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“Sir I think we know why WoB sent in a L o M unit.”
“Please let me know what you have found.” Precentor Wilkes looks at his S2.
“Well one of our search teams found a derelict vessel in the outer asteroid belt while looking for a storage place.”
“OK so why do you think this is why WoB has sent in this team?”
“Well we know that WoB is on the lookout for any usable WarShips and this one is, just …. maybe.”
“Why do you think this?”
“Well from the scans our team ran the hull only has been hulled in a couple of places but otherwise she is intact. From the same scans she looks to be an old Alliance Class Cruiser. So if they can salvager her she would add major fire power with her missiles and cannons batteries. The bad news is that the class was not known to carry DropShips as they were made before DropShip collars were invented. She would not be good for an invasion leader but she would make a good escort ship for supply convoys or for space to ground bombardment. Sir a ship like this would major find to WoB’s fleet. Then again she would be welcome in any fleet if she is salvageable.”
“Do you think that have any idea that she is out there?”
“Her exact location no sir, from what we know they are looking at the inner belt. That was where the Alliance repair yard ships were located and were they have been looking. The inner belt is where they found the other one.”
“So they do not have any idea she is in the outer belt?”
“From what we call tell no. If they are using intel from the archives, then no. If they see that we are doing things in the outer belt they may start to poke around.”
“OK so have our teams take care and not give WoB any reason to look at the outer belt. We will need to keep a closer eye on what they are doing in the inner belt.”
“I will inform out people to do so.”
“What kind of shape is she in?”
“Without a better scan and some teams going on board I would not guess.”
“Do we have any idea why she is in the outer belt?”
“From what our team has reported so far I would say she made it to system but not to the yards and that the yards had no idea she was in system.”
“OK that is a good working theory why she is here for now. Do we have anyone that can make the trip and get a better look at her?”
“Not at this time. With working on getting the people from Pegasus settled, looking for a home for our other problem and the crews going over our ships we have our hands full.”
“We will need to get a boarding team ASAP.” Looking at his S2. “Get the intel photos of Yasei no Sogen.”
“Sir?”
“Get me the recon shots, NOW!”
“Yes sir.”
Looking over the recon photos. “I see now, it adds up too, all those heavy missile batteries that WoB placed around Tarawa. If they have extra stores of missiles and launchers for them they could rearm a ship as well. The tech heavy garrison and a few extra supply runs.”
“Yes Sir, it also makes the heavy cargo runs that WoB has been doing more of a problem. If they have the people to make up ship’s crew and the supplies they just may be able to bring her on line. If they find her and with all the heavy traffic they have had they could have slipped in the heavy cannon shells she will need as well. If they find out about her and were to get her on line …. ”
“YA …. Well I think that both the Governor and DCA need to know about this.”
“You do know they will want the ship and the information we have on the system as well.”
“Yes but we do not have the resources to salvager her ourselves, I do not think that the DCA could salvage her with what they are dealing with. The locals could not bring her on line either. Look at all the help they needed for the other one and she was not as large or damaged. Now if all of us work together we just might get her on line. Having her on our side is the best thing, but if we cannot then we must destroy her so that WoB does not get her. They got lucky with one, no more! As for our intel …. It’s not like we have not help them before this.”
“Sir this is a tall order. How would she be crewed? How can we get her repaired?”
“Well we do have some new people and so does the planet. Many have offered to do what they can to keep this place safe. Well as ship’s crew they will do just that. As for the repair site we do have what will be needed we just need to keep WoB from helping.”
“So we will inform them of what we found?”
“We do not have much of a choice. If we do not then WoB will have a good chance to find and salvage her. If they get her on line that gives them a major advantage, I know that the DCA has the Winds of Heaven out here but for how long and if WoB sends that task group that hit Pegasus here we are in big trouble.”
“You do know that even with local help she may be years in repairs. What is to say that WoB will just not let us do all the hard work and come in and take her?”
“Well to start they do not know she is here yet. They are setting up for the find but they are not sure she is here. Also they may be looking for other ships that were out this way. They found one we did not know of. We know that the system has a few other still around and most of them are in the inner belt.”
“That is true the history supports that very well. But they are major wrecks that the TH could not repair before they pulled out. Any of them will be parts.”
“Correct. We will need to step up our own salvage ops. We will work the outer belt. The inner belt WoB has a major head start and we will need to make sure that WoB does not get any BIG toys, Old DropShuttles or DropShips OK …. but any big toys will need to be broken. Our outer system ops will have to be smart and not tip WoB.”
“I will inform the crews.”
“Second we will not work on her here. We do have a safe place she can go to for her repairs here as long as WoB is in system. The main problem will be getting her out of system without WoB noticing. Getting the supplies and tech crews to repair her will also be a problem with all that is going on, but we do have some salvage plus what is still to be found here. Last off I think that the others will not want her in WoB hands after Pegasus. Last just how long can the DCA keep the Winds of Heaven in system?”
“Very true if or when I should say we get her online she will let the DCA move other things around and help keep things secure here. She will be of little use to another system as she is so old she cannot work with new DropShips, she can only work with older DropShuttles due to her lack of collars and they take up cargo space. As a system security or convoy escort maybe.”
“That is why if she were to stay on station here after repairs she will be a bigger asset for all. Now let me talk with the governor.”
“Sir tracking has a DropShip making a high speed run in system.”
“Do they have any ID on it?”
“Īe sir. They just picked it up on this side of the inner belt.”
“How did they not pick it up sooner?”
“Best guess is that it was dropped at a pirate point and was making a slow burn until it got to this side of the belt.”
“Great, have them see if they can pick up the Jumper.”
“Working on it but I don’t think they will find it. The DS got past the inner belt and we did not get any track until they were making the run in.”
“How fast are they burning in?”
“Tracking has them at four G’s.”
“They want to be on rock that bad! OK, keep on tracking this one and when you have a landing location and ID of what it is let me know.”
“Hai Sir!”
“Well looks like we have a major find. She will need major TLC to bring her on line.”
“That will never happen.”
“What? Why?”
“From what the team in the engine room found her Jump Drive is fried and her Inter System Drive is ….. well she does not have one. Someone removed it.”
“But the hull in in great shape!”
“Sure but with both drives gone that is all she is. Also with no movement other than a tug and most all of her weapons are gone all she is not much more than a fixed station.” Looking around the weapons bay they are in. “Someone took them out a long time ago from the looks of this bay. They were removed by tech crews going by the minimal damage to the mountings.”
“We can still use her!”
“She will make a great way station and we can also use her for training.”
“Not a bad idea. Her hull is very sound and getting a few fusion reactors in her for power that could just work. We need to get this to the boss lady and see what she thinks.”
“Someone did salvage her weapons, system drive and other systems, I’ll bet with her jump core shot they put her here in case they needed more parts. And they did.”
“That makes sense with what we found so far. Shame that her Drives are gone she would be of help for the system.”
“No way, she would be way too much for us to keep in fighting trim. Best would be the DCA as they have what would be needed. But with all her drives and weapons gone she would be scrapped by them. We just may be able to put her to some use here.”
“The one thing that we will come back for is those Droppers on her rings. They all can be repaired and we can use them. We still need to see just what she has on board and what may still be on board the droppers as well. We will need to be better supplied for that survey.”
“Yes we will but first we need to get this information back.”
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