a Dogs Tail (part 3)

A dogs tail (part 3)

I fired up my old and bettered train
“the hauler” and sat there waiting for the even older heating
system to kick in, when the radio crackled, the message being
inaudible , so a quick thump on the dash fixed that “calling all
ASF pilots, a meeting is to be held (crackle fuzz) location”

humph, bloody radio.

I shut down the hauler and headed for
the office ( the bar ) and used the radio there. I revived the
message loud and clear. I looked across the loading bay trying to
decide what ship would be fitting for a first impression with my new
comrades.

Within the hour I was in (top secret)
being put through some training manoeuvres (top secret)

with (top secret) .

over the following days all seamed
quiet and calm, but deep down below the wolf pack stirred , the
preparations reached fever pitch . Then the alarm bells sounded at
the Vega jump gate screaming “intruder” . Peris station hailed a
may day call “we are under attack” Horatio was the other side of
universe excavating ruins of the daam'kvosh at planet sprauge with
the late professor Quintaine's assistant who's name escapes me.

So I scrambled snaggle tooth (
inquisitor class border worlds dreadnought )

to my surprise peris had over reacted .
It was a lone fighter under the name of THE-ONE.

His efforts to assault peris station
were repelled with ease. he assaulted several times to no avail .

A short time later he returned with his
battle ship called The morning star. and again he was thwarted by
snaggle tooth.

The next day, Vega was once again
assaulted by THE-ONE and a friend or two, I tried to fend them off
for as long as I could, but to no end. I was being beaten badly, the
Blood Guard and Crossfire Police Department noticed this and rode in
to my aid, like something of those old western films from millennia
past......

the fight was fast and hard, but the
tide was now in our favour as the experienced pilots of the blood
guard and CFPD started to shine. Then two more ships entered Vega.

The SMG had sent two pilots, a battle
ship and a fighter to Vega. They hailed me and after a brief
conversation.

they declared they where not involved
within this conflict they were simply there to observe.

The fight raged on, With our guns at
melting point, to our relief, The invaders retreated and the day was
won .

Since the conflicts occurred there have
been multiple skirmishes with THE-ONE, some won, some lost, but that
is another tail for another time.