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The lighting dimmed on the bridge and all voices became hushed. The Red Alert klaxons blared for a few moments then grew silent. The red lighting strips flashed on and off bathing the bridge in scarlet.
“Status of shields?”
“Still inoperable sir.”
“Charge phasers. Target their engines. Fire!”
Defiant-class ships employ pulse phaser cannons that release phased energy in rapidly repeated short bursts. They were now targeted on the Dinok’s engines and when they fired twin lances of energy raced out from the Hunter ’s forward mountings in bursts and impacted on the unprotected hull of the Cardassian warship. Their engines were severely damaged, which reduced their forward momentum. As soon as they realised that they were under attack the Cardassians returned fire.
The Hunter took damage as she raced ahead of the Galor-class vessel but Lieutenant Granger’s efforts were not in vain. The damage sustained was minimal and the extra effort that he put into his engines proved useful. The Hunter was able to outrun the Dinok which was rapidly falling behind. Jim ordered Lieutenant Granger to coordinate with Ensign Jokana to simulate damage to the engines so that she would slow down a little but would keep just far enough ahead of the Dinok for the plan to work.
To Be Continued...
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