Rise of the Remorhaz Society

[SG-3]

Cruisers! Did I miss something?

[mlmbd]

sachmo, these 2 additions are just excellent! I must say. I am delighted, you found the time. Whatever the reason!

mlmbd

[Atrocities]

I truly love reading this story. I find my self wishing you had a lot of free time to do more on it. Honestly, your story is a major draw and I sincerely thank you for writing it, and keeping us glued to what is going to happen next. A true SEIV Serial.

You have my vote for SEIV Story Of The Year.

[sachmo]

Originally posted by Atrocities:
I truly love reading this story. I find my self wishing you had a lot of free time to do more on it. Honestly, your story is a major draw and I sincerely thank you for writing it, and keeping us glued to what is going to happen next. A true SEIV Serial.

You have my vote for SEIV Story Of The Year.

Wow, thanks Atrocites! I too hope that I get some free time soon to write more...it's so much fun to do! I just hope that comes across in the story. My hidden agenda is that I hope it encourages more people to write their own fiction. I enjoy reading the work of others as much as I do writing!

[SG-3]

Did you mean light cruisers.

[Ragnarok]

My hidden agenda is that I hope it encourages more people to write their own fiction.

Well it worked for me. Reading your story imspired me to write my own. While I still cannot live up to the standards of your story I still enjoy writing and so forth.
Your story is by far the best I've ever read.

[sachmo]

Originally posted by I Like Fishies:
Did you mean light cruisers.

Yes, I did. sorry if I mislead you!

Ragnarock: Thanks a bunch! I don't know if I deserve all of the praise you are giving me, but I am glad that my story had inspired you to write your own. I am truly enjoying it!

[Atrocities]

We want more Plissken!

[sachmo]

I'll get back to it in few days, I promise! Last night I started a story based on a game of Steel Panthers III for another board, but I kept thinking about this story.

[sachmo]

Winding Down

2411.8

Correlia was able to breathe easy for the first time since the war against the Ukra-Tal began. Long-range scanners were free of the usual host of Ukra-Tal ships bearing down on the resilient planet. High above the surface, the Remorhaz battle fleet had just finished repairing all of the damage its ships had sustained during the Battle of Correlia. No one was quite sure how long the respite would Last, but the enterprising citizens of the world were quick to take advantage of it. They bought anything and everything that they could find that was made off world. Anything from the core worlds fetched a handsome price. The heavy industries also benefited from the lull as the workforce shifted focus from producing weapons to building new mining facilities. These new mining facilities would mean higher production capacity for the colony, which would in turn allow more goods to be produced and more money to be made. Correlia had the potential to be a jewel in the crown of the Remorhaz Society, and if they could keep the Ukra-Tal from smashing it to dust it would realize that potential. All it needed was a little time to grow.

In the Tudran system, the planet Heden was established. This world would become an intelligence compound. All over the society, the Remorhaz Security and Intelligence Bureau began looking for suitable candidates to become agents.

RSS Honor jumped through the wormhole from Zezzis into the Vendrin system. The entire system was filled with a huge nebule, negating scanners and shields. There were two other wormholes from this system. One lead to Devonshire, which was a know Ukra-Tal system. The other led to an unexplored system. Honor was running short of supplies at this point, and so turned back to resupply. If Zezzis could be captured quickly, and Bandron cleared out also, Remorhaz would have the capability to strike at the back door of the Ukra-Tal Collective. This cause was helped when the 2nd Space Marine Brigade captured Zezzis VI from the Rage. Fourteen million Rage colonists were destroyed in a duel between the fleet and a complex of anti-ship missiles concealed on the surface of the planet and the subsequent surface battle. The Space Marines sustained minimal casualties. The planet was renamed Brightstar, for the two high intensity suns in the center of the system. Immediately after its capture, 2nd Brigade embarked and prepared for the next planetary assault.

Remorhaz launched another Ganymede class light cruiser, RSS Barban. For it’s trial voyage, it was immediately sent to scout out the Hollifax system, where it was believed that that the Romulans would stage for any attack into Remorhaz space.

Rear Admiral Jager deployed her Strike Fleet Dauntless to within four sectors of the Lenoltris-Yukra wormhole. Before any assault could begin on Yukra, all Ukra-Tal presence in this system would need to be eliminated. Early next month, they would begin by destroying the two Ukra-Tal cruisers patrolling the wormhole.

2411.9

Sakazawa’s Strike Fleet Hellcat captured the Last Rage world in the Zezzis system. This planet was renamed Tarnor. The fighting on this world had been fierce, but casualties remained light. The fierce resistance led the admiral’s staff to believe that the Rage were almost out of worlds.

In Jethanis, 1st Brigade captured the Last Rage world in the system. The planet was renamed Barren, because there was little else which could be said for it. It was small, it was gray, and it was flat. On the positive side, the planet held a spaceport, a resupply base, and four research centers. Once the planet was secure, Brennan began preparing for the assault on the Bandron system, which was believed to be the Last Rage system in the galaxy, or so it was hoped.

Glory launched RSS Mephisto, a Ganymede class light cruiser, which immediately set out for Remorhaz. Also, the shipyards on Rage completed and launched RSS Scorpion, the first minesweeper in the Remorhaz People’s Navy. Fort Justice lunched RSS Firefly, a Glory D Class destroyer. It immediately made course for Highrock, to bolster Jager’s Strike Fleet Dauntless.

In Fezzran, the replacements for 2nd Brigade were all loaded aboard RSS Marne. They would make for Zezzis where they would rendezvous with Sakazawa and give 2nd Brigade some much-needed replacements before an assault on Ukra-Tal space.

Gina had been right about one thing. They would need to clear out the Ukra-Tal presence before they could mount any assault on the Yukra system. Unfortunately, she was misinformed about the strength of the Ukra-Tal forces present in Lenoltris. Before they were able to begin the second leg of their journey to the wormhole, long-range scanners picked up a large Ukra-Tal fleet exiting into Remorhaz space. This fleet was larger then her fleet by five ships, and she knew she was outgunned. Apparently, the Ukra-Tal were still serious about taking Lenoltris for themselves.
Gina knew she would have to fall back to Highrock, but scanners picked up something between them and their destination…a single Ukra-Tal Gjovik class cruiser. She decided that they would intercept this cruiser on the way back, and then prepare to defend Highrock against all comers.
They made up ground on the Gjovik quickly. It seemed to be moving slowly, possibly scouting the defenses of the system. They had to have seen her coming, but they did not make a move to escape. The Gjovik was a formidable opponent, but it was outnumbered seven to one. Maybe the captain was confident that he could survive the engagement?

They caught up to it at Lenoltris I. Gina recognized the Ukra-Tal captain’s intentions immediately. He had intentionally allowed the Dauntless fleet to catch up to him, but at the place of his choosing. Once he made it to Lenoltris I, he would use the planet’s gravity to slingshot his cruiser past the Remorhaz fleet, not giving them enough time to intercept him as he escaped. It was a clever plan, but Gina would try her hardest to destroy the Gjovik before he could escape.
Gina did the math quickly in her head, and realized that the Gjovik could not escape before her fleet would be able to engage it. The enemy captain had underestimated the speed of her ships. Before it would be able to begin its gravity acceleration manuver, it would be vulnerable for almost thirty minutes to fire from the Remorhaz ships. She smiled to herself as her fleet continued to gain on the Gjovik. He only had two choices now. He could chance it and try to absorb the punishment, or he could turn and fight. A few minutes later, the Ukra-Tal captain apparently came to the same conclusion that Gina had, and he turned his ship to fight.
Strike Force Dauntless currently consisted of five fighting ships. Three of the ships were Glory C class destroyers and the other two were Nemesis class frigates. The Ukra-Tal Gjovik class cruiser was a gun heavy cruiser. It was armed with three large acid launchers and six point defense cannons. It would give them a good fight.
Cherek was the first to fire. She moved into maximum gun range and fired her depleted uranium cannon and missiles at the enemy cruiser. The shells from the DUC flew true, but exploded harmlessly against the Gjovik’s ample shields. Liberation and Triumph also fired on the enemy cruiser, but failed to hit her. The frigates Nemesis and Intimidator fired their missiles at the cruiser. On this attack, the Gjovik fired back. Acid globules flew through space toward Nemesis and Triumph. The globules missed Triumph, but Nemesis was pummeled. The acid splashed across the hull, instantly melting the missile tubes into slag. The second globule hit near the rear of the ship, wiping out two of her engines and cutting her speed in half. In moments, Nemesis was out of the fight. Gina would be a spectator for the rest of the battle.
The rest of the fleet closed range with the large cruiser. They would have to stay as close to the Gjovik as possible and try to bring it down with combined firepower. That would mean withstanding some heavy hits from her acid launchers, but it couldn’t be helped. The DUC shells finally brought down its shields, and it began to vent atmosphere as shells knocked out her life support system.
The ships battered each other, until the combined missile and gun fire from Dauntless fleet was able to destroy the Gjovik. Superior numbers had won the day for them, but not without cost. Cherek ended the battle being the most heavily damaged, taking 69% damage during the fight. Nemesis took less than 40%, but the engine damage slowed her down considerably. Thankfully, they were only two sectors from Highrock, and would be able to reach the planet by the beginning of the next month. She had underestimated the danger that the Gjovik would present them, and now they were weakened. Hopefully, they would be able to repair most of the damage to their ships before the Ukra-Tal attacked.

RSS Barban was on her maiden patrol when she made detected a Romulan Harsova class light cruiser that appeared to be headed for the Velocitas wormhole. Somehow it had eluded his scanners until it was well behind him The ship’s captain, Commander Mitchell Sprull, immediately abandoned his patrol and moved to pursue the Romulan ship. His crew was in high spirits, excited about the prospect of being the first to engage the Romulans in battle. Sprull wasn’t as excited. No one was sure what sort of weapons the Romulans possessed, but if history held true, it would probably be something nasty and unexpected. If it were, he and his crew would probably wind up dead, which wasn’t something that excited him in the least.