“Sir, the picket ship has been completely disabled.”
“Tell the two Defenders to launch troops in spacesuits with explosives. They are to get onboard that craft, stun everyone onboard and then fly the ship down to the planet. We will drop the shield for them. Instruct the transport to come down to the planet, and deactivate the minefield.”
“Yes sir.”
Ten troops from each of Defender Gunships jumped out of the landing bay and rocketed towards the Constrainer Picket ship.
“Sir, we are reading explosions. It looks like they have destroyed part of the hull (the gravity well generator).”
“Excellent. Tell the troops to land there, and to seal off the breach. They probably won’t have to deal with any enemies, they will all have been killed in the explosion, or sucked out into space.”
“Yes sir.”
The troops angled in on the hole. They landed in the vessel, in what used to be a small gravity well generator.
“Sir, the area has been sealed off already. We have a few bodies here, all armed with blasters, with partially depleted power packs. I am also reading the remains of some computers, some droids. The explosions seem to have been caused by thermal detenators.”
“Use your slicing gear to open the doors and get to the bridge.”
The slicing gear was quickly placed on the pad that opened the doors, in the proper locations. The commander swiped a datacard through the slought in the slicing machine, wiping the existing code. On the second swipe a new code was put in, and on the third the door was opened. The troops swarmed into the bridge. Stun shots were fired everywhere. The enemy did not put up much of a resistance, as they were being sucked out the door, but one of them managed to wound of the soldiers. While the hit would have been non-fatal, they were in vacum, so the squad had to act fast. The commander immediately shut the doors, sealing off the area. Another trooper, named Atticus, ran over to a computer. Most of the rest of the troopers worried about securing the five people they had captured.
"Sir, this computer wasn't destroyed. They probably didn't have time to do it. It has been wiped a bit. It has controls for engines, life support, weapons, everything. I can find what was wiped out."
"The thing they destroyed. It must be something special. All right, start by getting a breathable atmosphere in here. Restart the ship. Worry about engines and particle shields first. Then signal Ando Space and Landing Control. Tell them we have captured the ship."
"Yes sir."
"Jed, get over here. Use your medical equipement and help Pops here. Make sure he lives through this."
"No problem. Now that we ahve a good atmosphere in here it is only a problem of making sure he doesn't get hypothermic. I'll also patch his suit."
"Good. Kit, get over here and try to see if you can find out what the special system was."
"All right."
"Atticus, signal the fleet telling them that the ship is largely intact except for a some special system. Tell them we are trying to find out what it is."
"Right away."
"Sir, I have an idea on what the special system was."
"Go on."
"When we were flying over here I saw the name of this ship on the hull. It's Binder. That is what they called Imperial Interdictor Cruisers. My guess is that this ship is some sort of interdiction picket."
"This ship isn't large enough to have a full sized gravity well generator on it, not with the rest of the weapons."
"I never said it had to be full sized. It could be that the Imperials developed a small gravity well generator, one that has to work with others to be fully effective. That's probably how they ambushed the transport, and how it got away. They only had one of these ships, so the transport was able to run. They expected to be able to destroy or capture it before it could escape, but somehow the transport managed to escape. More then likely the transport has beefed up engines or shields."
"Good point. Unfortunately unless we can find that technology that doesn't help us. Atticus, transfer that information over as well. And bring us down to the planet."
"Yes sir."
The Constrainer Picket Ship was quickly taken down to the planet. When it landed at a military garrison, the troop commander saw a Defender Gunship coming down behind them. The transport had moved off to customs.
"Good job every one. Time to go to the debriefing. Bring the prisoners, and make sure they are well secured."
The troops got off the ship, bringing the five prisoners with them, and were surprised to see an Aqualish in a Fleet Admiral uniform and a female Mon Calamari in a Master General's uniform waiting for them. The Master General, Jesmin Ragabag, walked forward. She quickly returned their salutes.
"Good job Colonel. Your troops performed wonderfully. Did you manage to get any prisoners?"
"Yes sir. Five. The rest were sucked out of the ship to quickly."
"Excellent. I'm sure Intelligence will be very interested in what they have to say."
"Most likely."
"Transfer the prisoners over to these Military Police and then award all your men, and yourself, with a three day leave."
Jesmin watched as the prisoners were transfered to the Military Police. At that point the Defender Gunship landed. Immediately engineers raced out with sheets of metal to weld voer top of the gap in the hull of the ship. The vessel would be sent over to a Construction Planet, where it would be fixed, and slightly rebuilt. Then it would be able to go out and fight the Imperials that had originally made it.
Jesmin turned to the Fleet Admiral.
"What do you think the special system was?"
"Probably a mini-gravity well generator, like that trooper suggested. How about you?"
"More then likely, yes that is what it was."
"I only wish they had managed to capture it intact. The design could have been used in future R&Ds. Now we just have a picket ship that we don't necessarily need."
"Don't count that vessel out yet. With some added speed and some slight modifications it would be an excellent Anti-fighter ship."
"True. However, we will have to leave that to our superiors."
The Fleet Admiral left, and Jesmin went off to meditate.
Meanwhile the military police had taken the prisoners to the intelligence division of the military base.
"These five were captured on the Imperial ship."
"Thank you for bringing them here. Place them in isolation."
The five prisoners were placed in seperate cells. One hour later interrogators were sent to each of the cells.
"You can save yourself a lot of trouble if you just tell me what we want to know."
"Fine, I'll talk. I never wanted to be in the Imperial Navy anyway."
"What is your name and rank."
"Crewman Oper."
"Crewman Oper, what type of vessel were you in?"
"I think they called it a Constrainer Picket Ship."
"And what was your job on the vessel?"
"I was a technician. I had to make sure everything was running smoothly. I serviced weapons, engines and the hull.”
“Did you service anything else? Like a special system?”
“Yes. A mini gravity well generator. I have the specifications for it, and the whole ship on some datacards. You can have them if you want.”
“Why weren’t these destroyed with the rest of the ship?”
“Because no one knows I have them. I pulled them and was planning to jump ship. I would have sold the plans to the highest bidder and then make a new identity for myself.”
“What about your family?”
“My family and most of my friends were killed when the Imperials took Rachuk.”
“I see. Where were you based out of?”
“Vladet.”
“Thank you. We will help you, and can provide a new ID for you if you wish.”
“I do wish so.”
“Ok. I’ll get back to you with the ID.”
The man gave him the datacards, and the interrogator walked out of the room, happy that he had found the knowledge he had came for. The interrogator immediately transferred that information to his superiors, who then placed the same information in the computer system on the Constrainer Picket Ship. Today was a success.
OOC:
1 Constrainer Picket Ship-captured
All the specifications of the Constrainer Picket Ship-captured
5 Prisoners captured
I'll continue this thread when I get back.
