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       / || \            Starfleet Command, Second Fleet
      /  ||  \             U.S.S. Coronado,  NCC-63100
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 "Admiral?  The advance force reports that they have engaged the
 Federation starship and the Rebel task force."

 "Very well.  That will be all, Lieutenant."

 Admiral Piett turned to Lord Darth Vader and smiled coldly.
 "Interesting," he said, "they have chosen to sacrifice their own
 Captain..."

 Suddenly, the Fire Lance was rocked by multiple weapons fire.
 Piett turned back to his aide.  "What's happening?" he called.

 "Admiral, we're under attack by a small freighter... it's going to
 ram us!"  Barely 10 seconds later, the enormous bulk of the Fire
 Lance shuddered, just once.

 "Report!" the Admiral barked.

 "We've got minor damage to the deflector systems and two of our
 engines have been destroyed," the aide responded fearfully after
 a moment.

 "Fools!" Piett raged.  He began stalking back and forth in the
 Flag Bridge of the Fire Lance as more and more reports began
 coming in very quickly indeed...

 ..reports that one of the Fire Lance's main control rooms had
 been overrun by Federation personnel somehow...

 ..the Avenger reported in soon after, claiming that a small
 shuttle had slipped through her defenses and rammed the lower
 bay...

 ..the Imperial advance force called in after that, indicating
 cautiously that they had been badly mauled, but were in
 pursuit of the Federation ship...

 ..Avenger again, reporting that one of the Emperor's Red Robed
 Overseers had been found dead in the corridors, all the more
 shocking because none had ever been killed before...

 ..and finally, an Imperial probe droid with the Federation
 starship's course: directly toward Fire Lance, and moving at
 impossible speeds.

 If it was even possible for him to look smug, Vader did now.  But
 the anger in his voice was unmistakeable.  "You are
 underestimating the Federation, Admiral."  He raised one black
 gloved hand, the finger pointed at Piett's heart.  "Do not fail
 me," he said, towering over the smaller man.

 "Admiral!" the aide fairly shrieked.  "The Federation starship is
 HERE and attacking us!"

 As Admiral Piett walked swiftly to the monitors, he could hear
 another Lieutenant arguing with his aide.  "That's impossible, I'm
 telling you -- the probe droid is still reporting them six light-
 years away from here!  What, can they be in two places at once?"

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Ross Glenn aka Jester
Captain Brian Aldur, U.S.S. Coronado, NCC-63100
http://www.ussrenegade.com/coro2400/