Hello, my name is Jack.\u00a0 At the start of The War, it was just us Americans, the Shang, and then the Peloran.\u00a0 The rest of the Western Alliance got involved real quick, and so did the Chinese.\u00a0 Still, many thought we could win it easily with a few good rah rah battles, come home to some kissing nurses on the streets of Old New York, and go back to rebuilding the American Dream.\u00a0 It didn\u2019t turn out to be that easy.<\/p>\n
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Jack pulled in a long breath and let it out, breathed in again, and let it out, focusing on the now, on being ready to move like a leaf on the wind.\u00a0 He concentrated on nothing, while being aware of everything.\u00a0 He felt the bite of a five-point harness on his shoulders and waist.\u00a0 His hands gripped the control stick and throttle, fingers running over the buttons and triggers that allowed him direct control of the Avenger starfighter.\u00a0 The Avenger\u2019s nose stretched out twenty meters ahead of him, a lance of grey against the darkness of space.<\/p>\n
Four light seconds behind him, the Chinese world of Xin Yin and its defenses rested in space.\u00a0 A matters of minutes ago, they\u2019d been the center of his attention.\u00a0 Now they were nearly forgotten.\u00a0 Only the fifty Chinese and Shang warships accelerating out of orbit held any interest to him, and at the moment that was simply a passing interest, too far away to be a threat for now.<\/p>\n
Directly behind him, over one hundred British warships sailed, their starboard weapons turrets firing as quickly as they could cycle.\u00a0 Hundreds of British fighters filled space between him and the warships, many of them still spinning to bring their engines up to full power.\u00a0 As they slowed in relation to the ships around them, they added thousands of small missiles to the destructive energies flowing past him.<\/p>\n
Around him, sixteen Cowboy fighters accelerated away from the British fleet, the center of his attention, the center of his world.\u00a0 Ten Avenger starfighters charged into the teeth of their attackers, supported by six Hellcats.\u00a0 Over a hundred Nemesis and Wildcat drones flew around the Cowboy formation in a complicated pattern of cyber-controlled random evasive maneuvers making them hard for incoming missiles to hit.\u00a0 Not impossible of course as some were finding, but very difficult.<\/p>\n
Directly before him, nearly a thousand Russian fighters bore down on him, the Cowboys, and the hundreds of British fighters that had been running from them mere seconds ago.\u00a0 They had been firing a steady stream of gravitic cannons, missiles, and lasers at the British, but Jack could see them reorienting to fire on the Cowboys and took another long breath, waiting for the right time to do something.<\/p>\n
Less than a light second in front of him, over two hundred Russian warships approached the British fleet, not to mention a certain Captain Jack of the Cowboys.\u00a0 Russian spinal gravitic cannons and heavy missile barrages shot past him, targeted on the much larger and easier to hit British warships.\u00a0 They were still too far away to be accurate, but their ranging shots were getting better.\u00a0 This was going to be interesting.<\/p>\n
He looked away from the displays, flicking his eyes up to where Betty sat on top of the console, her back to the stars shining beyond the canopy.\u00a0 She would have been twenty centimeters tall standing, but sitting on the console with her legs hanging over it she was considerably shorter.\u00a0 Her decidedly non-regulation yellow sundress ended around mid thigh, and long blonde hair framed the vaguely Scandinavian face she\u2019d assumed the day she was born.\u00a0 She\u2019d picked the sundress that day too.\u00a0 The day she\u2019d chosen to fight with him in The War against the Shang.\u00a0 And now the Russians were joining The War.<\/p>\n
He sighed, wondering if she thought she was getting more than she bargained for.\u00a0 Wondering if she was regretting her decision.<\/p>\n
She cocked her head and aimed a reassuring smile at him.\u00a0 There was no regret at all in her face.<\/p>\n
\u201cFire!\u201d Charles shouted.<\/p>\n
Jack smiled at Betty and they went to work.\u00a0 The Avenger shook as their new missile batteries spoke in anger for the first time, sending a salvo of missiles towards the Russians.\u00a0 All three gravitic cannons, deployed and ready, came to full power in less than a second and began twisting the very fabric of space between them and their targets.\u00a0 The four individual laser turrets and the quad laser turret in the nose began to fire as quickly as they could, pausing only to cool down.\u00a0 All around them, the Cowboy fighters and drones opened fire as well, filling space between them and the Russians with missiles, roiling gravity waves, and a steady stream of lasers.<\/p>\n
The British missiles swept in on their own torrent of twisting gravity and engulfed the center of the Russian fighter formation in a mass of roiling explosions.\u00a0 Even the displays couldn\u2019t accurately count how many Russian fighters died in that single coordinated strike, but they could easily recognize the hole that opened up in their formation.\u00a0 The Russians scattered, trying to escape the focused fire of an entire fleet, and for the first time since the battle began they left the Russian warships without a solid screen.<\/p>\n
\u201cCharge!\u201d Charles ordered.<\/p>\n
Jack held on tight to his controls, shifting them to the side for a moment to avoid a phantom threat he didn\u2019t want to meet, as the Cowboys followed the order without hesitation.\u00a0 They charged through the hole, gravitic cannons shifting to focus on the Russian cruisers behind a wall of destroyers.\u00a0 The British joined in, and the Russian deflection grids flickered with the strain of twisting the attack away.\u00a0 Missiles swept past the destroyers and into the cruisers before exploding, shredding the strained deflection grids.<\/p>\n
A dozen Russian cruisers reeled under the focused assault, atmosphere and debris belching out of their shattered noses.\u00a0 One was less lucky.\u00a0 A single gravitic cannon achieved a very lucky shot, shooting a beam of focused gravity down the Russian spinal gravitic cannon\u2019s barrel, deep into the warship that housed it.\u00a0 It was nowhere near powerful enough to destroy the cruiser, especially at over half a light second away.\u00a0 But it ripped the grav cannon\u2019s internal shielding apart, leaving the powerful gravity generators to lash out in an orgy of self-immolation that broke the cruiser\u2019s back.\u00a0 One gravity whip caught an escort destroyer holding position near the cruiser, slicing the engine section away from the rest of the ship, and space filled with more atmosphere and debris.<\/p>\n
\u201cOuch,\u201d Jack whispered as the destroyer began to drift out of formation.\u00a0 \u201cThat\u2019s a messy way to go.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd that\u2019s<\/em> why the Peloran keep their grav cannons outside<\/em> their big bad battleships,\u201d Betty returned with a disapproving shake of her head.<\/p>\n Jack frowned as the Russian return fire washed over the British fleet.\u00a0 Most of the gravitic cannons missed, but five more destroyers and a cruiser fell out of formation, their flanks ripped away by the powerful beams.\u00a0 Then their missiles dove in and exploded all around the British ships, gravity itself ripping holes in many of the deflection grids.\u00a0 The British were taking a real pasting.\u00a0 Badly enough that he wondered how many would be left to get out.<\/p>\n \u201cSo where are<\/em> they?\u201d Jack asked, raising an eyebrow at Betty as he pulled the throttle up.<\/p>\n \u201cComing,\u201d she answered as they pulled up and away from a grav beam trying to kill them both.<\/p>\n Jack glanced over at the display showing the Chinese and Shang spinning to bring their flanks to bear on the British.\u00a0 \u201cUh oh,\u201d he whispered as they finally began to fire full broadsides of missiles.\u00a0 Alone, they couldn\u2019t have done much against the British.\u00a0 But together with the Russians, they were about to make this a very difficult battle.<\/p>\n \u201cVery<\/em> soon now,\u201d Betty said with a grim smile.<\/p>\n Jack swallowed as the Russians grew closer.\u00a0 \u201cCharles\u2019 plan?\u201d<\/p>\n Betty cleared her throat.\u00a0 \u201cAneerin\u2019s<\/em> plan actually.\u201d\u00a0 She nodded at the Chinese, then at the Russians.\u00a0 \u201cNever strike an enemy until someone else has their full and undivided attention.\u201d<\/p>\n Jack cleared his throat, watching the British fleet taking fire from both flanks.\u00a0 Point defense missiles and lasers reached out, taking down hundreds of incoming missiles at a time, but there were simply too many.\u00a0 As he watched, the explosions wreathed the British deflection grids.\u00a0 They couldn\u2019t take that punishment much longer.\u00a0 \u201cI think we\u2019ve got their attention now,\u201d he said, trying to hurry things up with his voice.<\/p>\n As if on queue, a series of flashes filled the displays near the Chinese and Shang fleets.\u00a0 The displays cleared to show nearly forty ships deployed on the far side of the Chinese fleet, very much in weapons range.\u00a0 The displays began to show flags and Jack whistled as he recognized them.\u00a0 German, French, American, and even British, he examined the ship classes and names carefully.\u00a0 It was Aneerin\u2019s task force, though the Peloran warships were still to be seen.\u00a0 The Alliance ships began launching fighters as they fired missiles and gravitic cannons into unsuspecting enemy flanks.\u00a0 Suddenly it was the Chinese and their allies that were surrounded, and Jack whistled as they began to take fire from both the British and Aneerin\u2019s task force.<\/p>\n The displays flashed again as six more ships emerged on the Russian flank, and Jack flicked his eyes over to see the bone-white Peloran warships charge forward.\u00a0 Their gravitic cannons opened up, ripping into the Russian flank, and ship after ship ripped apart as the Peloran squadron flew through the Russian formation.\u00a0 Jack\u2019s jaw fell open as he watched the Russian attack falter.\u00a0 They began to maneuver, seeking to hit the Peloran with their main cannons, but the Peloran were too quick.\u00a0 The Russian missiles were much easier to retarget though, and gravitic explosions wreathed the Peloran warships like a halo<\/p>\n \u201cScatter and attack!\u201d Charles transmitted.<\/p>\n Jack watched the other Cowboys pull away, then returned his gaze to the rapidly approaching Russian fleet.\u00a0 He glanced up at Betty and she smiled back.\u00a0 She was ready.\u00a0 He flexed his hands, cracked his knuckles, and wiggled his fingers.\u00a0 He pulled in a deep breath, relaxed, and placed his hands back on the stick and throttle.\u00a0 This was it.\u00a0 All that mattered was himself, Betty, their Avenger, and the eight Nemesis drones in formation around them as they penetrated the Russian fleet.\u00a0 A flash filled the displays and he winced.\u00a0 Make that seven<\/em> Nemesis drones.<\/p>\n Jack twitched his hands to the side, watching their formation react on the displays, the drones corkscrewing around his fighter to avoid the hail of point defense missiles and plasma cannons reaching out to destroy them.\u00a0 Gravitic cannons, missiles, and lasers drew a line of destruction between their formation and a single Russian cruiser.\u00a0 The Russian deflection grids flickered in and out, massive rents opening and closing as the ship\u2019s AI tried desperately to keep up with the seemingly random gravitic assault.\u00a0 They spun to keep on target as momentum sent them flying past the ship, and gravitic cannons sank deep into its flank.\u00a0 In the blink of an eye, point defense missiles and plasma filled his vision and he saw the light of an exploding drone before they were past their target.\u00a0 They fired into its exposed engine section, causing the Russian cruiser to flounder out of formation with at least one engine out of commission.<\/p>\n Jack looked around to see sixteen more Russian ships destroyed or belching debris, victims of the Cowboy assault, and nodded in approval.\u00a0 It hadn\u2019t been one-sided though.\u00a0 Nearly twenty drones hadn\u2019t made it back out of the Russian fleet, victims of their point defense batteries, but that was a small price to pay for the damage they\u2019d inflicted.<\/p>\n \u201cCome around for another strike,\u201d Charles voice ordered and beams appeared on the displays, showing Jack where they were about to go.<\/p>\n Jack nodded towards Betty and they turned with the nearly one hundred other Cowboy fighters and drones, sweeping around to come back on the Russians from their rear.\u00a0 He scanned the displays to see that the Peloran were gone, probably having returned to hyperspace to prepare for another attack.\u00a0 The Russian fleet was in disarray, trying to recover from the Peloran and Cowboy attack.\u00a0 Their smaller escorts spun to cover their flanks and rear, but their largest ships continued to fire on the British fleet.\u00a0 More British warships fell victim to the massive gravitic cannons, but it was a far more equal battle now as the British fire began to take its toll on the Russians as well.<\/p>\n A flash of light heralded the return of the six Peloran warships and they slashed into the Russian fleet again.\u00a0 Nearly a dozen Russian ships managed to generate good shots on the Peloran, and one of the destroyers shuddered.\u00a0 Over a dozen Russian ships began to belch atmosphere and debris in return though, and the Russian screen fell apart.\u00a0 Jack smiled.\u00a0 Aneerin was doing it again.<\/p>\n Then space flashed again, this time behind the Peloran ships, and Jack\u2019s jaw fell as gravitic cannons, missiles, and plasma reached out to rip the Peloran deflection grids apart.\u00a0 The displays cleared to show him the newest arrivals.\u00a0 The Roderan were here.\u00a0 Forty of them fired salvo after salvo into the Peloran warships, penetrating the deflection grids and ripping armor and weapons off their hulls.\u00a0 Peloran gravitic cannons exploded in titanic flashes of light and when they faded the Peloran were simply gone.<\/p>\n Jack licked dry lips as he watched the Roderan reorient.\u00a0 \u201cDid\u2026they?\u201d he asked, trailing off before finishing.<\/p>\n The Roderan flashed back into hyperspace, leaving space empty again.<\/p>\n \u201cThey got away,\u201d Betty answered in a strained tone.\u00a0 \u201cI picked up the dive signatures.\u00a0 But they took heavy damage.\u00a0 The Roderan got them good.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cCrap,\u201d Jack whispered.\u00a0 \u201cThat means we\u2019re alone now.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cOK, we lost our support,\u201d Charles transmitted.\u00a0 \u201cBut they opened a hole for us.\u00a0 Let\u2019s take advantage of it while we can,\u201d he ordered and a beam of light appeared on Jack\u2019s display, charting a course through the devastated Russian flank.\u00a0 \u201cFollow your beam.\u201d<\/p>\n Jack nodded to Betty and he felt the Avenger swing onto course, engines flaring to swing them around the handful of warships able to fire at them with anything more than token missiles.\u00a0 Grav beams and missiles reached out to smash one Russian ship, and then all he could see was wreckage.\u00a0 Pieces of Russian and Peloran warships drifted through each other, some still firing scattered point defense lasers at each other in fitful spurts.\u00a0 It was otherworldly.\u00a0 They accelerated through the wreckage, trusting their deflection grids to deflect anything too small to dodge, and trusting Betty to avoid anything too large to deflect.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have incoming fighters,\u201d Betty reported, pulling his attention away from wreckage.<\/p>\n Jack glanced at the displays to see nearly a hundred Russian fighters approaching them.\u00a0 In the distance, what remained of their fighters continued to duel with the British fighters, but they were losing badly now.<\/p>\n \u201cIgnore them,\u201d Jack ordered.\u00a0 \u201cStay on target.\u201d<\/p>\n Betty nodded and they shot out of the wreckage field, gravitic cannons and missiles ripping out to smash the flank of a Russian battleship.\u00a0 It shuddered but continued firing on the British fleet, the massive spinal gravitic cannon shredding a destroyer completely.\u00a0 Another salvo of missiles shot past him from behind, rippling into the battleship\u2019s flank, and Jack glanced at the displays to see Katy\u2019s Hellcat and drones right behind him.\u00a0 Another display flashed and Jack watched Jessie\u2019s and Ken\u2019s flights bank in from the flanks to send the gravitic beams and missiles of nearly thirty fighters and drones into the battleship as well.<\/p>\n The Russian battleship shuddered again and again as the Cowboy weapons ripped into it.\u00a0 Armor and weapons flew off, atmosphere and wreckage belched out of dozens of deep wounds, and the battleship tried to maneuver to escape its tiny foes.\u00a0 And that was when a full broadside of British gravitic cannons smashed into it, ripping the warship open from stem to stern.\u00a0 When the bombardment finally ended, it was little more than some more wreckage to fly through.<\/p>\n Behind them, a gravitic ripple sent the displays screaming and Jack frowned as space itself began to\u2026bubble.\u00a0 It was the only thing it reminded him of.\u00a0 Of course, space couldn\u2019t actually bubble.\u00a0 It just didn\u2019t.\u00a0 Space was\u2026space.\u00a0 It didn\u2019t ripple like that.\u00a0 A ship faded into normalspace, twisting and bubbling with the space around it.\u00a0 It was Roderan, caught in whatever it was that was happening, and it rippled and ripped apart before his eyes.\u00a0 The twisting and bubbling faded away after a few seconds, along with the ship, as if neither had ever been there.<\/p>\n \u201cWay to go, Hal!\u201d Betty shouted.<\/p>\n Jack licked his lips again, a shiver going through his spine.\u00a0 He\u2019d hoped he was just seeing things, but her outburst told him he hadn\u2019t.\u00a0 It also told him she knew what it was.\u00a0 \u201cWhat<\/em> the hell was that<\/em>?\u201d he demanded as he swung them to port, lining them up on their next target.<\/p>\n \u201cHyperspace bomb,\u201d Betty said in a proud tone, firing gravitic cannons at a Russian cruiser.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re gonna want to avoid that spot for\u2026oh\u2026a few centuries.\u201d<\/p>\n Jack gulped as he tried to grasp her words.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cWhat\u2019s that<\/em> suppose to mean?\u201d<\/p>\n Betty\u2019s drones joined in on the cruiser, ripping its deflection grid wide open before firing a salvo of missiles.\u00a0 She shrugged.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019ll be a bit\u2026unstable for a while.\u201d\u00a0 She nodded towards where the ship had rippled.\u00a0 \u201cYou don\u2019t want to go there.\u201d<\/p>\n Jack licked his lips and let out a long breath as their lasers stitched across the cruiser, boiling armor, weapons, and other fiddly bits off their target\u2019s hull.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019ve\u2026never even heard of something that does that.\u201d<\/p>\n Betty actually paused to look a little bit worried.\u00a0 \u201cYeah.\u00a0 They\u2019re kinda illegal.\u201d<\/p>\n Jack blinked, considered her demeanor, and finally bit the bullet.\u00a0 \u201cDefine\u2026kinda illegal.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cOh God, Oh God, we\u2019re all gonna die if they catch us using this crap?\u201d she answered without a pause.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cOh,\u201d Jack whispered, his mind racing.\u00a0 \u201cSo\u2026you expect me to believe that Aneerin just happened<\/em> to have some of these bombs lying around?<\/p>\n Betty gave him a very serious stare and crossed her arms.\u00a0 \u201cOh Jack, no one ever<\/em> just happens<\/em> to leave hyperspace bombs lying around.\u201d<\/p>\n Jack returned her stare.\u00a0 \u201cYou know you scare me sometimes?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cGood,\u201d she returned with a smile and shifted her gaze back to their next target.\u00a0 The gravitic cannons opened up again, smashing into a Russian destroyer on the edge of their formation.\u00a0 It shuddered under their attack, trying to twist away and escape.\u00a0 Another destroyer swung around and a salvo of missiles swept towards them.\u00a0 Jack pushed forward on the stick, trying to dive under the missiles.\u00a0 They tracked him though, arcing to keep on target.\u00a0 He slammed the throttle forward and the Avenger\u2019s engines flared behind him, driving them forward as their lasers pulsed away, picking off missile after missile.\u00a0 The lasers and acceleration weren\u2019t enough though, and the missiles continued to arc towards him.<\/p>\n Jack pulled in a deep breath, clamped a grip on the controls, gritted his teeth, and pulled the throttle up, hoping to get inside the missiles\u2019 ability to turn.\u00a0 The fighter rose on flames of maneuvering thrusters, but the missiles just kept tracking.\u00a0 Then another salvo of missiles streaked in and exploded, ripping gravity apart all around the Russian salvo, shredding the missiles.<\/p>\n \u201cYou should be more careful, Boss,\u201d Katy\u2019s voice said over the comm. as her Hellcat and Wildcats, much reduced in number, flew up into formation around what was left of his force.<\/p>\n Jack took a second to swallow, before putting a big smile on his face.\u00a0 \u201cWith you watching my back, who needs<\/em> to be careful?\u201d he returned in a far more nonchalant tone than he felt as they left the Russian formation behind.<\/p>\n \u201cYou say the nicest things,\u201d Katy purred, and in that instant a British battleship flashed and disappeared.\u00a0 For a moment, Jack thought the Russians had hit it, but then another followed and he realized they were diving into hyperspace.\u00a0 He looked at the display showing the countdown and it was flashing zeros.\u00a0 They\u2019d held the line long enough.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s time to bug out!\u201d Charles shouted.\u00a0 Jack smiled at Betty and she nodded as they corkscrewed away from the Russian fleet.\u00a0 A quick look at the displays showed the rest of the Cowboys doing the same and Jack nodded.\u00a0 They\u2019d made it.\u00a0 \u201cDive in three\u2026two\u2026one\u2026dive<\/em>!\u00a0 Dive<\/em>!\u00a0 Dive<\/em>!\u201d<\/p>\n Jack shut his eyes, the world flashed, and he opened them to see all the colors of hyperspace swirling around them, only the wakes of the other fighters and drones disturbing the natural gravity waves.\u00a0 A beam of light appeared on the displays, and they quickly fell to accelerating along it, getting away from their entry point and any potential pursuit.\u00a0 Jack leaned back in his seat, wondering what came next.\u00a0 They\u2019d been ready to leave, ready to sail out to the Hyades Cluster.\u00a0 Now\u2026now the Russians were involved.\u00a0 And the Roderan.<\/p>\n Several smashed and ruined hulks came into view, and it took almost five seconds for Jack to recognize them as the Peloran squadron.\u00a0 Their weapons were gone, their outer hulls torn apart, but he was pretty certain he could see Cowboy Country open to hyperspace when he focused just right.\u00a0 Only the wakes cut into hyperspace told him that they were still under power.\u00a0 He shook his head in amazement at the punishment those ships could take and still survive.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is going to be a long War, isn\u2019t it?\u201d\u00a0 He turned to look back at Betty, his jaw set real firm.<\/p>\n Betty sighed and pursed her lips.\u00a0 She didn\u2019t like what she was about to say..\u00a0 \u201cThe last time the great interstellar powers went to war with each other, it lasted over a century, and the Ennead, the Albion, and many many more races never saw the light of the stars again.\u201d<\/p>\n Jack nodded slowly, taking time to process what she said, and what she didn\u2019t.\u00a0 \u201cSo what?\u00a0 We\u2019re some kind of pawn in an ancient interstellar grudge match?\u201d<\/p>\n Betty shrugged.\u00a0 \u201cTo some.\u201d\u00a0 She cocked her head to the side, furrowed her brow, and just looked at him for a long moment.\u00a0 \u201cDo you think that\u2019s the case with us<\/em>?\u201d<\/p>\n Jack blinked at her unexpected question, and looked away as he considered it very carefully.\u00a0 He sighed at the realization that only one answer felt right.\u00a0 \u201cNo,\u201d he said as he returned his eyes to her.<\/p>\n She smiled.\u00a0 \u201cGood.\u00a0 Because we need to get back to the ship.\u201d\u00a0 Her face turned worried.\u00a0 \u201cHal\u2019s not doing too well.\u201d<\/p>\n Jack followed her gaze to the smashed up Guardian Light<\/em> and shook his head.\u00a0 Not doing too well was an understatement.\u00a0 And the Roderan had done all of that damage in the few seconds it took the battleship to dive out of the battle.<\/p>\n \u201cSo much for a short, victorious war,\u201d he muttered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hello, my name is Jack.\u00a0 At the start of The War, it was just us Americans, the Shang, and then the Peloran.\u00a0 The rest of the Western Alliance got involved real quick, and so did the Chinese.\u00a0 Still, many thought[…]↓ Read the rest of this 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