Altiris Knights:Civil War

Book 3:Chapter 3:Battle of Laxis Shipyard

As soon as the transmission from the Laxis fleet came through, the Alliance fleet departed for the Laxis shipyard, though small fleets were left at the Jorna Octagoon, Ykamas, Vanraael, Kyrama and Lok Etreon.

Lynaxa looked out into the windows, watching the Alliance ships be destroyed by the far superior Legion forces. "We have an Alliance fleet incoming!" Lynaxa watched, as the Alliance reinforcements arrived, and fired on the nearest Legion ships, tearing through them, their star fighters destroying the Legion's. She grinned-they fell for it.

"Send a fleet to the Jorna Octagon" she ordered. Several dozen capital ships and a few thousand star fighters separated from the Legion fleet and jumped to lightspeed, completely ignored by the Alliance. "Admiral, reinforce them!" she ordered, suspecting a trap. "We can't! They are targeting our lightspeed engines! And there are a few ships heading our way!" Admiral Veeren replied. 

Indeed, several Alliance shuttles boarded the dreadnought, escorted by a few Alliance capital ships and star fighters.

Judeor, Akala, Kirtan, Valhares, and several other Altiris Knights, along with a few hundred Alliance soldiers and Commandos exited the boarding crafts and moved to the bridge, sweeping aside the Legion defenders. A large battalion assembled before them. The firefight lasted for several minutes, with both sides losing dozens of soldiers, until the Altiris Knights swept them aside, and continued on.

Then, they encountered several machine guns. They tore through the Alliance soldiers, but the Altiris Knights destroyed them. They kept moving. They encountered several more defensive points, greatly reducing the amount of soldiers, but they eventually reached the bridge. Judeor, Kirtan, Akala and Valhares attacked Lynaxa, while the other three Altiris Knights battled the Legion Knights.

Lynaxa unleashed a lightning storm, hammering down on them, but the four combined their power, stopping the attack. Judeor ran forward, and Kirtan reinforced him. They kept her occupied, while Valhares and Akala attacked her from a distance.

Kirtan slashed, his silver energy blade grazing her shoulder. Judeor launched a torrent of lightning at her, which she repelled with her palm. The Altiris Knight held her in place with an air grip, his saber staff hammering down on her defenses, while Kirtan landed several earth attacks on her. She unleashed a torrent of lightning, which he blocked with an earth wall. Judeor grasped her wrist and let loose a burst of lightning, forcing her to release one of her energy blades. He crushed the weapon in an air grip and attacked her again. She pushed him away with an air blast and focused on Kirtan, her white blade clashing with his silver. Kirtan locked her strike and kicked her in the chest thrice. She seized him in an air grip, choking the life out of him.

Judeor launched a burst of lightning at her, distracting her, and attacked. Kirtan took a moment to recover and joined his friend. The two Altiris Knights pressured her, but she was still able to defend.

Meanwhile, Akala and Valhares battled the surviving Legion Knight. Valhares launched a burst of fire, which the Knight deflected with fire of his own. Akala sent out an earth barrage, and wrapped her energy whip around his legs, and froze him in a block of metal. Valhares put up a fire shield around her and attacked the Knight, deflecting his fire attacks and blocked his sword attack. He evaded a strike and snapped his sword arm. Valhares blocked a fire whip and placed his palm on the Knight's neck. His hand heated up, burning him, and Valhares ended him with a fire slash to the chest. He dissolved the fire shield around Akala and they joined the attack on Lynaxa.

Lynaxa, seeing the other two Knights victorious, froze all four in an earth grip and exited the bridge. She swept the Alliance soldiers aside, and left the dreadnought. She and the remaining Legion ships retreated into lightspeed.

Judeor, Kirtan, Akala and Valhares returned to the Alliance fleet, and departed for the Jorna Octagon.

Their fleet there was severely weakened, but with the help of the defensive guns on the eight platforms, the Legion ships had all been destroyed.