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S'kaelz simply gave a condescending hiss when the channel was cut. S'kaelz: These Federation fools think they are able to match the power of a KDF battle group? I will enjoy this to no end... S'kaelz stood up from his chair, and spoke to his bridge officers. S'kaelz: Order all ships to fall in line. Coordinate all fire on designated targets. Priority targets will include escort ships and point defense vessels. Our goal will be to isolate the larger command ship, by taking out our enemies ability to coordinate with their tactical wings. S'kaelz looked at the sensor readout and observed the Federation lines. S'kaelz: According to these readings...The Federation has a tactical wing of Definat Class ships. Those will be our primary targets. Sensors also indicate several science ships hanging back, no doubt acting as an auxillary defense wing. We must focus all fire on those Defiant class ships if we are to blunt to sword of our enemy.

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th'Zarath: "Take us in, one quarter impulse." The Heart of the Aenar moved forward at a slow, but steady pace. He wasn't going to rush ahead and carelessly throw lives away. The rest of the fleet followed suit matching pace with the Heart of the Aenar. When the Aenar was 20,000 km from the Klingon fleet, th'Zarath resumed ordering commands. th'Zarath: "Have the Defiants and Sabers head in. Launch the Perigrines to escort them. When in range, fire at will." The Defiant-class escorts and the Saber-class escorts charged forward. th'Zarath was completely unaware that this was what S'kaelz wanted and anticipated. The rest of the Federation fleet moved forward waiting for the 10,000 km mark to open fire.

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As the KDf fleet moved forward, S'kaelz found himself analyzing why the tactical wing of Defiant class vessels were moving forward, and abandoning the protection of the larger cruisers. S'kaelz: What is the status of the large cruisers on the Federation line? KDF Tactical Officer: The larger Federation ships are holding back. S'kaelz: Our enemy is exposing our main targets. I was expecting to have to fight through their Cruisers at the very least... S'kaelz paused for a moment to consider his options. He was faced with an interesting dilemma. Was Starfleet making a fatal mistake, or a calculated move? S'kaelz knew better than to second guess himself in front of his crew, as he had always made it a point to show absolute certainty in his leadership ability. However, he was not used to anything being this easy. S'kaelz: Maintain course. All power to forward sheilds. Have all wings triangualet fire on their designated targets. Have all of our Bird of Preys hold back, and allow the larger cruisers to absorb all preliminary fire. When those Definat Class ships start their weapon cycling, all Bird of Prey class vessels will move forward and intercept those Defiant Class vessels. If we are able to pull this off, we should put ourselves in a situation where we can cause heavy damage to the Defiant Tactical Wing on our first pass, allowing our larger cruisers to maintain fire, while our Bird of Preys come about, and finish off the tactical wing. S'kaelz paused. S'kaelz: After that...the rest of that Federation fleet will be demorilized and too heavily outgunned to WANT to continue this fight.

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th'Zarath watched the Klingon fleet get closer. He continued to analyze the battlefield, noticing the Bird-of-Preys hanging back. He had then realized that he fell into their trap after the Klingon cruisers began engaging the escorts. th'Zarath: "All ships, full impulse! Their cruisers are distracted. Concentrate fire on the front lines, attack the following ships at these coordinates." th'Zarath was entering a series of locations on the different leading ships that he knew to exploit. He felt the Heart of the Aenar pick up speed. Dickerson: "All ships are matching speed. We'll be in range in 15 seconds." Everyone on the bridge watched out the window above the viewscreen as the fight drew closer. Dickerson: "Five seconds. Shields are up at 100 percent, phasers are ready to fire." The Aenar then drifted into weapons range as some of the cruisers were firing their secondary weapons that now had targets in their firing arcs. th'Zarath: "All ships, open fire!" The Federation fleet began firing on the leading ships of the Klingon Defense Force.

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S'kaelz watched as the Federation fleet moved forward. He knew that the Federation had realized their mistake, but enough damage had already been done. The KDF Line had managed to seriously damage three Defiant class ships, and cause moderate damage to two others. The Saber wing that had moved forward had been seriously damaged, and trapped close to enemy lines, taking sustained fire. KDF Tactical Officer: The Federation Cruisers are moving forward...attempting to provide support for their escorts. We have several fighter wings converging, and the Federation Cruisers have begun coordinating fire on several of our support cruisers. S'kaelz: Order Vorcha wings 1 and 2 to move forward and draw fire away from the support cruisers. Have Raptor Wings 1, 2, and 3 engage the lead Federation Cruisers head on. Place priority fire on weapon systems. S'kaelz paused. S'kaelz: Target the Federation Flagship...fire all forward Antiproton arrays. Target their warp core...and fire at will. The Ven'tek began to slowly move forward, turning slightly to broadside, as it began to fire on the Heart of the Aenar. Several shots impacted the forward shields of the Heart of the Aenar, but casing no serious damage to the large Federation ship.

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The Heart of the Aenar shook as the shields took the damage from the Ven'tek's weapons. Dickerson: "Shields are at 87%. The lead ship is taking shots at us. Judging from the impacts on the shield array they are targeting our warp core." th'Zarath: "Pull power from the engines and auxiliary systems and redistribute them to the shields and weapons. Return fire on the ship, targeting their weapons arrays." Dickerson: "Aye, Admiral." Dickerson did as instructed. The ship slowed down, being reduced to .25 of its speed, slowly chugging along as if it was an oncoming storm in the distance. th'Zarath looked as his holographic PADD mounted in the chair showed the numbers change between systems. The weapons and shields were both increased by 50% each. The Heart of the Aenar then began to match the directional change of the Ven'tek, both now facing their broadsides. The Heart of the Aenar fired another barrage at the Ven'tek with its supercharged phasers targeting the Bortasqu's weapons arrays.

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The Ven'tek shook as it took direct hits from the Heart of Aenar. One of the Operations Officers began to speak. KDF Operations Officer: General...port shields are down to 80% The Federation ship is hitting is with much harder blasts. Their current power levels suggest that they have all power to their weapons array. S'kaelz: Compensate by transferring shields from Starboard. S'kaelz looked at his tactical officer. S'kaelz: Continue firing. Maintain a target lock on their warp core. All we need is one shot in order to take that ship offline. S'kaelz then looked at his helm officer. S'kaelz: helm...attack pattern Omega. Bring us within 3 Km of their aft, and get us out of their broadside. KDF Helm officer: Yes, General. The Ven'tek began to close in on the Heart of Aenar, eventually getting enough speed to maneuver out of the broadside of the Federation Flagship. The Ven'tek continued it's barrage, with the warp core being the primary target. The Ven'tek's port broadside was facing the aft of the Heart of Aenar, hitting the aft shields with rapid bursts from the Antiproton beam arrays.

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Dickerson: "Aft shields down to 65%. The Klingon Flagship is now behind us." th'Zarath watched the fleet icons move and form a giant mass of icons. Above the viewscreen th'Zarath had a direct line of sight at the battle around the Heart of the Aenar. The ship rumbled again as the Ven'tek fired another anti-proton barrage at the Aenar. Dickerson: "Sir, I've identified the Klingon flagship's weapons. They're anti-proton energy weapons." th'Zarath and sh'Kori both were troubled by this development as the Aenar took another aft barrage. Dickerson: "Aft shields down to 51%. Sir, what should we do?" th'Zarath then got an idea. th'Zarath: "th'Zarath to Engineering." Chief Engineer: "Go ahead, Admiral." th'Zarath: "Get ready to flood our shields with protons. If I'm right, the momentary burst should provide us with a temporary anti-proton resistance boost and neutralize their effectiveness." Chief Engineer: "Admiral, in order to burst the shields with that much protons, we'd need to direct ALL power into the deflector array. We could very well even burn out the deflector, or worse, the collision of the two could cause intense annihilation causing us to explode. I strongly recommend that, Sir." The Heart of the Aenar shook a little harder than the previous times they were hit. th'Zarath: "Feel that? Each time we get hit, is a closer Engineering gets blown to smitherines. I understand the risks, just do it." The Chief Engineer sighed over the comm. C. Engineer: "Yes, Admiral, standby." A few moments passed. C. Engineer: "Beginning shield burst." Everyone on the bridge began to stop what they were doing. They knew either th'Zarath was right and got lucky, or the Chief Engineer was right and th'Zarath was about to send them to their deaths. Suddenly all power on the Heart of the Aenar went out. No emergency lights came on or redundant systems, the whole ship was dark. Everyone watched as a Galaxy-class ship was blown up nearby, illuminating the bridge. There was a loud noise that resembled a large weapon firing followed by a blue light as everyone watched as the shields of the Aenar absorbed the proton radiation. A second later the power on the Aenar came back on and systems were restoring. th'Zarath: "Bring us back to red alert. Status?" Dickerson: "The deflector is stable for now. Who knows what will happen if they fire on us." th'Zarath: "Open a channel to the Klingon flagship." th'Zarath felt it was time for his gamble. th'Zarath: "Attention Klingon Flagship, as you may have no doubt detected, our shields with a large amount of protons. If you do not cease fire, you may destroy us and everyone in the immediate vicinity, including yourselves. As you are not Klingon, I doubt you share the same warrior mentality as your allies about an honorable death."