GORN: Rend with teeth Rent with claws Sting with venom!

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[Battle Command Deck – Gorn Hegemony Combat Cruiser Rend with Teeth]

"Talon, a wing of smallcraft is emerging from the field in attack formation!" The Tactical Master alerted. "They will be on us in moments."

"Engage the point defense array Tactical Master, rid us of these cave lice." Szt-Thalz commanded, she saw the attack for what it was, a paltry attempt at a distraction, meant to allow the Starfleet defenders more time to engage.

"Proceed Steering Master, we have no need to concern ourselves with such a feeble distraction." She ordered, her mind was set on bigger prizes.

The ship echoed faintly with the sound of distant blasts as the fighters attacked its armored hide, on the battle command deck, the crew saw only minor damage while the Starfleet craft were already taking casualties.

“Talon, there are two ships clearing the station. The Starfleet Sovereign class we fought before and a Starfleet Insignia Class. The Sovereign was the one trying to scan us. They are moving to an intercept course.” The Steering Master reported to his commander “But they will have to plow through the debris field to engage us”

“Understood” Szt-Thalz leaned forward in her chair watching the movement of the enemy ships on the battle screen display. The debris field would indeed hinder the Federation ships. “Battle Master, lock all Venom torpedoes on the station, we will deliver a strike on the shipyard first, then turn to engage their ships. We will take them while they dither about what to do, defend themselves or protect their shipyard.”

“Yes Talon! Scanning for the station shield frequencies now. Comparing to our data” The Battle Master worked his controls. ”Uploading guidance and shield settings to the torpedoes.”

They had been provided with detailed specifications of Starfleet shield harmonics before departure and that same data had been preloaded into the Venoms. With that information they had easily punched right through the Federation ship’s shields in the first battle.

Szt-Thalz had enquired where the shield harmonics data had come from. She had received a backhand across her jaw and been told it was none of her business. That particular superior would be the first one she challenged when she had gathered sufficient victories.

“We are approaching the debris field” The Steering Master called out.

“Hold course and speed! Our armor is strong!” Szt-Thalz replied. Chunks of rock and mangled wreckage appeared on the screen, growing rapidly larger as the Rend With Teeth surged forward at attack speed, skimming just along the edge of the orbital morass.

There was a flash and a jolt as pieces of the debris were hurled aside by the repeller-field projected in front of the ship or were crushed against the armor shields. The ship began to buck and shudder as there were more impacts, creating a blazing fireball around the bow of the ship

Szt-Thalz gripped her chair, opened her mouth wide, exposing the rows of razor sharp fangs and laughed out loud. ”We rend with our teeth and we shall rent with our claws!”

“Torpedo guidance and shield settings are uploaded. Ready to launch” The Battle Master announced. “Request permission to fire a salvo of the forward disrupter to help clear a path for the torpedoes?”

“One minute to launch point” The Steering Master confirmed

“Granted! Prepare to launch on my command” Szt-THalz replied

“Launch point approaching! Seven, six, five, four… ” The Steering Master called out

“Firing salvo!” The Battle Master tapped his weapons controls and a burst of disrupter fire vaporized a swath of debris ahead of the ship.

“Launch! Launch! Launch! Now we will sting with our venom!” Szt-THalz roared.

Nine torpedoes burst from the three triple-tube launchers mounted under the ship. The engines ignited instantly and the weapons split off in nine separate vectors, each one programmed with a different course to bob and weave through the debris field, but all homing in on the distant Xavier Fleet Yard.

Between the weapons and the station lay the Devonshire and the Hawaii...


To be continued…

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First Hatched Szt-Thalz
Talon of the Rends with Teeth
Gorn Hegemony

NPC’d by Tolkath & JJ Zamora