Dreadnought 2165
“The railguns' osmium-tungsten sabot compressed to hyper-density under nearly 80,000 gees of force before they ripped out of the barrel at over 1/4 the speed of light.
Hardway's main batteries holed the lightly armored, alien destroyer right through. The exit wounds sprayed hot metal and gas out into the vacuum. It leaned towards the ringed planet and began its descent, trailing smoke and fire behind it.
Tipperary pulled hard to avoid the next alien beams that reached for her, and Hardway's guns put rounds through the second destroyer trying to cut off the breaching ship's escape.
The third Squidy didn't fire on Tipperary first. It reached out for Hardway and raked its guns down the carrier's port side, ripping the doors off three launch bays and gouging a ragged wound down the forward Hab module's side. The shock traveled down Hardway's spine and shook one module after another. The carrier's guns only paused for a second, maybe two, but the third alien destroyer hunting Tipperary used... that time to change course again.MoreLess
Hardway's main batteries holed the lightly armored, alien destroyer right through. The exit wounds sprayed hot metal and gas out into the vacuum. It leaned towards the ringed planet and began its descent, trailing smoke and fire behind it.
Tipperary pulled hard to avoid the next alien beams that reached for her, and Hardway's guns put rounds through the second destroyer trying to cut off the breaching ship's escape.
The third Squidy didn't fire on Tipperary first. It reached out for Hardway and raked its guns down the carrier's port side, ripping the doors off three launch bays and gouging a ragged wound down the forward Hab module's side. The shock traveled down Hardway's spine and shook one module after another. The carrier's guns only paused for a second, maybe two, but the third alien destroyer hunting Tipperary used... that time to change course again.MoreLess
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