up they also had to prevent the Majestic from being blown up with all their people on it. The Imperials had a nasty habit of shooting at their own ships to keep them from rebel hands.

"All wings report in."

"Lightning 1-2 ready-"

"Lightning 1-3 go-"

"Lightning 1-4 a-okay-"

"Lightning 2, we're ready over here."

Nae nodded to himself. "Here we go boys and girls." At the most speed he could build up within the confines of the hangar he shot out into space, pulling back on the yoke and twisting it to the left he came up in a vertical spiral turning towards the Imperial vessels that were already on alert. To be fair to them one of their ships having lost weapons was a clear indication that an attack. The fact that the unknown vessel had just spewed a surpising number of starfighters let them know that it was a rebel offensive.

He clicked his comm onto the command frequency. "Black Squadron, Mynock. You focus on the TIEs coming in at 2.6 making a run towards the Keep. Thantra focus on the Light Cruisers, we've got you covered." He clicked it back to his own squadrons comm. "Lock S-Foils in attack position." He felt the ship shake and the unmistakable 'clunk' as they locked into position. Technically they should move smoothly and he shouldn't feel it, his X-Wing wasn't exactly brand new and without damage. He was just happy it flew well.

He spun to the left moving to go below one of the freighters, flipping the safety up he pressed down on the trigger for the blasters in two second intervals. His shots impacted harmlessly with the shields of the ship, however as he continued to move several hit home on the TIEs. One even falling from it's docked position, before exploding. Another notch for the hull of his ship, though it wasn't so much a battle yet as much as it was shooting fish in a barrell. Unfortunately soon enough the Imperials would regain their composure and start fighting back.

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Exhausted so for now I need to sleep.

I will say this @mattmanganon do you have your defection planned/know how you're going to do it? As there's currently very few TIE fighters in the area of operation. Which reminds me I'll need to work in some Interceptors somehow....