Anterograde Motion
Anterograde Motion
Arc: None
Summary: Home Sweet Majestic!
Date: 2659.267
Related Logs: Bloody Nose
Participants: Kanani Singh Phillip Cyric Silence Ona Clearoff

Two hours later, everyone has jumped to Palan, the pilots arrive to the Cag's office as well as a split screen with the faces of the captains of the Baden Powell and the Cooke and the XO of the Lancelot.

Ona wonders if they are going to get any more medals out of this.

The CAG is sitting at his chair and looks at a clipboard that is uncharacteristically thick.

"I don't know where to start with this one… You rendez-voused with the Lancelot, I see that Cmdr Williams helped you out." Bury starts. "Yes, the pilots flew exceptionally well. They flew a recon patrol that looked like it was going to go belly up. But pulled through."

"You could start with the medals?" Clearoff suggested.

"Then they flew a defensive sweep protecting both the BP and the Cook," Bury continues.

Auldwell hrumps at that.

"That flippant one needs to learn her place though." Bernard says, relieved she's not on the Lancelot anymore

"She knows her place", Ona replies, "On top of the killboard"

Auldwell says, "We had the situation under control, and we saved the fighters, let's get this clear." Auldwell adds towards Ona, "Excuse me but my gunners have more kills than she does… Captain."

"And then we formed a two pronged attack and split the blockade, eliminating both sides." Williams adds. "Finally you arrived."

Kanani remains quiet for the moment at the banter going on.

"We destroyed two and a half capital ships", Clearoff added, "But A+ for effort."

Iceblade is keeping his mouth shut during this… hoping for Auldwell to get a reprimand though.

Cyric is standing quietly at the back as a good obedient Lt. is supposed to do in a room filled with Captains of multiple capital ships. Silent unless spoken to.

Bury looks satisfied with the current debrief. "This sounds good, now, the devil's in the details. Pilots, anything you want to add about the recon in force?"

"We kicked their butts." Clearoff replies.

Karen raises her hand: "The retros offered to break their alliance with the Kilrathi for a technology nullifying weapon."

"Too many retros in Xytani." Iceblade comments.

"There's a fair number fewer now mind," Clearoff adds.

"Not nearly as many now, as there were though." Kanani tacks onto Iceblade's comment.

"We also destroyed the Retro-Kilrathi Empire alliance with their leader's own words, sir. Crushed their capital ships and fighter cover in detail." Talons says.

Swordbuddy looks at Clearoff incredulously. "We encountered heavy resistance and needed to retreat. Both I and Ona were damaged by a surprise Ralatha encounter."

Karen looks at Tsunami…

"Ah, I was talking about the campaign in general…" Clearoff said, "It's all merging into one."

The Baden-Powell's captain is shaking his head.

Iceblade wants to shake his head as well. So undisciplined.

"Something to add Cmdr Worrell?" Bury asks.

"I find this exchange rather undisciplined is all, sir." Worrell responds.

"Yes, information finding is. But I do concede, Sgt Monroe, please only offer information that contributes to the fact finding." Bury notes.

"Yes, sir." Clearoff responds.

"Forgive us, sirs. We are just weary from all the fighting over the last few days, sirs." Cyric adds respectfully.

Iceblade nods approvingly at Cyric's comment.

"The Talon pilots were fanatical but unskilled", Ona adds.

"To say the least about them." Iceblade adds.

Karen waits her turn "We continued the reconnaissance mission, we encountered a transport hiding in the pulsar's EM accretion ring. We captured it, and the commander is in custody of the Lancelot."

"It was weird dealing with reasonable cats for a change." Tsunami adds, "Crazy society were the only reasonable people are the lowborn."

"Yes, so you got their…" he looks at his notes "food supply then, very fortuitous." Bury continues.

"Also was hard to believe when one of Karen's calls to surrender… actually worked." Tsunami adds with a chuckle.

"By the way, sir, what was that weird tech device the retrogrades were asking about? It seems like they knew more than we did about it." Iceblade asks.

"We did destroy the nascent Kilrathi-Retro Alliance in this system, sirs. We destroyed the Kilrathi side of it and the Retro leader's recorded offer of betrayal took care of the rest." Cyric adds.

"Then someone shot up the Talon… although in fairness, it send out a radio call when it shouldn't have." Ona adds.

Silence glares at Ona but remains silent.

"Still think it was probably that missile me and Kappa saw the Mage fire at the Cat racing them to the jump point." Tsunami tells Iceblade.

"Wait What missile? We have a new missile?" Ice asks the room.

"That would be classified. What I can say is that we were very lucky it worked, and I doubt it would be practical in most situations." Bury continues. "I am transmitting the specs to Capt Worrell and Capt Corwin." Bury notes.

"HEY!" Captain Auldwell shouts.

"Need to know" Bury replies. "That radio transmission caused the attack on the two corvettes, I imagine." Bury segues to the next sortie.

Kanani shrugs at Iceblade's question and says, "Knocked out the power on the Destroyer. I'm not that much of a techie though so no clue other than that."

"Which we managed to stop, fortunately," Ona adds.

"The baden powell was pursued by three bombers and their escorts." Bury continues.

Captain Worrell replies: "Yes, and the swift actions of the crew saved us from potential damage, they had these bombers, looks like the olllld broadswords with a turret mounted in the front. They are surprisingly effective against fighters."

Ona remembers the time she accidentally fired a torpedo at a Talon… and decides not to mention it.

A situation in which Ona accidentally waited the 20 seconds to lock a torpedo then accidentally firing said torpedo. My fire control system was faulty is her defense.

Iceblade decides not to anger a pilot and superior officer with a knife in the back (or rather a torpedo to the Talon).

Captain Auldwell scoffs "They didn't do anything, look at our kill record, they didn't do squat! We had the situation under control, but of course, Captain Monte wants to babysit us."

"Talking about the Powell here, not the Cooke." Kanani speaks up again with a snicker at the Cooke's CO's comment.

Bernard Williams looks irate. "Stand down Jane. You might think you got the situation under control, but your singlemindedness put the fleet in danger, I expect this kind of talk from a sergeant but not a Lt Commander."

Bury looks shocked about saying that in front of the Junior officers.

"It's been a long few days…" Williams adds.

The Sergeant Clearoff didn't say anything.

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Discretion is the better part of valor (Clearoff)

Bury looks at the captain. "This has been noted, one more outburst from any of you will result in a reprimand. I do need to congratulate you on pulling off this amazing feat (not feet), let's not ruin it?" He raises his eyebrows at Williams.

Cyric moves subtly away from Clearoff and a bit further back and to the side just in case the brass wants to chew her out for her rudeness *feat, not feet*

"I think I understood, this defense mission proved the retros and the kilrathi knew your location, so you decided to rush them?" Bury asks.

"Affirmative" Williams answers

"Yes, that's correct." Ona replies.

"We needed to get out of dodge and ensure the transports survived as well." Phillip adds.

"If they know you're there, sometimes the best plan is to act like a dog backed in a corner. And hit them before they're ready to act." Kanani remarks.

"Yes, the longer you are separated from us, the higher the risk for the convoy." Bury confirms.

Iceblade does wonder why a 12 Sabre spread wasn't sent back through the jump with a destroyer afterward to clear out the jumppoint within hours rather than days…. Ice decides not to voice it.

"Not a bad move, distracting them with their own transport," Bury continues. "You managed to destroy a destroyer and a corvette using the capship mines?"

Karen thinks the destroyers had all their guns trained at the jump point and jumping in would be a death sentence.

"Seemed like a good idea, sir." Phillip does say.

Karen nods "_disabled_" she adds "The destroyer had no life support… and had fires on several decks… when we left it."

"That's a distinction without a difference in a case like that", Ona adds.

"The final attack went much faster than we expected." Ona says.

"About those mines, you're lucky you were in the nebula, they are pretty easy to spot normally, and very slow, so I doubt we could pull that off too often." Bury notes.

"Yeah, no idea what the chefs put into the gunners' breakfast this morning, but can I have some." Phillip tries to add some levity.

"Great to hear, I am reading that you took out the oppositions turrets and allowed the capital ships to attack unimpeded?" Bury looks at his notes.

"Yes," Ona adds, "But Swordbuddy did manage to destroy one of the capital ships with a torpedo himself."

"Yes, sir. We took out the turrets and crushed their ships in one clean sweep." Cyric adds.

Swordbuddy nods, "It was a team effort"

"I see a different rapier configuration, not standard… " Bury continues.

"They crumbled before us like paper tigers, sir." Cyric says.

"Indeed. We had destroyed a lot of their fighters first, mind." Ona added.

“Yeah. The extra dumbfire helped with those turrets. Just took good aim,” Jamie says, assuming he’s here.

"No ARs unfortunately." Iceblade comments. "DFs worked quite well."

"Maybe we should document that as a configuration for when we're in a pinch." Bury writes some notes.

"I have one burning question for Captain Auldwell though… I am looking at the combat record… You fired your friend or foe at the corvette… WHY?" Bury looks squarely at her.

"What?" Auldwell replies.

"Look at the mission replay, 10 seconds in, you fire a FOF and then the Baden Powell needs to abort it's run against the Ralatha to finish off the Kamekh with a torpedo…"

"We wanted to… I don't … " She stutters. Captain Auldwell remembers firmly ordering to attack with a friend or foe to taunt the corvette.

“Least it wasn’t a torpedo on a fighter,” Jamie mumbles.

"It did the job", Clearoff says, "And that isn't an outburst, it's a statement of fact."

Iceblade smiles… glad he doesn't have to comment on it.

"Captain Auldwell, every second a capital ship is alive, it can unleash 10 megatons of destruction your way, when engaging a capital ship, kill or run, don't taunt. I am recommending some refresher courses on basic tactics to you." Bury adds.

"And was an accident." Ona adds.

Iceblade tries to stop grinning.

"You have over a dozen people with their lives that depend on you on your ship and over 1000 in the fleet, you need to focus!" He finishes.

"Are you done?" Auldwell says blankly.

Iceblade Social Social 13: Great Success

Iceblade stops grinning like a jackass.

Cyric holds off his burst of laughter with all his social might.

She disconnects before waiting for a reply.

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Will remember this (Bury)

Jamie arches his brows up, and peeks around the room to see if anyone’s gonna be in trouble.

Kanani just remains quiet while the corvette captain is busy being yelled at.

Bury sighs, "I think that is all I have for you, but the Wing Commander wishes to talk with you pilots."

The feed ends and the pilots head over to Taylor's office.

Cyric teleports over to Taylor's office in a hazy flash right before your eyes!

Ona walks over, wondering what this is about.

Kanani makes her way to Taylor's office, wondering idly what more might need to be covered that wasn't in the first debrief.

Taylor looks at the group pile into his office. "Ona and Swordbuddy. You did good work out there. You both will receive commendations for fighting versus capitals with limited support."

"Thank you, sir." Ona replies.

Taylor then looks over to Kanani and Iceblade, "You both lead your wings with exceptional skill and leadership given the dangerous circumstances. Iceblade, I see that our decision to promote you was warranted. Kanani, I am putting you in for a promotion."

Karen's eyes widen and she silently applauds her friends

"What, not again!" Kanani rolls her eyes and asks, "Didn't you guys just promote me a month ago, sir?" Whether she's joking or not is really, really hard to tell.

Jamie furrows his brow at Kanani, then glances back at Taylor. "I'm just happy to be back on the carrier, sir."

Taylor then looks down at a particular set of reports, "Now regarding the insubordination with a particular Talon."

"Well done Kanani." Ona says.

Julianna looks worried at Jamie

Ona looks worried at herself.

Clearoff looks worried at the ceiling.

Rimmer is humming in his head…

Cyric is wondering what all the fuss is about.

Taylor pauses letting silence affect the room.

"Ona, you made the wrong call in the situation." Taylor says calmly.

Ona says, "Understood, sir. I felt that the intelligence value of an intact Talon was important in our situation."

"What?" Taylor looks thoroughly confused by that statement.

Cyric ears are burning!

Karen thinks she meant what was on the nav computer.

"I believed the surrender was genuine and that we could strip the Talon for parts… determining what modifications they had made to their fighter." Ona says.

Karen guessed wrong

"We have no need for spare Talon parts, and we make Talons, the changes made by the retrogrades will be quite minor." Taylor responds.

Jamie tilts his head slightly, listening closely. He doesn't look smug or anything like that, just like he's paying very close attention.

"In the siege situation we were in, any spare parts were vital." Ona says.

"As for the surrender, Silence I see that you were on the hare-trigger since you fired almost immediately upon the Talon's transmission." Taylor says.

Ona says nothing more here.

The blond bobs his head slightly in return to Taylor. "Yes, Colonel. I was worried it was about to give away our position, an' it was my job to keep the other ships in the flight safe."

"Given the circumstance, I will forgo punishment or marks against, but take this as a warning." Taylor continues, "I don't know how things are done in ISS, but here in the regulars, the chain of command is important. As a 2nd Lt., you won't always know what is going on."

Karen Social Social 13: Great Success

Karen managed to subdue a giant smile.

Nodding slightly, the young pilot answers, "I understand, Colonel. I know I'm lucky to be here. I don't want to ruin that."

"As for you," Taylor nods to Karen.

Karen looks like a deer caught in the headlights. She starts mentally preparing excuses.

"Good job out there… but I keep getting complaints about your, lack of zeal in killing cats." Taylor is choosing his words carefully. "If you wish that to change, please come to my office at another time."

"Yes sir… I will contemplate that." Karen replies meekly.

"You sure they're just not annoyed at all the kill stealing she does, sir?" Kanani asks with a smirk.

Jamie pipes up with, "I'd fly on Karen's wing any day, Colonel, for the record. Might even obey her orders." He tries cracking a smile to keep it lighthearted.

Karen fails at hiding her look of dismay dismay at the thought of someone wanting a kill and she doesn't want to steal from a friend.

"Well, pilots with cooler heads than some of us…" Taylor looks at Cyric. "are valuable to have in command."

"She is a good pilot and has collected an impressive number of kills so far, sir. I always assumed it was her method of taunting cats." Cyric says dead-panned.

Karen smiles at Jamie for the praise. It melts away.

"Nice person too", Ona adds.

"Cyric, excellent work out there against the retros, keep it up, but keep a cool head." Taylor finishes. "I don't have anything else, so you are dismissed. Get some rest, you are off patrol duty for the next 12 hours."

"Thank you, sir." Ona says.

"Thank you, sir!" Cyric salutes his superior officer.

Iceblade nods, salutes, and follows the other pilots.

Ona salutes as well and follows the others out.

Julianna places an open palm at her heart and mouths thank you at Jackie.

"Yes sir." Kanani says with a salute, before she heads out of the CAG's room.

Singh salutes the command staff and returns to her bunk.

Jamie salutes with the rest of the group and heads out with the rest of 'em. "Congrats, Major," he asides to Kanani.

"Quiet you!" Kanani remarks back at that, with a weak snort.