The Eternity War

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Vessel: NLRC Eclipse

Location: Orbiting Nocturnus Three, Eternus City

Date: 13/02/43

Mission: Supply run

Mission Time: 2300

Commodore: Silver Autumn

As I sat in the over fluffy command chair on the bridge, I stared down on the char, magmatic remains of Nocturnus Three.  My grand parents were nineteen and twenty two when the planet was destroyed.  My grand father fought in the war as a marine, always loved being on the ground with a gun, my grandmother joined with the navy and eventually came to command her own vessel.  When they had a daughter grand dad left the marine life behind him and was placed on grand mom's vessel as family.  When mom became seventeen, she lied to the recruitment officer and said she was eighteen, what's one year difference?  Mom joined the navy also, and eventually came to command her own vessel to.  Then when I was born...she died, I was on Maredrid Two when mom and grand mom's vessels were attacked by an SE carrier fleet.  I lost my mother and grand parents before I could ever have the chance of knowing them, when I learned the truth...I was pissed, I wanted revenge.  So when I was sixteen, I bought forged documents and went to the recruiter.  He knew me by my heritage, he served with both my grandmother and my mom as a pilot for the Viking class fighters.

Knowing me also meant he knew my real age, but he let me join any how, he knew why I wanted to join so early.  He looked at me before he let me have the papers to sign and said 'I'll let you join under one condition...' I nodded for him to continue '...kill some of those SE bastards for me yeah?'.  I couldn't believe it...his condition was something I was going to do every chance I got.  So of course I was going to agree!

I was sent to boot camp and then I was sent on assignment to a heavy cruiser called Holiest Bulwark, I was a typical gun operator, I went to C school after five years to become an officer so I could have a more...appealing job.  Two years after I finished C school I was given a vessel of my own, now, six years later, she's still my baby.  The NLRC Eclipse is the fastest, most hard hitting carrier in the NLRN.  Able to carry six hundred and fifty five Wraith class fighters and Banshee class bombers, she's nothing short of a mobile, dwarf planet.

I've used this vessel to single hoofedly take out the planetary defences of three SE military worlds, and decimate their bases and anti-orbital defences.  I won't open fire on anything non-military, my crew shares the same sentiment, all of use having lost family and friends to the SE's unbiased bombardments.  We won't be the same monsters as them, we'll be better, but monsters all the same for what we've done already.

But before I continue, I must finish the task at hoof "Alright, now make sure those MCDs take the last four supply crates to the eastern dry dock for distribution, I get the semblance of having a city here on Nocturnus Three...but I don't see the plausibility..."

My first mate, Lieutenant 'Darkoneus', ran up to me from the comms station "Autumn...we have a situation, planetary defence says a blip appeared on their radar, then disappeared not two seconds later, they said it  might be nothing but we should check it out to make sure."

"It's an SES, probably the Penetrating Light, she's always shadowing us...alright, bring all weapons to bear at grid seven, and ready all fighters and bombers we can spare right now."

"Yes. ma'am!" Dark isn't the stickler he seems, he's always chill and fun when we're not being shadowed by any intelligence spooks...he also has a soft spot for stealth cruisers like the SES shadowing us, they put him on such an edge I'm surprised he doesn't razor everything he touches.

"Commodore, this is Wraithlord, me and my boys are ready to rock, where do ya want us?"

"Grid eleven for now, stay behind that old junker remain of an SEC and await the kill order, how copy?"

"Crisp copy, ma'am, moving into position." his voice cut out with a sharp squeak from the comms.

"Uhm...this is Howling Banshee, where do you want us...uhm, ma'am?" Howling Banshee's real name is Star Gazer, one of my closest friends on this vessel, her quiet voice being barely noticeable over the noise in the bridge.

"I want you to take your wing and hide behind the old plasma battery in grid three."

"Uhm...yes ma'am..."

Welp...ten fighters and twenty five bombers in total...this was gonna be left up to the Eclipse's main weapons and the planetary defence's orbital platform...this was gonna get messy.

"Scanner's picking something up, it's about the size of a fully grown whale, probably a Star Dust whale, ma'am."

"This is what they were worried about...?  Keep the fighters out and the weapons charged, but bring the weapons back to rest position."

"Yes, ma'am."

"Red, what the fuck are you doing down there?!"

Red Shift's voice came over the PA system "Silver, we thought it was an SE vessel of some sorts, honestly!"

"Bull shit red, who the hell is with you in that scanner station?"

"Nopony!"

"Liar...is it Midnight?"

"He's here, but what are you getting at?"

"Uhm...nothing...oh look, something popped up, bye!" I killed the feed.

"What was that about, Autumn?"

"Nothing, get back to your station Dark, and make sure those last three supply crates get to the eastern dry dock!"

I slumped down into the command chair and let out an exasperated sigh, but no sooner had I done that, something hit the ship.

"What the hell?!"

"Silver, three contacts!"

"Go ahead."

"The SES Penetrating Light, the SEC Hyperion, and the SEG Solar Flare."

"Fuck...where the hell did a gauss cruiser come from?!"

"Not sure, ma'am, but...of shit, it's charging its cannon!"

"Rose, evasive action, bring us about and to grid two!"

"Aye, ma'am!"

Gauss cruisers are the bane of many vessels, they have a specific ammunition type that can bypass shields, and under the shields is a carrier with a single shield generator...if they hit that, then it would only take two or three siege rounds to take the Eclipse out of the sky.

"Ma'am, the NLRM Panthera just warped in from Sigma Twelve, they're hailing us now."

"Put them on, Dark."

"Aye, ma'am."

"Go ahead Panthera, you're live, but hurry up."

"Will do Silvy, we were warping in to check up on the city, but just as we were about to warp in, we got three enemy signatures as we passed'em." I knew that voice...oh why the hell did it have to be him of all the stallions in command of a vessel?!

"No shit, what's your point, Flush?"

"Well, the Panthera has a vendeta with the SEG Solar Flare, so we'll take'em for ya,and one more thing?"

"Yes?"

"Quit calling me Flush damnit, my name is Royal Flush!"

"Yeah, and my name's Silver Autumn, not Silvy, so piss off Flush.  Take the enemy SEG and go about your business."

"Whatever...bring us up to the starboard side of the Eclipse." the transmission cut after that.

I hate him...me and Royal went to C school together, we both graduated top of our class.  But when we were at a party to celebrate graduation, he tried to get in my barding, of course I told him to go fuck off, but he keep trying until I had to drop him.  Wasn't pretty, feathers were torn out of his wings, a couple teeth were knocked out, maybe a few broken bones...some other stuff...I can't remember most of that night anyhow, too drunk, but not drunk enough for him to have fun.  I take pride in that.

The Panthera pulled up right beside us and opened fire upon the Solar Flare, who obviously wasn

t ready for this to be a three versus two, and tried to turn to starboard and break off while finishing the cannon's charge.  They ended up hitting the SEC Hyperion just behind the bridge, the SES Penetrating Light was no where to be seen, assumed to be cloaked.

"Scan the area surrounding us and the NLRM Panthera now!"

"Aye, ma'am!"

Three quick scanner sweeps later revealed the Penetrating Light, unaware that we could see her.

"All weapons, fire upon the SES Penetrating Light before the sweep wears off!"

Two seconds later, the ship shook, the artillery cannons, torpedo bays, and all the secondary weapon systems firing in unison upon the slender stealth vessel.  The majority of the hits landed dead center, knocking out the stealth generator, and allowing the orbital platform to fire upon it also.

"Hail the SES Penetrating Light."

"Aye, ma'am...?"

I love this part...

"This is the SES Penetrating Light, what the fuck do you want...go gloat?"

"Actually..."

"You've crippled us, taken out our shields and all other systems, gravity's out, life support can't hold half the crew now...you've won, we surrender...happy now?"

"Of course not...fire tactical missile one at the SES Penetrating Light, aim for the bridge."

"Aye, ma'am!"

"You fucking monster...we surrender damnit!"

"I'm sure that the NLRH Night Stalker surrendered when you hit it with a sneak attack and did the same thing...actually, I know they surrendered, I have a copy of the transmission from the black box that was recovered."

"...you whore...I hope that somepony kills everything you love then rapes you to death."

"I have nothing left to lose, just my life...everything I love was taken from me already, say hi to your brother for me when you get to hell, Stygius."

"Wh-what...?"

"Da, we took him out yesterday in the Helion Asteroid Belt, he screamed like a little filly as his bridge was engulfed in flame."

"YOU FUCKING BI-" the tactical missile hit at that moment, devastating the remains of the vessel.

I looked to see how the Panthera was fairing against the last two enemy vessels, they started to retreat before the Panthera destroyed the Solar Flare, and the Hyperion had just finished warping, but not before a nuke had gotten inside their warp field.  Hope they liked that surprise.

"Hail the Panthera."

"Aye, ma'am...Panthera online."

"I see you're starting to send presents to the enemy..."

"Heh heh...you know it, that was more than enough to finish the job, nice work with the Penetrating Light, mind if I keep a copy of your little bitch spree there?"

"Only if you pay the price for it, I sell all bitching spree rants at ten credits a copy."

"Heh, I'll take it you're serious, I'm actually really wanting a copy just to see his face when you told him about his brother...there, ten creds in your personal account, don't spend it all in one place, Silver."

"Piss off, Royal...thanks for the assist, now we've got to finish unloading the supplies and get back to FleetCom, see ya later."

"Yeah, see ya."

Isat back in the command chair and let out a a sigh of relief.

"Alright, take us home boys."

"With pleasure, ma'am."

We entered warp, and were on our way back to FleetCom for some R&R.