Sgt. Slaughter Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 The last ship that Bruce Slaughter ever wanted to ride into battle on was an old Dreadnaught””cramped, rusty, creaky, poorly armed, poorly shielded, and generally a godawful vessel for fleet engagements. Even modernized, its only advantage was that it held a ridiculous number of billets for soldiers like him. That was soon rectified, however, as the Rebel fleet rendezvoused just outside the Corellian system to transfer personnel, assign escorts, and arrange into a coherent formation for battle. Slaughter and his Talons were transferred to the Star Defender Prometheus, a behemoth of a warship that was matched only by the Paragon, and the vessel that would drop out of hyperspace only once the battle was joined. A system for establishing contact and directing the Hammer of God, even if communications were jammed, was quickly cobbled together. Predictably enough, the sixty Wolf Spiders that had arrived at Gromas, however fruitlessly, joined them at the rendezvous point. Like before, they kept to their independent transports until the fleet entered hyperspace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Slaughter Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 The Republic fleet zoomed through hyperspace, taking a set of waypoints to obscure its point of origin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Slaughter Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 As it turned out, Corellia was not to be Bruce's destination. A few hours before he expected to arrive at the planet, Bruce's pilot reverted the shuttle from hyperspace in the middle of nowhere. Correction, there was a single YT-2400 freighter within a few kilometers of their Lambda-class shuttle. With no explanation, Commander Slaughter and Lieutenant Speirs were transferred over to the Corellian freighter via umbilical, where they met an intelligence operative that informed them of their mission. And then they were off again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Slaughter Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 Following proper tradecraft, the pilot of the Bon Mot made a randomized hyperspace jump before performing a full sweep of the ship's interior and exterior for homing devices, then made another randomized jump before finally making its way towards its final destination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Slaughter Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 A squadron of A-Wing starfighters appeared of hyperspace in the midst of a meaningless star system. It featured no habitable worlds, no useful ores that were economically feasible to extract... nothing but a loose ring of silicate asteroids that formed a halo between its second and third worlds. It was so strategically unimportant that it wasn't even given a proper name, but instead kept the archival designation given by the first drone that explored it: NOL-M9. The asteroid field made a perfect place for a squadron of starfighters to drift and await recovery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Slaughter Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 Shortly after Geist Squadron took refuge in the star system NOL-M9, the Republic Third Fleet arrived to recover its fighters. It later set out for its destination. _____________________________________________________________ Bruce went to visit his Executive Officer in her quarters, and when she finally answered his request to enter, the door opened to allow a draft of something sweet and spicy to waft out of her room. He couldn't resist the temptation to peek over her shoulders; aside from the sparse metal cabinets and furniture that were standard in every ranking officer's quarters, her room was completely bare, with the sole ornamentation in her cabin being a thick and expensive-looking rug that was elegantly simple in its appearance. Bryygo didn't salute””Slaughter had told her to never salute him while they were in private, and with only that first request, she'd never repeated the habit. ”œSir””I apologize, I was meditating and I didn't hear you.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Slaughter Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 The Third Fleet jumped out of hyperspace in the vicinity of another strategically unimportant system, this one being a solitary star with only a number of dense asteroid clusters in its orbit. Given a few billion years, it might evolve into something more interesting, but it was mostly just empty space. The fleet's fighter complement was retrieved, then it retreated into hyperspace before the Imperials, if they had a mind to pursue them, could arrive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Slaughter Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 Bruce Slaughter couldn't remember the name of the next system that the Third Fleet jumped to, and he frankly didn't care. It consisted solely of a star and a single uninhabitable planet caught in its distant orbit””the remainder of its planets (if there had even been any) had been literally engulfed several million years ago when the star expanded into a Giant. The star charts indicated that it was actually on the verge of going nova, at least in astrological terms. Bruce would be worm food long before this star gave up on life. At the moment, the Third Fleet was undergoing repairs. Circumstances didn't allow for a lengthy stay at a military shipyard, so repair drones and maintenance craft from both the fleet and the Republic-held systems in range were busy swarming all over the damaged ships in the battlegroup, welding hull breaches shut and bringing damaged and destroyed subsystems online. They had been ordered to purposefully do a sloppy job (to the naked eye, at least), so the hulls of the ships had been left scarred by their work. It was simulated battle damage””hopefully, considering the fight the fleet had just been through, the rough treatment would hide the repairs. ”œCadan, my office.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Slaughter Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Them? According to all logs and reports from the search-and-rescue vehicles, all ships had been accounted for. No one had been left behind, and so long as Slaughter was in command of this fleet, that would always be the case. Leaving men behind to be captured and most likely tortured and executed (which tended to be the Empire's modus operandi) never failed to be devastating to morale. Unless”¦ Bruce's eyes flickered past Cadan's face for a moment, putting two and two together. It must have been one of those Jedi things: some sort of vision or premonition, which no one else in his command could have possibly been aware of. She wanted to commit to a fight that wasn't going well because of what the Jedi needed. And people wondered why Slaughter didn't care much for the Jedi. Bruce spoke as mildly as he could””not easy for one accustomed to barking orders in the midst of blaster fire. At least his throat wasn't so dry now, so he didn't sound like a rabid dog. ”œYou are serving as an officer in the Republic fleet. Keep that in mind.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Slaughter Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 ”œWe do expect Sith assistance””as you well know, the Sith have assets on the planet, even though activity in the Sith Temple has dropped off. I'm not worried about the Sith, though.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Slaughter Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 "Then we go." After Slaughter dismissed Cadan from his office, he issued the orders for the fleet to muster. Only a short time later, the fleet jumped into hyperspace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Slaughter Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 ((Coordinates: Q-10)) Deep in space, a Republic fleet assembled and made last-minute preparations for an imminent battle. Late-arriving missiles were loaded into starfighters; turbolasers were charged, primed, and angled towards vectors where they were likely to find targets. Last minute briefings were held immediately prior to the fleet's deployment at its final objective. ((EDITED for final transit)) Final preparations complete, the armada assembled into its final formation and launched into hyperspace. Its final destination would be Onderon. Fleet Composition Steadfast Ship Class: MC90c Star Cruiser Crew: 5680 crew (+ 605 gunners) Armaments: 75 Heavy Turbolaser Batteries 30 ion cannons 6 proton torpedo launchers 8 tractor beam emplacements AP: 4 Starlisk Ship Class: MC90c Star Cruiser Crew: 5680 crew (+ 605 gunners) Armaments: 75 Heavy Turbolaser Batteries 30 ion cannons 6 proton torpedo launchers 8 tractor beam emplacements AP: 4 Tyrmina Ship Class: Corona-class frigate Crew: 782 crew (+ 56 gunners) Armaments: 10 Turbolasers 10 Laser Cannons 4 Ion Cannons 2 Tractor Beam Emplacements AP: 2 Kalidor Ship Class: Cruiser Type: Majestic-class Heavy Cruiser Length: 700 meters Crew: 40 Crew, 45 Gunners Armaments: Heavy Turbolaser Cannons (30) Ion Cannons (20) Laser Cannons (20) Concussion Missile Tubes ( Tractor Beam Projectors ( Antimissile octets (~20) AP: 3 Wrendui Ship Class: Bothan Frigate Crew: 800 crew (+ 104 crew) Armaments: 12 Medium Turbolaser 6 Ion Cannons 2 Proton Torpedo Launchers AP: 2 Incisor Ship Class: Warrior-class frigate Crew: 44 crew (+ 36 gunners) Armaments: 10 Turbolaser Cannons 8 Laser Cannons 4 Concussion Missile Tubes Antimissile Octets AP: 1 Brionelle Ship Class: DP20 Frigate (Corellian Gunship) Crew: 45 crew (+ 45 gunners) Armaments: 8 Double Turbolaser Cannons 6 Quad Laser Cannons 4 Concussion Missile Tubes AP: 1 Hawkbat Ship Class: DP20 Frigate (Corellian Gunship) Crew: 45 crew (+ 45 gunners) Armaments: 8 Double Turbolaser Cannons 6 Quad Laser Cannons 4 Concussion Missile Tubes AP: 1 Eshan's Pride Ship Class: Warrior-class frigate Crew: 44 crew (+ 36 gunners) Armaments: 10 Turbolaser Cannons 8 Laser Cannons 4 Concussion Missile Tubes Antimissile Octets AP: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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