=/\= Bridge =/\= The ship on which he'd served nearly a year felt like a different world, in the heat of the battle. Orders were shouted out quickly and were followed with frustrated, yet obedient replies of "Yes, sir." and "Aye", throughout the chaotic environment. The battle itself was like a ritual. The Romulans would fire and the ship would rock. Damage reports would come in an Engineering would try to repair them. Acheson would scan the enemy ship and fire and its damage would become apparent. This is what they'd trained for and, for many, this is what they lived for. He scanned the Romulan ship, as the Chimera took another hit from the Romulan disruptors. An acrid smoke started pouring out of a console above him and he started coughing, trying to report in: "Captain, enemy vessel has taken significant damage to its outer hall. Its port impulse drive is offline and its starboard disruptor array is damaged. But they are compensating!" He fired the Chimera's weapons, which struck the warbird's shields defiantly. The Romulan vessel returned fire, and a console between Ops and Tactical sparked <<i.e. between Tuvok and Kim>>. A crewmember whom Acheson didn't know was knocked back by the explosion and he left his station, momentarily, to tend to her. She dusted herself off, though, as he arrived and stood up. "I'm fine ... just a few bruises." He nodded and ran back to his console, not wanting to miss an opportunity to fire. A quick glance at the tactical schematic of the battle revealed a perfect shot. His lateral phaser array would be able to hit a compromised area in the Romulan shields. He tapped the sequence of commands and aimed the phasers. He waited, intently, for just the right moment. Just as he was about to fire, the ship rocked again. Acheson checked the weapons, only to find that he'd lost that phaser array. "Dammit!" he cursed, as he tried to compensate. "Helm, we lost the lateral phasers. Change manuever pattern to Delta charlie. Keep them above us with respect to that planet." He cursed at the poor fortune he'd seem to have. The Romulans had deprived him of a good shot and this battle was going to last a lot longer that anyone might have wanted. =/\= END LOG =/\= MCapt Acheson CTAC USS Chimera -- ___________________________________________________________ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm