Legends of Galactic Heroes - The Sleeping Dragon

Chapter 3

—2nd fleet —

- Patoroklos -

"Come in 4th fleet, it's the Patoroklos! 4th fleet please come in!" Says the radio man as he's basically yelling to see if they are still there. Most of the people on the bridge are silent with the morale being gloomy and dangerously low.

Vice admiral Paetta looks around to see only Yang looking at the screen and keeping a level head. "Yang," Paetta speaks and Yang turns his head to look at him. "Yes Vice admiral?" He asks. "What do you think we should do?" Paetta questions.

Yang stands up and uses his keyboard for the simulated strategy map. "The 4th fleet is probably the first fleet the enemy would go for. Since to the fact that they would attack it first because they have 12,000 ships to their 20,000. Then would go at the 6th, then us." As the simulated the possible situation.

"So we just leave the 4th fleet to their fate?" Paetta questions. "Why don't we attack them from behind and crush them?" Yang answers, “no. Not possible for that the battle may be over. And if we do so they'll come around and attack us from behind.”

"The possible solution is to regroup with the 6th fleet via the shortest possible route and thus we will be able to combine our forces to 28,000 to the enemies 20,000." As it shows the possibility of it on the screen made by Yang.

"Even so, we can't abandon a fleet during a crisis. Continue course to the 4th fleet." Paetta commands as ordered chaos fills the bridge. "But admiral-" “stop. There's no need to speak commodore.” says Paetta. Yang sits down and works on this battle computer board implementing a new plan for the battle computers under the code: C-4.

— 4th Fleet —

- Charlemagne -

Chaos surrounded the 4th fleet as a whole. The reports were getting out of hand. "Status of the fleet!" I yelled, a response came, “sir! The battleship Nestle has been sunk!” The nestle a new ship in service for 3 weeks. Now 660 people dead and another battleship with it as well. "Sir! Incoming message from the destroyer Anubis," I turned to look at the communications officer. "What is it!?" I asked in confusion, the officer responds. "They report that the Leonidas is destroyed! Vice admiral Pastolle is dead!" That shocked us really hard. I took the intercom, turned it on, and opened my mouth for what was left of the fleet to hear. "All available ships, this is rear admiral Harrow! I'm taking command of the 4th fleet, Activate code Iacon-7 on your battle computers. Commodore Fischer you are second in command of the 4th fleet!"

The transmission ended as they never heard my voice before some called me 'the commander of silence.' So hearing my voice surprised not only everyone under my command but the enemy apparently because they didn't expect my voice to have such raw power in such a deep booming voice.

Code Iacon-7 was a battle plan implemented into the battle computers filled with uncommon and unorthodox tactics from a 2 dimensional battle to a 3 dimensional tactical battle. But for this one it's a simple clockwise withdraw. "How many ships are there left?" I asked the sensor operator. "Sir we have 1,500 ships left." That many ships left from the initial 12,000 ships. "Sir, the enemy ships are withdrawing," the radar operator yelled. That was a weird 180° turn in this situation. "Sir, what do we do now?" Commodore Fischer asks me. "It's simple really. We shadow them to see where they're going. If the next fleet that's under attack in desperate need. We ambush the enemy and help them out." I responded. This shocked all of the people on the bridge.

To think somebody could shadow the fleet without being detected is nearly impossible and near suicide. But they forgot one thing they had Harrow and Fischer.

_later_

Later on after the end of the battle with 4th fleet; the remnants of the fleet quietly shadows the imperial fleet as it makes it way to the 6th fleet. Not only knowing only one person of the 6th fleet will survive.