Anticipation & Reflection

Personal Log
Stardate: 15.10.2257
Alex Gordon
Captain T.A.S. Warhammer & Commander of Alliance Hammer Squadron

 Another potential mother of a battle coming up and once again we are going to be at the forefront of the action. Things just keep getting more and more exciting. Though this time I doubt whether we will be able to come lightly off. The Drengin were certainly no pushover…but the Torians and Altairians were able to tie down their fleets…preventing them from turning on the Alliance with their full force. But even though we won most of the few battles that occurred and destroyed several Drengin ships, we still suffered casualties. I lost a lot of good men in that last major battle of Theta Iota…people under my command. The vision of Drengin missiles tearing through those ships and the screams of the dying men still echo in my brain and sleeping at night is becoming more difficult day by day.

But this time it looks like full-scale war. Despite having lost a total of more than 50 ships and some planets, they still remain a powerful force to reckon with. Our military attaches have kept us informed of the horrific casualties suffered by even the massively powerful Altairian Navy – with more than 70 ships destroyed and almost 3 billion Altairian soldiers killed. The Torians too have lost many ships and have once again fallen back against the renewed Drengin offensive, though they haven’t lost any more planets.

Even if our ships do manage to blow the Imperial Grand Fleet out of the skies, their numerous worlds are protected by billions of bloodthirsty Drengin marines - the galaxy’s fiercest warriors, who are all sworn to defend their planets to the very end.

Of course the Alliance is now in a much better position itself to deal with the Drengin menace. Most of the Nova class Cruisers that had made up the bulk of Starfleet have been upgraded to the far more deadly modified Nexus Torpedo class – more than twice as fast and with double the firepower. The Alliance has been pumping out dozens of these and several of the mighty Warhammer Battleships in the last one year. In fact, with the new emphasis on industrial production, most of the Alliance’s factories are performing at 100 % efficiency (up from the previous 61 % a few months ago) and the Alliance’s total production levels are even catching up with the mighty Arceans and Altairians. Intelligence reports have shown that the Alliance Navy has now become the fourth most powerful space force in the known galaxy, having already surpassed the Drengin Empire and nearing the Yor Collective too in combat power.

The Warhammer – reminds me of the T.A.S. Warhammer, my current ship and the first ship of its class. Quite a change from my previous unmodified Nexus Cruiser with which we had taken on the Drengin Killer Fleets.

Although I do miss my old Ranger Squadron, I must say that I am excited to have been put in command of the Alliance’s first squadron of Warhammers – with the safety of 4 of these beauties and more than 400 personnel on my aching shoulders. The lethality of these new ships was proved in our most recent engagement, where our squadron took out a Yor gifted Drengin Ith’kar Frigate (the same type which had inflicted such heavy casualties on our older Nova and Longbows and had destroyed the Omega 7 Starbase) within a few seconds…without any loss of life or significant damage.

It’s good to see that the crew is adjusting nicely to these new ships and morale is high despite the recent loss of many comrades. I am glad that all those brave sailors who died in the line of duty received their due accolades though that will be small compensation to their bereaved families. I can only hope that these new ships will allow us to take on the powerful Drengin Navy on a more even footing…with the minimum of loss of human life.

Have to go now…the emergency drill alarm has just sounded. More later…