ooc-Flare, I'm assuming they were on that cruiser that was also equiped with several heavy laser cannons.

Truce's eyes widened. "Gabe? Gabe? Damn it, I'll kill you myself if you're messing around! What's the damn ETA for Firestorm anyway?! Hell, where's our own cruiser's support fire?!" He had lost his cool, something that he did not do often. It wasn't very comforting knowing that someone may have just died.

Wether or not someone responded to him he would not get a chance to find out. Another hit struck him from the side, striking him where he was weak. Another part of his right wing was gone, burned off by laser fire, and his intercom was only gave him static.

Well...this is good. With no way to contact his squadmates, he had two choices now; either continue to fight or head back to the cruiser. Meh...I'll get shot down if I try to retreat anyway.

"Two more minutes, and Truse, head back to the shi......" Inyri replied, but was cut off when the transport's cargo hold broke into two, then about three dozen more enemy blips came up. "IT'S A TRAP!! ALL UNITS RETREAT!" came the orders from the Zeral.

(OOC) Actually, the Zeral is a small carrier, lightly armed, and depends on Fighters for help.

Scott quickly finished the raider he was currently fighting at the retreat order. "Damnit..." My ship is still somewhat okay..but he...should I...aahhhhh His ship moved...not towards the Zeral, but towards Gabe's last position.

John heard the retreat call. He quiqly shot one more raider down and headed towards the carrier. "Come on guys lets go. We need to get back to count our points. None of you better not be dead cause I wouldnt like to win so easily." John exelerated at full towards their own carrier.

A missile lock warning was sounding in Inyri's cockpit, though she could tell that her persuer was losing ground

[OOC]Heh. Well, I'll chalk that up to him being nervous.[/OOC]

Truce never heard the order to retreat, but when the cargo ship broke apart he knew it was a lost cause. Whatever was on that ship, it's lost to us now. I pray for those on board the ship. However, though their initial objective was now impossible to achieve the fact was he was in the middle of a one-sided firefight and that people might still be on board the cargo ship.

Toggling what remained of his lasers, he started to fire blindly, focusing more on distracting the enemy and avoiding their shots than on taking down fighters. Meh. Firestorm...they better arrive sometime soon. Right now, even if they wanted to escape was nearly impossible for those in the thick of battle. To make a straight run for the Zeral would be suicidal; the raiders had speed on their side. Even if the Zeral did provide cover fire, one sweep could definately take down a retreating Starwing. The only thing they could hope for is either back up or the retreat of the raiders.

I hope the others are doing fine.

John now saw that some of the others were not retreating and turned back. "Hold on guys!"

"This is the Firestorm, we are entering th combat zone and launching fighters." A vocie came over the comm. On the sensor board, 31 friendly blips came into view.

"Yes! Finally some support. Come on and help us with these." John said as he shot one of the raiders down while trying to get rid of another coming from behind.

"About time. I'm going to try to loate Gabe's ship and see if I can bring him in if he's damaged. If anybody's still in condition to cover, it'd be appreciated." Scott's ship moved frantically through space, trying to avoid enemy fire more than he was trying to fire back.

OOC: do these ships have any type of tow line or tractor beam or anything that can move material?