HDMS Pillar of Intent
A halo of fire surrounded Aeneas’ ship, its shields blowing back the explosions of a full broadside. It drove clear and returned fire. Commander Harwood’s Audax joined in with its own las batteries, sending the targeted Cobra reeling. One of the Patriot’s spar-mounted thruster manifolds crumpled, spraying drive plasma in all directions and sending the destroyer tumbling away.
And then they were clear, the void ahead of them open towards the enemy Chalice, which was arcing around and down as it sought to swat away Accusator’s bomber wave. Atomic explosions were already blooming around its drive section.
It was what every frigate captain dreamed of: a clear run, straight at an enemy capital ship.
“Captain,” Struss reported, “The Cobra we hit is breaking off. Other two are making straight for Resurgent.”
“Harwood requests any order update, sir.” Marie chimed in from her vox booth.
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