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story:breaking_the_line [2024/11/03 00:27] – created dawnstory:breaking_the_line [2024/11/03 00:31] (current) – dawn
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 **Genevieve system, Keefe's Nebula**\\ **Genevieve system, Keefe's Nebula**\\
-December 4404\\ +**December 4404**\\ 
-Galactic Defence League battlegroup 16\\+**Galactic Defence League battlegroup 16**
    
 The fleet recon pickets found them at 08:15:23 DCT: a scatter of bright energy signatures over Genevieve IV. Word spread around the fleet in minutes – corpers spotted. The fleet recon pickets found them at 08:15:23 DCT: a scatter of bright energy signatures over Genevieve IV. Word spread around the fleet in minutes – corpers spotted.
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 **Genevieve IV**\\ **Genevieve IV**\\
-Superbattleship //Morgan's Spiral//+**Superbattleship //Morgan's Spiral//**
    
 “Contacts multiple, long range, hostile transponders!”\\ “Contacts multiple, long range, hostile transponders!”\\
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 **Thirteen minutes later**\\ **Thirteen minutes later**\\
-Superbattleship //Morgan's Spiral//+**Superbattleship //Morgan's Spiral//**
    
 Veyris set down her coffee with trembling hands. On the main display, an intimidating spread of contact icons indicated the enemy fleet – just sitting there in jump-space. Her cold-launched missiles sat comfortingly close to one of the projected entry points, although one maybe-kill out of 46 hostiles wasn't all that comforting.\\ Veyris set down her coffee with trembling hands. On the main display, an intimidating spread of contact icons indicated the enemy fleet – just sitting there in jump-space. Her cold-launched missiles sat comfortingly close to one of the projected entry points, although one maybe-kill out of 46 hostiles wasn't all that comforting.\\
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 //Redruth// lazily rolled itself starboard, out of //Morgan's Spiral//'s wake. Behind it, //Miskovsky// rolled to port, and still further aft a group of attack cruisers spread out to the top and bottom.\\ //Redruth// lazily rolled itself starboard, out of //Morgan's Spiral//'s wake. Behind it, //Miskovsky// rolled to port, and still further aft a group of attack cruisers spread out to the top and bottom.\\
-Twenty kilometres away on each side, other “stacks” were dispersing too. //Take That Back// accelerated out from //behind Halligan//'s weapons rings, the powerful lights Hawkins liked to have bolted to its bow armour flickering to life. //Bishop Island// followed it out, a missile cloud already out of the tubes and streaking outwards.+Twenty kilometres away on each side, other “stacks” of rebel warships were dispersing too. //Take That Back// accelerated out from behind //Halligan//'s weapons rings, the powerful lights Hawkins liked to have bolted to its bow armour flickering to life. //Bishop Island// followed it out into clear space, a missile cloud already out of the tubes and streaking outwards.
    
 Greys cleared the ops channel with an understated cough.\\ Greys cleared the ops channel with an understated cough.\\
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