December 15th, 2010
18:36 hours
40° 24' 35.4132'' N
73° 22' 41.7144'' W
A young woman in a naval uniform of dark blue coat and trousers and a white shirt complete with a neck tab, with bright blond hair in a neat ponytail and an old beat-up admiral's hat adorning her head. Her atomic green eyes watching men clear the deck for combat operations from atop the bridge with a scowl on her face. Enterprise (CVN-65) received some of the most shocking and infuriating orders in her entire career intercept and secure stolen naval warships, and unless necessary avoid sinking them. A scant few hours ago a random tinker/master managed to not only sneak onto but steal 15 ships of the James River Mothball fleet. Of These was including all 4 of the KIDD class DDG's that were floating around congresses lap after the capitulation of Taiwan but also the Radford, the Truett, and the Ouellet all in similar states of limbo. The good news was those were the only warships the rest were military cargo and amphibious transport docks. The Bad news, Task Force 1 was the closest available group as the tinker code name "Board Game" by the PRT had also set off bombs in the Norfolk yards and a cape fight in Philadelphia had nearby ships on damage control. She sighed even as no one can hear her," Why do I always get in the middle of these incidents, first it was Kyushu then it was the evacuation of Taiwan, and now this. Fucking capes and their stupid impulse control, fucking PRT can't even get shit done right so I can do my job." Jumping seemingly through the Steel plating and into the CIC and stood at attention next to the captain, "well skip lets see how much my mother's luck truly rubbed off on me."
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7 Hours later
International waters
With a Predatory smirk Enterprise watched as her task force left US naval waters and entered International her green eyes watching the radar screens as Abyss watch tracked the stolen ships.
"Perfect out of PRT Jurisdiction and control, now for the growlers." Just as she finished the last word a Lowd whoosh was heard across the deck as the jets carrying a pair of EW pods was launched off the deck. It was then that she heard it, down on deck 5 checking the pumps a greenhorn said the most dreaded words, "This is going to be easy." At this point dread filled all 8 of her reactors. This was punctuated by Abyss watch not only losing the targets but also tracking missile launches. Pandemonium spreads across the decks as Jenkins is ordering all fuel lines purged and all fueled aircraft off the deck. Time to impact 5 minutes," wait that can't be right." As she checked the trajectory again and saw that it was right, the minutes passed so fast as all of her catapults were working overtime to get all aircraft off the flight deck, "T-10 seconds to impact, 5, 4, 3, 2." At the supposed sound of 1 the missile slammed into the Sammy B. destroying her forward gun. "If I had hands, I would wrangle Timmy's neck right now." This was already going to be a long day and it's just starting.
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5 Hours Later
Enterprise watched as her captain wrote out the after-action report, all in all It could have been worse. For Extensive damage to herself the Sammy B. and 4 of her 6 Burkes they had managed to recapture the KIDD, The Scott and the Radford while sinking the Callaghan, the Chandler, the Truett, and have the Ouellet under tow before SECNAV ordered her scuttled. Her only regret is that he managed to jump through some doorway with the auxiliary ships in bottles of all things, before COOKIE could shove a 2,000 lbs bomb into his face. As she walked out on deck, she saw 3 Large holes in her deck one on the Stern, one on the Bow, and the 3rd right on top of the arresting wires. "Norfolk doesn't have the capacity to take me and my escorts right now." She sighs as she sits down, "what would you do Auntie Essex. Probably tell my how my mother would tough it out till she got to port. AAAARGH DAMMIT I'm probably going to have to go to Pearl aren't I." As she see's a crewman smoking a cigarette on deck out of view of most everyone who cared. "Wish I could bum one off you right now I need something to relax."