Voltron's Mechanic (Keith x OC)

19) Begin the Blitz

"Entire Galra fleets have been mobilized. Zarkon seems to be our looking for Lotor," Kolivan told us, Keith standing silently beside him on screen.

"It's only a matter of time before he gets the empire back in order. We need to take advantage of this moment," Shiro said.

"What are you getting at, Shiro?" Allura asked.

"You want to do this now?" I asked.

He nods. "Now is the time to assemble the coalition that Voltron has been building. With intelligence gathered by the Blades and coalition observers, combined with Pidge's Galra tracking software, and extra information Aris retrieved from the decoy ship, we now have a detailed map of the Galra Empire. I've identified an intermittent line of coalition planets that runs through the territory. If you look closely, there's only one Galra occupied planet left on that line"

"Naxzela," Allura said.

"Exactly. If we capture Naxzela and solidify that line, we can cut off all the Galra troops behind it from central command and use our position to defeat them"

"Wow! We could take back a third of the Galra Empire in one fell swoop," Pidge said with a smile.

"Unless Naxzela proves to be a challenge," I said. "Which is most likely going to be the case"

"Do we have a plan?" Hunk asked.

"We attack several locations across the region, at once," Shiro said. "First, we'll have to cut off communications between the region and Galra Central Command by striking the satellite relay station orbiting Vantax Five"

"Pidge and I can handle that"

"The Blades have informed us of two Galra defence systems coming online called Zaiforge cannons. Now, these cannons can strike any target within our combat theatre. The first, in high orbit around the planet Teq, will be attacked by coalition air forces led by Matt and Captain Olia.

"Kolivan will lead a Marmoran strike team against the second cannon, located on the surface of Senfama, which is vulnerable to a covert ground attack. We intend to take control of these cannons and use Zarkon's own firepower against him.

"Once the coalition forces and Blades neutralize these targets, Galra defenses will be weakened, allowing us to take down the remaining Galra occupied planets in this area. While our forces are taking control of the planets, Naxzela will already be under attack"

"By whom?" Allura asked.

"Voltron"

"Aw, Yeah! Team Voltron's gonna drop in Naxzela, form Hunk's giant laser cannon, and be all like Pow! Pow! Pow!" Lance acted out, tossing his arms around Hunk and Pidge's shoulders. "Easy-peasy"

"Unfortunately, not that easy. Naxzela will be tough. It's heavily fortified with Galra. Our attack must be swift enough to neutralize the Galra forces before they have time to contact Galra Headquarters. 'Cause if they call for reinforcements, we'll be caught in a fight on two fronts"

"If this works, the Voltron Coalition will possess a third of the Galra Empire's territory," Kolivan said. "It will be a massive victory"

"And inspire a whole new wave of rebellions," Allura added.

"There's no time to waste," Shiro said finally.

"Shiro, what do you want me to do?" I asked. "I could help the Blades, or Pidge and Hunk"

"No. There's something more important I need you to be working on"

"I like the sound of that. What is it?"

"I need you at the Castle for now. Just in case we do get caught on Naxzela, I want you to make us something that will-"

"Block the Galra's distress call? I can easily do that, but I can't promise it'll last long, if you want something that'll last long it'd interfere with your systems as well. Or do you need something that will destroy a ship? I might be able to whip up a device that you can attach to a ship that will connect to its power source, take info off the the system and when that's all done, over load the power source and the system," I rambled with a smile.

Shiro chuckled. "Exactly that"

"I'm on it"

"How quick can you be?"

"Might only take me a couple minutes. Twenty at most. I already had them started, planned out and created, I just never found time to actually finish them"

He nods. "Go"

I ran down to the lab, working silently as I focused. I listened to the video of Allura's speech she was giving to the entire coalition from a small screen in the corner of my glasses as I worked on the devices.

"Fellow members of the Voltron Coalition, if you are hearing me now, it is because you have pledged to stand shoulder to shoulder with us in our fight against Zarkon's enslavement of the free peoples of the universe. But that enslavement is about to be dealt a crushing blow. The time for a full scale attack on the Galra Empire is now. Far in the future, when they speak of this day, they will speak of our sacrifice, but they will also remember this as the day that freedom began to overtake tyranny. You all have your missions. You know what to do. Good luck. We'll see you on the other side"

Pidge and Hunk left in the Green Lion to take out the communications. When they returned I handed Shiro the devices and Voltron left for Naxzela. I went to the bridge to watch the progress with Coran.

"The Senfama Zaiforge cannon is ours. Naxzela attack is under way," Coran said.

It was difficult for me to be watching from behind a screen, I wanted to be in the middle of the battle, fighting alongside my team, fighting alongside the Blade of Marmora. But I was needed at the Castle.

We waited a little bit, and then the other Zaiforge cannon came online. "Zaiforge cannon is ours," I said.

"Ready to provide the Taujeerians with cover," Keith said.

"Cannon acquired. Ready to provide backup," Caltain Olia said.

"Copy that. Coalition, you are clear to begin," Coran announced.

"We've almost taken the entire area!" Coran cheered with stars in his eyes, but those stars disappeared when he saw something pop up on the screen. "Quiznak! The communications satellite is back online. Galra distress calls are going through!"

"It doesn't matter, Coran. They're too late," Shiro said. "We've just about secured Naxzela"