Expansion Fleet - Avalon Archive

"Aye, sir, we are engaging at maximum warp."

Tom, ETA ?

I believe now is a good time to go to a tactical silence, no uneccessary emmissions or strange sensor beeps, all crews ready at yellow alert once we arrive at our coordinates.

Two Romulan warbirds head away from the station, toward the USS Tiberon, at that moment closest to the station, and open heavy firepower...

can we help with the retrieval aspect?

Soran what do you think?

(OFF: Mr. McKeen, be aware that Jeff Keach is not going to be the CO of the Tiberon much longer. After the battle, we will be holding a ceremony on the bridge in which VAdm. Keach officially transfers all command codes to Cpt. Nismos Meridian.)

That is good to hear Commander.

The ASC Revox heads for the Romulan ships about to fire on the USS Evolution, and opens fire... Some Romulan ships explode heavily, others are totally disabled and dead in the water...

"Good job! Now scan for other problems!"

Operations: "A ship that goes under the name MEV Paladin is heavily damaged and dead in the water. It's surrounded by several Romulan warbirds that are about to destroy the ship!"

Ardwyad: "Head for the MEV Paladin, take those Romulans out!"

Again, the ASC Revox concentrates its firepower on the Romulan warbirds. Some more of their ships explode, others are trying to evade the unexpected firepower of the Revox - of a type they had never seen before and were not prepared for - but in vain, and they explode too... The MEV Paladin was saved by a matter of moments...

Ardwyad: "Good! Good! What else have we got?"

Operations: "Nearby the station, some other ships are being attacked... the USS New Orleans, USS Phoenix and USS Tiberon!"

Ardwyad: "Target the Romulan ships that are attacking them, and open fire - FULL SPREAD!"

And the ASC Revox, Delta Alliance security vessel, opened fire on the surprised Romulan warbirds, causing considerable damage...

=^= Admiral Vorak to the Task Force Fleet =^=
Congratulations on your achievement. You have all fought more than commendable. The station, however, is still not fully under our control. I have lowered the station's shields from the engineering department. Please form away teams and beam down on several locations, so that we can retake control of Deep Space 12 easier and faster, and force the remaining Romulans to surrender.
=^= Vorak out =^=

=A= This is Fleet Captain Keach, all ship crew please report to your stations we will depart shortly=A=

Tara Lollock: "Lets go get our station!!!"

will do.

Switching to tactical alert

Meanwhile, the USS Sequoia is still fighting against a Romulan warbird, when two more warbirds cecloak and open fire...

Also two more Romulan warbirds decloak to attack the USS New Orleans...

Meanwhile, the USS Evolution sustains serious damage and retreats, but a Romulan warbird decides to chase the ship...

The MEV Paladin is still surrounded by a formation of Romulan warbirds, and sustains heavy damage, but the USS Phoenix cannot go for aid, as two Romulan warbirds decloak right ahead of them...

The USS Sequoia is under heavy attack by Romulan ships, and suffers severe damage... another blast and pieces of the ship begin to explode and tear of... Captain Freeman orders everyone to abandon ship, and soon escape pods are being launched.  When the final escape pod has beeb launched, the Sequoia swings around to face the lead last Norexan-Class ship, the Coalition flagship. The Sabre-Class escort routes all she can muster into the impulse engines, and in a brilliant display of light, the Sequoia rams the flagship head-first, giving all it had left in a fiery death for both the Coalition ship and herself.
The Romulan Coalition flagship is destroyed, but the first Starfleet vessel has been destroyed in the process, and escape pods are all that remains...

what the ####?.........

Report!  what just happened?

OFF: McKeen, I was just cusious as to when you would be on the ship, however you want to join the ship is up to you.

Tom spins back around to his console.

"Aye sir, engaging attack pattern Gamma 4."

(OFF: Tiberon, New Orleans, Cortez, Evolution, and Phoenix are the last remaining ships.)

*the ship was now within reach of the fleet and could see a couple federation ships*

Helm, locate the nearest Romulan ship and move to intercept.

Soran, lock phasers and torpedoes ince the ship is in range.

Shields up Red Alert!

*the red alert claxons blazing*
*the captain sat down in his chair*

OFF: is there anyone else here besides Soran and Karelia? if you are we sure could use your post, anything

Alright I hope you all understand what is to be done. so go do it.

Commander Lollock will you lead teh away team?

I will remain onboard to help the repair teams on the ship.

Good luck.

"Helm is prepared and awaiting orders, sir."

Good, Better go tactical alert. Just to be safe.

=^= Fleet Captain Keach to DS12 convoy group =^=

I believe all ships are in position, so keep a look out for the Romulan Coalition's ships. We are recieving technical data from the infiltration team and it shows that we are almost ready for the ships to enter within weapons range. Although I hope  we never have to fire upon the station, I remind you that you only shoot when fired on. Good luck to us all and see you on the other side

=^= Keach out =^=

Tiberon crew prepare all stations.

The SEV Paladin takes as last ship position in the battle formation, and heads toward the Romulan ships... Soon the Paladin opens fire, causing some considerable damage to a few Romulan ships, until one of the warbirds decides to hunt the Paladin down. Having a warbird on her tail, the Paladin sets immediate course to some other Romulan warbird formation.
This may have seemed a suicide maneuvre, but it was not so: the Romulan warbird on the Paladin's back could not open fire without risking to hit one of their own ships, and the Romulan warbird formation in front had the same problem. Besides, the Romulan formation was already occupied with the USS Evolution.
The SEV Paladin then makes  the mistake, however, to head inside the Romulan formation, as the USS Evolution just decides to head out of it, and the two ship barely miss each other... and while the USS Evolution retreats, the SEV Paladin now finds itself surrounded by four powerful Romulan warbirds...

alright thank you commander.

OFF: i don't know who is at ops or science sorry

ON: Ops signal the fleet that we will be needing to pull out soon, we can't sit here and try to fight a battle that we aren't prepared to handle in case it gets out of control.

OPS: channel open sir

Keach: =A= this is Vice Admiral Keach to all fleet ships, continue your attack. The Tiberon is in desperate need of further stocks of ammunition so we will need to pull out of the fight after our next attack run to restock weapons =A=

**Lollock sits beside him**

You heard him!!!! Get moving!!!

agreed, make it so.

Tom move us in, let's see if we can give them a little cover.

Soran, full weapons fire on my mark.

OFF: I think there might be somewhere in the line of about a half dozen, maybe more .

*The ASC Revox comes about, and opens fire on all nearby Romulan warbirds again... this time there are already far less Romulan ships capable of fighting left, than before... Many have already been destroyed or disabled.*
Ardwyad: "Good, good! Now the one on the left there!"
*The ASC Revox opens fire again, and suddenly shudders under impact when a Romulan warbird fires from behind.*
Ardwyad: "Fire aft weaponry!"
*And before the Romulan warbird can fire again, it is already disabled...
The ASC Revox continues to fire, and soon the Federation ships end up having no opponent to fight any more...*
Ardwyad: "What's that? Where are all those Romulans?"
Comm One: "I will put them on screen, but it seems they are taking their distance."
*Ardwyad smiles.*
"So they have decided to flee... Let them go, so they can tell their superiors it isn't a good idea to attack when Starfleet and the Delta Alliance join forces."
Comm One: "Aye, sir."
*The last Romulan warbirds that were still capable of warp, depart the battle field and run away as fast as they can... and only the few disabled Romulan ships remain, around the station.*

"Aye sir."

*Tom gets up and leaves*

Ok, Lieutenant, take us clear of the station,

send a messege to the other ships to follow our lead once they have reported ready.

Tom, follow the Sequoia match speed,    engage.

bringing weapons back online. torpedoes armed and loaded,phaser banks fully charged.

"ETA is 6 hours, Captain."

=A= Sequoia to the fleet we are in position, please cut your engines and stand by. =A=

Alright now we can deal out some damage,

ready weapons.

lock targetting sensors and prepare tofire on my mark.

At that moment, firepower flashes from the station toward the closest Romulan ships. Clearly, the infiltration team had full control over the station's systems, including weapons. The Romulan ships guarding the station, take on heavy damage, but withdraw and come about, to open fire on their own station, even though many of their own are still aboard DS12...

OFF: sorry if  I over step my bounds but no one is posting and the story must go on.

ON:Keach: helm, pull around the romulan warbird and prepare to fire.

Tom: yes sir *the ship completed a full turn around the station keeping hidden for a while*

Keach: as soon as the ship has reached the station power down and go to stealth mode. We need to regroup

Lollock: Jeff may I suggest that you don't do that.

Keach: why not? it seems safe

Soran: one of the Romulan ships has very thin shields on it's port side

Keach: ok, move to intercept fire at will once we are in range.
Soran: ready sir. ship will go in range in three seconds.

Lollock: we can try a maneuver that has garnered some attention in the past, move around the enemy ship and drop a torpedo right beside it and warp out. The initial blast will destroy the shields and open the door for us to destroy the rest of the ship. This will prevent the romulans from shooting down our torpedo.

Keach: make it so

Soran: ready sir
Lollock: I hope this works *crosses her fingers*

*everyone waited for the captain to say it*
Keach: engage!

*the ship did a quick jump to warp and stopped just short of hitting the romulan vessel*
*a torpedo was dropped very close to the ship*

Keach: detonate!

Soran: detonating, *the "mine" exploded and destroyed the shields of the romulan ship*

Keach: fire weapons

Soran: firing! weapons struck the ship directly sir, their hull is buckling

*on the viewscreen everyone could see that the ship was completed destroyed*

I think we should focus on the romulans and try to help the station first.

*while he was talking his console kept beeping and he kept looking at it wondering*

Captain I think one of the ships is leaving? but where?

I'll put it on main viewer
*he puts the image of the ship leaving the area on the viewscreen*

Cowards! ............... preparing another round of weapons, but I must warn you captain, we are desperately low on ammo.

I just figured that I'd be arriving during restock as it seemed difficult to arrive during a battle.  However you're the boss, I'll beem over as soon as you'd like me to be there.

*Soran sat back watching as the crew did their jobs*
*he thought about his duties*

Sir, if we can maintain our level of efficiency, I think that the Tiberon should last through this battle and many more.

Shields up.

phasers ready they are targeting the enemy vessel, and will lock once we are in range.

That is quite alright Commander, If you would not have destroyed that ship , then they would have destroyed us.  Well done crew!

(OFF: How many ships are left)

The New Orleans just released their fighters, lets se if we can help them out.      Give them a little cover fire?

Sir, I am not reading any more visible ships.

The Revox must have disabled almost all of them.

I suggest we look for survivors or scan for cloaked ships.

oh uh no, Use the transporters to board the station. Not until it is safe will we dock with the station. We can't take any chances that a rogue Romulan will jump to the Tiberon.

Tom, will you go down to engineering and see what is taken them so long to report in?

=^= USS Evolution to all ships =^=
This is captain Randall Sanchez to all ships. First of all, I would like to thank the ASC Revox for their support, and commend everyone else for their professional fighting.
Romulan Coalition officers... if you check your sensors, you will see that your comrades have deserted you. The ships that are still here, are disabled and we will begin transporting your people as prisoners to our ships in a few moments. Surrender is your only option now.
To all Starfleet vessels: I recommend you start immediate transport of Romulan prisoners, from both their ships and from the station.
The battle has ended... at last.
=^= Sanchez out =^=

Ok, away team Transporter room 1.

(I wasnt sure where the #### i was suposed to be) (lol)

*Keach sat in his chair looking around at all the stations and departmental positions. He looked down at his keypad *

Hmph, I am going to miss this ship
{We have been through so much}

*He got up and walked around and checked each station for damage*

OFF: {} means thinking to himself

"Aye sir, disengaging docking clamps. Taking us out... We are free and clear to navigate. Sequoia reports ready, but I'm still waiting on New Orleans, Evolution, and Cortez."

"Alright everyone prepare for battle stations"

The USS Evolution opens fire on some Romulan ships, but is soon intercepted by other, decloaking Romulan vessels. They open fire, rocking the Evolution around...
Meanwhile, the USS Phoenix goes to the rescue, but is intercepted by Romulan vessels herself... There turn out to be far more Romulan ships in the vicinity than was anticipated or accounted for...

How long until we arrive for refueling?

OFF: Mr. McKeen, are you stating that you will be on the ship once it arrives for restock or are you on right away?

"Sir, an unidentified vessel just dropped out of warp! They are opening fire on Coalition vessels!"

From the captain's seat Keach could keep a watchful eye on his crew. He monitored every persons actions from the corner of his eye and also watched the viewscreen as a Romulan ship decloaked right in front of them.

"Evasive maneuvers!!

Soran, Fire at will!!

*the ship maneuvered around the first disruptor blast but was unable to counter the next one. It struck the ship with a violent jolt that sent many crew members to the ground some even into mid- air*

*witnessing the damage he taps his combadge*
=^=Repair teams to the bridge!=^=

OFF: Will, are you back yet? or just supervising from where you are now?

*turns around to face the VAdm. and Cmdr.*

"All in the line of duty, ma'am."

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Quote: from Jeff Keach on 10:51 pm on Dec. 4, 2003 Commander Lollock will you lead teh away team?

OFF1: She was suppose to be on the infiltration team, but we can just forget it.

OFF2: Since she never posted.

=^= Understood Lt. thank you, I guess it's just you and me, huh?

Well, since the wo of us cannot do the repairs ourselves, let's just leave it for the station's repair team once it is ready.

=^= Keach out=^=

The Cortez will be ready soon, I got a comminuque from him twenty minutes ago.

OFF: he is me:) Reynolds lol

DS12 on long- range sensors sir, Yellow Alert!

Meanwhile, the USS Evolution suffers heavy damage, and when they find an opening in the Romulan ships formation, they use it to retreat for the moment...

*Once the ship has docked for resupply*

Lieutenant Commander Joseph T. McKeen reprting for duty Admiral.

How long until we  can return to the battle?

Soran: ten minutes and we can return to DS12.

Keach: excellent

*ten minutes later*

Soran: Sir, ship fully loaded and ready to go

Keach: ready engines and go to warp factor 7. Standby all weapons and target closest ship, if any still remain.

Soran: weapons armed

*with a quick jolt the ship moved to attack, but the ship would not get to the battle for another two or three hours*

*looks over to her*

I agree,

What do you suggest we do next Commander?

Firing phasers!!

*the blasts flew from the ship and connected directly with the Romulans*

firing photon torpedoes!  *again Soran found himself watching the weapon leave the ship and once more strike the RC ship*

"another hit, their shields are down"

targetting weapons and engine control

*Soran tapped on his console to ready the weapon and prepare to fire again*

*the weapon spread filled the entire viewscreen and everyone noticed it and stared at it as they glowed a bright blue*

*with a violent crash the ship was instaneously hit and destroyed and pieces of it came hurtling toward the Tiberon, but because of the shields they did absolutely no damage*

targetting successful sir. Sorry about the overpowering of the weapons, must have slipped, sir.

OFF: ok thanks.

*Tom walks into Engineering and sees it empty*

=/\= Karelia to Bridge. It seems the Engineering crew is gone. =/\=

=A= Sequoia to the Fleet =A=

Captain Freeman has issued the go ahead to depart.

=A= Sequoia out=A=

"Thank you Lieutenant"

=A= Coded Message to all Federation ships participating in DS12 Rescue =A=

"All hands to battlestations, the attack is now underway. Proceed as planned and take out those Romulan fighters, and help us from getting fried"

                 =A= End of message =A=

helm, pull around the romulan warbird and prepare to fire.

Meanwhile...

An unknown, large grey ship comes out of nowhere intercepting the USS Evolution and cutting off her retreat from the Quantum Singularity Network, as the ship intends to enter a collision course with a Romulan warbird.
The Evolution stops, the romulan ship begins to attack the new ship, the ship returns fire with extreme power, the romulan ship explodes in a hailstorm of fire.

"Aye Admiral, Warp 7."

Leans to Keach- Some of these guys may be due for promotions when this is said and done.

Yes good idea.

Let's get rid of the problem first.
Begin scanning for tachyon radiation and signals of unknown origin.

Tom keep your hands ready to move us out as soon as you detect anything unusual.

*taps his combadge*

=^= Bridge to engineering=^=

try to figure a way to transfer all available energy to the sensors.
=^= Bridge out =^=

"Sir, shall I initiate docking procedures?"

*Keach stood up and took one more look around*

Well, good bye old friend.

Computer initialize a site-to-site transport, put me down outside the the Chophouse doors.

The computer confirmed and transported him to the station.