Diadact : can you handle these rebels or should I dispatch a fleet to assist you. Remember to keep them alive.

Dorowa: Engage weapons and fire our special gift.

Officer: Yes sir Arming Zeta Torpedoes

Dorowa: Fire..

*Several greenish yellow blips zip out and destroy the birds of Prey and strike blows on the Odyssey. More of the Federation fleet appears. and engages. *

*Odyssey bridge*

James: Lets drag this over to where the Republic is. Inform Carver that we are moving ahead with the plan by S21.

Emil: On it Admiral.

Wax: Our structural integrity is 84 percent our weapons systems are not responding all we have are our attack bits. Siri is still trying to crack the firewall.

Miranda: Initiating a counter to the effect of the torpedoes. I am going to need a set of tools here..

*One of the crewmen hands her a box full of tools as she is working fast.*

Dorowa: Contact Taragi..

Officer 2: We can't get through they are running a level 5 diagnostic.

Dorowa: *smiles* Well I think the humans have something up their sleeve to give him a nasty surprise.

*Damon gives a signal on Sam's end giving code of the change in plan.*

Dorowa: No need. I assume we will have what we need..

Diadact: be sure you do. If any of those ships are destroyed it will be you who answers to it before me. Not your commanders.

Taragi: I knew Dorowa wouldn't be able to handle that pathetic old man.

Tactical, lock weapons on the Odyssey and prepare to fire main battery.

Weapons: Aye sir.

Taragi: They won't stand a chance. Let them get close. Even if they evade the Main cannon, our secondary beams will tear them apart.

*Sam is dragged onto the Bridge.*

Ah...

*Taragi walks over.*

Captain Allington.

Sam: Commodore Taragi I presume?

Taragi: First Commander Taragi, actually. Once your rebel friends succeed in destroying the Command Vessel, the Supreme Council will have no choice but to put me in command.

Sam: Nice ambition. Too bad you won't get a chance to carry it out.

Taragi: I'm sorry, which one of us is the prisoner here, Captain?

Sam: I take it you weren't briefed on my little problem.

*Sam's eyes slowly start glowing blue.*

Taragi: Actually...

*One of the guards fits a collar around her neck, and the glow stops.*

That collar absorbs Veil energy. Your friend can't help you this time.

Sam: She's not from the Veil.

Taragi: Really?

*Sam is hit by sudden pain as the collar starts glowing red.*

It also absorbs Twilight Energy and turns it back on the host body. Like a Whale kept in water, you will drown.

Sensor: Sir! The Odyssey is closing!

Taragi: Excuse me.

*Taragi walks over onto the Command Level.*

FIRE!

*The Main Battery fires at the Odyssey. Without AT shields, the force of the impact will destroy the Odyssey when it hits.*

OOC: Take evasive action!

Seriously, Taragi is a cunning tactician.

Commander tal walks in.

Tal: sir my ships have finished securing our borders.

Diadact : well done.

Tal: sir I have to voice my opposition to letting the iconians deal with the rebel fleet.

Diadact : politics is a much more complex game then actual combat tal. One must be willing to let things slide by and one must plan.

Tal: I am glad you are the leader and not me.

*OOC: I know. But You don't know what I had in mind.

James: Texira now.

*Texira shuts her eyes and the ship banks downward and hard as does the rest of the ships comepletly dodging it. Dorowa's vessel dodges it as well but the blast wipes out 2 friendly vessels. The attack bits and Siri cracks into the systems and inhibits the ships shields and causes an overload that causes the consoles throughout the ship explode killing more and damaging the collar. *

James: Miranda are you done my dear.

Miranda: Don't call me that and yes the affect of the torpedoes is gone.

Wax: Firing weapons

James: Open fire all vessels now.

*The vessels soon start bearing down on Taragi. *

*Dorowa's vessel*

Dorowa: Idiot.. Allen played you...

At least I have an excuse for my failure we had no idea of the AT shield being used in that manner.

Batteries shoot to disable.. Unleash the Zeta Torpedoes. Fire the main gun in weak volleys. Bail Taragi out of that mess he is in.

OOC: You realise that the Iconian Shields can take the power of those blasts, right? Their shields can handle 2 shots from a Main Cannon, with the hull being able to take one.

Anyway, I'm now going to bed. I'll be back at 17:00 GMT (about 18 hours.)

Diadact : if you want something done right you need go do it yourself.

OOC: I know they were smaller vessels and non iconain