AP-Lo was in  his quarters.  his flag officers  with him as they laughed.I have to had it to  Admiral Hack. He played his cardfs well...but he never faced  Angels. we do not   get  'bluffed'  as they call it.


 CR=CE was glowering as she   took a  deep drink of  wine...You are a Fool!

  the Admrals,and there were many of them, Looked towards  the  Angry Captain. AP-LO   looked  , his smile shrunk a bit.

 I have Studied Hack...no one else even cared to  notice him, save  for his Whore!...This Human..is no like most... he will attack...we have  over  3000 dead and twice that many wounded ,, and  1.3  that missing..from 2 Bombs!

 CR-Ce.. he may attack, he has  to? but  they'll hit a few of  our ships,  we'll destrpy many of thiers., and they  with draw, and leave us alone...

 another Deep  drink.... He ..has no  respect  for   Angels. He might even hate us!.. He is coming to Punish us!

this was greeted  with roars of LAughter...

 Punish us! We are thier Gods... they kill each other, over us!,,even  after what they have  learned..they would always  carry us in awe..  said  PL-LO

  She Pointed to Him they  arched her  arm to  include them all...He  does not   worship us, he does not  fear us...he sees us  for cowards  and traitors, for leaving the other Races  to fend for themselves... Hack, and His ....Delta Fleet... They have taken out place  , among the   Peoples of the Black, and now...after the  last slap in the APF's  face. and the Turning of Earth.. Hack is coming for his pound of flesh

 You are in your Cups, CR-CE..you are hear  only as  Flag Captain.. You should remember yoruself.

  She downed the galls  and  poured  another,A few thousand  years  ago, one of our number tried to warn the Trojans.. they did not listen....and the price was paid..

 You Think you are   La-Cn!..you have  truely....


    The  ships   jerked  hahrd  , three  times..  explosions  rocked the  Decs   , warning lights  and sirens  went of...

  CR-CE   flung her  broken glass at  PL-LOFOOLS!  and she ran for the  door to get to the Bridge.

   From the view  of the  approaching     fleet..   Flashes  and   quick blossoms  of  fire .. some areas  glowed   , which meant there  was  inal explosions ..

 Captain Si's commands   echoed through the Black on  ALL COMs..ALL SHIPS... FIRE AS YOU BEAR!...FIRE AT WILL!

................

Will looked  around  at the othersI really, really hate that phrase

  There was laughter, ain't no one gonna shoot ya, because of yer  name...

 Cora and Ellen  giggled  as  Ellen said,I know one who might!

 If she don't point the weapon at herself! more laughter's.

......................

All Aircraft..UP  and At 'em..  Hermes's  Shuttles  , Pick a  cap ship give us  the   tail find numbers..and  we'll clear the  way..

 The  fighters  lifted  off of the spines of the  ships.   flights sticking to getter  as the   sped their  way towards  the  enemy feet.... the second salvo  didn't contain Pulse  round   yet... the  enemy  still  didn't know  wat was going on...
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 Beth!  Give us something...Play it for the Angels!

 the song came on..an oldie , but a goodie..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgWlFJP6baM

 m The Angels  ran  down the Passage ways .  smoke  came  from vents.. the  ships was  rocked  again  as the   second salvo hit them.. the   middle  of the   Fleet was  Much closer now..but the Angels  still though they  had  1 hour  and  20 minutes!

 Only gods, other then themselves, would know how  the would  react  to the   sections   above  and  Belo them, when they would open up.

Music  was coming  through  filters...

 CR-CE  reached the Bridge     some one handed her,  her helmet..what is that Noise!

 its the Humans!,,they are Playing Music into our feeds!

  CR-CE  slammed her fist on the arm of her chair...They Taunt us!..shut it off!

 But  Captain? we will n9ot be able to  communicate with.. She was out of her   chair  and lifted the COMs  officer by  his  chest plate...

 You are telling me, that some  ...some...girl...a Human Girl..has  confounded the  COM of the   Paradise  Navy!

 I...  we... its..it does not make sense to us.. she has paths  upon  paths, somethings   we fix, hurt us more then  it helps us... there are at least 4  ships  with No COM at  all..they have to use hand sets!... the fighters  should stand  down and..

 The  COM offcier  was thrown into his seat...We  are  The Angels of Paradise..we will not 'stand down' sent a text COM..tell them to Fly and fight...

 The ship shook again.. screams came over the overheads,, as angels  died  without  even seeing  a Dealt vessel.

 Lizzy watched as the Paradise fleet was getting decimated they didnt even expect it, damn Hack was good. Lizzy took off and over comms," Nikki, Stavros lets move out stay with Fitz until given further orders." Lizzy switched to Flight coms," Fitz where do you us I have Nikki and the new guy."

Justin lifted off the Hermes with his Flight. Manoeuvring to his assigned position as C Flight swept towards the Angel Capital Ships. A quick glance at his screen didn't show any enemy small craft had launched yet.
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Roy glanced down at a comm message that popped up for him, pondering it for a moment.  "Stoly, angle on the #47 ship.  I'm guessing that should be their flagship...we got three likelies from Beth, based on comm traffic.  I'm guessing their leaders aren't lead-from-the-front types, which rules out #3, and I'm also guessing their egos are too big to hide in the back, which rules out #100.  If we hit 'em and there's nobody important aboard, we can always circle around after another one."

That was, of course, assuming that either of the other two were still intact at that point.  And capturing the flagship was largely a symbolic gesture...it wasn't likely that the Angels would be left with anything beyond medium-sized merchant vessels by the time the battle was over.

But a couple of those big behemoths would certainly make an impression when they sailed into Vampic space...

 Stoly  COMed the other  two  shuttles... We're  headed to  # 47...standard  Landing with  Bridge...amidships   ..and  engine room...

 then turning to   Roy...who goes where?  or  do   you want to change landing procedure.

..............

 Shadow confirmed  and sent ALL COMs.. Hermes  wing and shuttles  are going to  47... Please... all  dropship troopers  and   assault  shuttles , Make sure to plant your becons , so no one blows  you to the 9 hells.

.................

 a breath after  Shadow spoke..the  third Salvo   hit  the  wall of  Angel steel... this as more pronounced   as the   over and  under  wave.. fired  down or Up  at the  vessels..

 #17  and  # 57  died..17  Broke into  three section spilling   bodies  and scrap into the Viod....# 57 must have   taken  direct hits  to   Power cells  , or the main feed  for  their heavy Pulse  Guns,  it   split op0en  like a jagged hotdog bun

 The Hermes craft  headed  for  #47. It had  taken two   impacts one   under  the  Amidships, and one, Just  to the stern of the last  hanger Bay door.

Nikki lifted off with the others as Beth had the music piped in "Oh Beth...nice choice." Moving along she gave a laugh to Lizzy "Gal....we are already moving into wing formation for #47"

  The  Third   salvos  hit..much faster then the  second.. then Cries  from around the Fleet came as more and More  ships  were being it from all sides!!

 The Tac Officer, said,Captain...  #17    has  Blown  up....

from  across the way and the Gunner  station.."..# 57 is  gone..no PODs  launched"
CR-CE Scream and intelligible  word

  PY-LO  came one the Bridge...we are getting  Hit.. we  don't even know where they are!... The Damned Skyth  must have  given them Jump drives!

Do not be a fool... they  would  be  unable to fire  or move  for a few seconds  after they came out of the jump...This  is not you ship..get off  my Bridge..

 The Ship  shook..above they heard.." sealing sections  200 to  243, breech in   the Hull "

  PY-LO snapped..Do  something... fire  back..

 CR-CE was Mindless. or , maybe too much Angel wine..she  Grabbed the older Angle pushed hi to the   Window  and  said...what should a i Shoot   you damned  fool...

 they saw  # 48.. it had  two  smoking Holes as the  watched,  they saw a brief glance of  the boy of a torpedo hit,  Blowing out a Larg  section of  Hull, , just forward, of the  Engie  rooms

  PL-LO  looked in awe..you...you..you have  to  do something..you have to Kill Hack... this..this cannot be..we have not lost a ship in battle for 6000 years!

   get off  my Bridge or i will have you shot...or shoot you myself... get in your damnable shuttle  and go with  your crew!

It was almost time. Madison go ready to stay on Shadow's wing.

Karl dropped into formation with the shuttles, even though he no longer resembled the craft anymore.  There were no Angel fighters in the air, yet, so the consideration of trying to blend in was minimal.

"LC, Morningstar is going to angle for a pass down her side...dump everything I can in through the Hangar static fields.  I figure they're probably just starting to get planes ready to scramble, there should be plenty of fuel and munitions on deck to cook off."  He eased the throttle forward, beginning to pull ahead of the shuttles.

Roy thought for a moment, then shook his head.  "Nah...stick with the girl who brought you to the dance," he muttered under his breath.  "We've got the bridge landing.  Send the AI after the engineering section and let them see what kind of damage they can do, send the Gava and Felrites amidships to wreak havoc.  Based on some of the comments before we launched and some of the chatter, probably best to warn everyone to stay well clear of the Hangar areas.  Sounds like they're gonna be a shooting gallery, and someone's just about guaranteed to hit something that's gonna spit a lot of fire and shrapnel."  Not to mention the fact that it would be downright embarrassing to have someone try to swing in through the static field for a Hangar Dec assault, only to immediately come out again on the nose of a launching fighter...

He turned to the rest of the shuttle crew.  "We're landing forward, target's the bridge.  If we're really damned lucky, the fact that these ship designs are all a thousand or more years old means they haven't built up boarding countermeasures and might even have the bridge right next to the hull...but don't bet on it."  He hadn't noticed anyone looking particularly nervous, and they'd pretty much all seen boarding action at some point...but this was the time for the pep talk.

"Angels have been telling us about their heroic battles and mighty warriors ever since they landed on Earth.  First, they pretended to be the gods of our ancestors...later, they acted like magnanimous benefactors.  But their stories were always about how long they'd been fighting the Demons, how terrible the Demons were, how great the Angels were."  He paused, looking around at the crew.

"Well, we found out pretty fast that they lied about the Demons.  The Demons were even worse than they told us...more horrific and bestial, but--with a few exceptions--nowhere near the great warriors of the Angels' stories."  He winked broadly in Zob's direction, adding, "Nothing personal, Zob...every rule has its exceptions, after all."  He chuckled a little, less in amusement at his own words and more in the sense that it was a good time for some tension-breaking laughter.

He waited for anyone else who reacted to settle down a little, then continued, "Now we're facing off against the Angels...the ones who treated us like little children, spoonfed us enough technology to make us useful to them, and panicked as soon as they realized that we were far more capable warriors than they ever dared imagine.  The ones who decided that we were so scary that they needed to ally with the Demons...the same Demons they've been paying a blood tribute to for a thousand years or more.  The same Demons whose asses we beat back and forth across the Delta quad.  They want us to think they're the greatest warriors to ever fly through the Black...well, I think they're full of shit.  And today's the day we prove it!"

Stavros opened up the throttle and cswitched to fight comms as he kept close formation with Phoenix and Banshee. Watching the numerous explosions in the distance and seeing the might of Delta fleet launch warmed his heart. They might just stand a chance.

 NA-CE listened to the SM and now she knew why the Moons followed the humans, they were brave, courageous, cunning and ruthless. " SM may I." NA-CE waited for a nod from the SM and then added." Paradise lost all respect amongst Angels decades ago, while they cowered the Moons and other Angels fought back. They haven't fought a real battle in a 1000 years, while the Delta fleet has been kicking ass the last 10 years I believe. Lets show these assholes what a combined unified fleet can do to them. They are not Gods they are arrogant fools now lets kick their asses."

 NA-CE thought that coming from an Angel might help moral.

 Lizzy smiled as she watched the Paradise fleet get fucking hammered, and they were not even shooting back yet. Lizzy then heard the shuttles where heading to #47," Ok Banshee, Slowpoke lets cover our shuttles, I dont see fighters yet but keep your eyes and sensors pealed, lets go." Lizzy would fly up and cover the closet shuttle and scan for enemy fighters. She would also look at the landing bays to see if she had a clear shot at any as they cover the shuttles, if she does, she would open up into the bays as they flew towards #47.

  All three  hellraiser  Shuttles  and   angry  horrific  paint jobs that would  help emphasize their names s

....................


  Stoly Nodded....Already  done, SM.. Stoly Air's next destination is  Bridge of  # 47

 Inside , the   troops  recheck    weapons, they  truned to make sure  everyone had  seals closed  and  Head Gear on.

  Shade's eyes  were  jet black, his   fingers  gripped and   regripped his  SMG  as he waited  for the time to  debark

........
 PO Finnes, the   Shuttle pilot of the 'the fiend'

 alright Folks? we're Going to  the  engineering section to try to capture  or  disable able the Engines... now?  The Admiral  doesn't care if  we capture a  few ships  or  just blow them all Up..me? I want to be the  shuttle Jock who was  in on the boarding action that captured  the 1st  Angel Cap ship!..get ready

.........

 all three shuttle s had  red  Light on in the  compartment.

   all around the  Angel feet there was panic, maybe even Terror. How could the Humans have this   much power... where  were they?...

 AP-LO shouted to Hack...ARE YOU MAD... do you not know the size  and power of  the Paradise Fleet...

 If you mean  Mad, as in crazy...it has been said. If you mean mad, as in anger, you're  goddamn right i am... and from where  is  sit, you have ships  already running, and other   dead...and still more Dying...and i can only imagine, with a smile, what the Skyth  are doing to   Paradise  3 ...

 Captain Si broke in, totally out of order as she said...I am sickened  that my rots  are in Paradise. I wish i had been born on the Blue  Moon..

 CR-CE  Broke in..  our  fighters   and bombers  will be in the  Air soon, Nil... then you will wish you were a Loyal Angel

Slowpoke set his scanners to their maximum range as he took position on Banshee's 4 o'clock. His eyes darted left to right looking for any signs of Angel activity.
So far so good. I cant imagine they will just roll over and give up though. Lead the way Phoenix. I got the lower rear.

  Shadow  chuckled,This is like  football, right?, we elected to  Kickoff...  There is going to be push back, Look at the Sanri , Occui and others... if they didn't  have back bone, there wouldn't be any...The Angels...are  thier own pigeon hole... big egos,  and tech all that.. we're Gonna  see  what they have soon.. You heard that  angel  say somethign about Bombers.. we have one torpedo craft that has to go back and reload  after the fire  their fish.... we'll see what they Got...

 Raven? You keep those Rookies sharp, when the we  kick these hornets  nests, they'll be coming for blood..

 Not to worry, Redwater  and I might be missing the most fun,  but us  and the kids will knock  down what  comes to us..

 Beth..  give me a hunting song..make sure the Halo Heads  here it.

Frans, Foster,  He-La,ARiv..you take the  Top of 47...Howe, Steele, Fitz..strfe the
  hanger Bays    until there  are aircraft  in  space to knock down... My Flight..we we
  make a pass  at the hangers, then    shooting up the    thrusters. see if we  can  slow this whale  down, before she  can  and get in the fight.


 As the fighters  throttle  up   they can  see tiny  figures  running  around...closer still they can see blinking light, with   aircraft    being  prepped with power cells..

 idiots didn;'t even have thier  aircraft's  power Cells in! As they opened fire..the  song played...


 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6KhCeHPKtw

Coming into formation, Madison stayed out off Shadow' wing as they went in for a run on the Hangars. Once they were in range, she fired pulse cannons, hoping to collapse the opening and close in any craft inside.

 Lizzy smiled and said into her comms, " Ok Nikki and Stavros you heard the LC lets hit those Hanger Bays hard. Fitz on your lead lets get these bastards before they even get out of the bays."

 Lizzy would lead Nikki and Starvos to hit the closest hanger bay, she would come in and fire all her weapons into the bay looking for power cells, ammo, fighters and bombers she could hit as she flew by.

 Frans  lead those who were supposed to clear the  Spine, didn';t have  any   Company  yet, they    flew to 500 yards   above the   massive  ship  to  get ready for  any thing that would  come thier  way.

   Shadow  steered the fighters  that would strafe  the    Hull in  a line...I'll Lead...  three  fighters in a  buhc,  lay down  fire... DON'T. stop  and hover,  if you do that , you'll be space dust!..when we  Pass the Hanger Bays,,, B Flight continues to the thrusters...  Howe? You   take charge  of    keeping  those  on hangers  pinned down... we'll come back around   to help, once the hornets   start to slip out of the Nest.

 His   37  MM and   heavy pulse opened up. the rounds  had to come in from an angle. but shadow didn't  care, any one he  killed was a Bonus, this  was   slapping the  Bear in the face. His  rounds  were AP-HP alternated...

 From the   Inside , the Angels  didn't see the fighters  until   Shadow  opened   up, a Ground crew man was    cut in half  by an  AP   round that  went into the  Deck  leaving  a two foot  round   Hole.. the HP  explodes  send    bits  of  metal every  were, , Grounds  crew fell grabbing at legs or   chests in surprise and terror. in terror.

  The Auto AA guns were just heating   up... but they would be on line soon. and then he was  passed.

 The  Angels  weren't  so  lucky  and   the  angry Hermes  Fighter    feed  rounds  intothe Hanger Bays,

“ladies and gentlemen, your hero has returned again, everything is going to be okay-ay-ay, yeah…” Tarja sang within the seclusion of her helmet, right up until the pilot spoke over the comms and the music cut out so she could hear his message Showtime! ”Ok, team move into position! Conrad you are up front with me!” Tarja called down her comms to the AI as she moved down the the aisle so that she and the other AI would be first down the ramp, a wall of steel between the lighter armoured marines behind them and the enemy troopers waiting for them with her then asking Lyri over her comms ”Master Chief, are prisoners required?” as she waited for the light to turn green and the ramp to drop.

Stavros follows Nikki in, unloading his pulse weapons into the hangar bays at anything he sees. He does not use his 37s, preserving ammo.
'Pulse only. We don't know what their fighters can do, we might need all the ammo we have. I got your six Lizzy, give em hell!

Sweeping towards the enemy hangar bay Justin wiggled the 25 from Port to Starboard this oscillation sent bursts into the Angle's Hanger sending bursts of HEAP and Frag rounds; chewing up hostile crew, crates, fuel drumbs and fighters in the target area. Take this he quietly commented as he swarmed the bay with the others of C Flight.
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