Battlestar Prometheus "The Story ...

Ratty quickly looked down at his display to see that another ship had joined his
flight. “Blue Five? We don‟t have a Blue Five, so who the hell are you?”
“Lieutenant, that‟s no way to talk to your CAG.” Blue Five‟s voice chuckled on
the other end. “You didn‟t expect me to stay on the ship and let you guys have all the fun,
did you?”
“No sir.” Ratty replied, “You‟re welcome to join us.”
“Good.” Replied Stormwind. “You take the lead and I‟ll follow you in.”
“Roger that.” Ratty said. “Red Leader, this is Blue Leader: Lets‟ go kill us a
Basestar.”
The M-931A2 Anti-Ship missile was developed specifically to deal with the
heavily armored Basestars that the Cylons were fond of using as their line ships. When
the humans had designed the Basestar, they had been designed as siege platforms to place
in orbit around a world while Battlestars were used for maneuver.
With that in mind, the Basestar had been heavily armored to withstand sustained
attacks from enemy forces. When the Cylons had turned on man, the newly unified
Colonial Defense Force had been forced to develop a weapon capable of defeating that
armor.
What they came up with was the Basestar Buster.
The missiles were dradis guided to their targets but they had to be able to
penetrate the thick hull plating of the enemy ships. There were therefore fitted with a
three fold system that weakened the point of penetration enough to allow the missile to
get inside the ship before detonating its enormous payload.
And when it went boom... it really went BOOM.
Each Viper of Blue Team was equipped with two of these missiles.
Fighting through the few stragglers that attempted to block the attack run was
easy since the majority of the remaining Cylons were contained in a melee above the
dorsal bow of the Prometheus.
“The road is clear.” Lonewolf announced as the last Cylon defender came apart in
his gun sights. “Good hunting Blue Team.”
“Roger that Red Leader and thanks.” Ratty replied. “Ok Blue Team, lock your
targets.”
Receiving acknowledgements from all of his team Ratty gave the command that
sealed the Basestar‟s fate. “Missiles away!”
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