Wing Commander Page #5

reporting directly

to Admiral Tolwyn.

My call sign is Paladin.

My security verification code is

Charlie-six-alpha-zebra-niner.

Try it, commander, now.

Accessing.

Commodore James Taggart,

naval intelligence.

Call sign:
Paladin.

Listen to me, Angel.

If I'm wrong, you'll miss out...

on taking

a couple of freighters.

But if I'm right...

the Tiger Claw

could already be under attack.

The Claw is already

in that radiation belt, boss.

They couldn't radio for us

even if they wanted to.

Security check, alpha two...

nothing to report

in this quadrant.

Everything is A-OK.

Wait a minute. What the...

Who is breaking radio silence?

Multiple targets inbound, sir.

Battle stations!

Launch allfighters!

Battle stations.

Battle stations.

Allfighters scramble.

Allfighters scramble.

Get that deck clear!

Get the safeties

off those!

Let's get those things

in the air!

You're fueled up.

Opening hangar doors now.

Delta Three...

launch!

Allfighters launched, sir.

Sir!

Shields up!

All shields are engaged.

I count three dozen

Kilrathi starfighters...

two destroyers,

and one battleship, sir.

That damn Taggart was right.

Maybe he knew something

we didn't.

Stay on my wing.

- Copy, Baker Leader.

- I'm right behind you.

- I'm on this one.

- Get him off my tail!

Torpedoes incoming.

Brace for impact!

Mr. Falk, give me a target.

Target acquisition imminent.

We've locked on to one

of the destroyers, sir.

Fire tubes one and two!

Tracking two more torpedoes.

Hard to port.

Force shield suffering

forty percentfailure.

Battery room reports a fire.

I'm getting a dozen more

targets behind the battleship.

They're bringing in

reinforcements.

We should be flattered.

Torpedo room report.

Tubes three andfour

are damaged.

Autoloaders are not operational.

Captain, I'm getting

a codedfriend orfoe...

acknowledge

from the new starfighters.

It's Deveraux's wing.

All right, ladies, let's do it.

All rapiers except

Maniac and Blair...

engage those Dralthi.

See ya later, Nugget.

Watch your back, Rosie.

Broadswords, follow me in.

Maniac, Blair, cover us.

Whoo-hoo-hoo!

Nice shooting, Maniac.

Buy one, get one free.

OK, we've cleared

a path for the bombers.

Let's get back to the action.

Roger that.

Steady on course, Mr. Knight.

The flak's too heavy.

Let's launch now.

Waitfor them

to launch a torpedo.

They'll lower their shield

just before.

- I'm hit!

- Almost there.

Steady, my friend. Almost...

Hull breach, level three!

Shields notfunctioning.

Power at thirty percent.

Sir!

Sir!

Steering loss, eighty percent.

Medic to the bridge.

Bogey on my six.

Blair, help me out here.

Blair, where the hell are you?

I said, help me out here.

Is that a suggestion

or an order, ma'am?

Definitely an order.

Wait. The battleship's

preparing to launch.

She's going to finish off

the Tiger Claw.

Where's Paladin?

No visual contact.

Baker Leader...

get yourfighters

clear of the pulse wave.

Roger that.

Maniac, Blair, return to ship.

Yes, ma'am.

Au revoir, mes amis.

Hey, Forbes,

you wanna go bury some Kilrathi?

Hmmph.

Like you have to ask.

All craft

return to ship immediately.

I repeat...

all craft return to ship.

All right, ladies.

You heard the man.

Maniac?

What about my needs?

Maniac, Forbes,

return to the ship. You copy me?

They're trying to ram.

They obviously don't want

to play nice.

Now, does that take balls,

or what?

Yeah. It's not bad.

It's not badfor a woman...

but watch

how a man handles this.

What are you doing, Maniac?

I'm gonna finish this

argument once andfor all...

'cause this...

This takes balls.

Maniac.

Open fire. Shoot him.

You better open fire, or I will.

It's all

in the timing. It's my shot.

Come on. My shot.

No! Sh*t! Pull up, Rosie!

Rosie, pull up! Pull up!

Rosie, can you hold her?

I couldfly this thing

and cook you breakfast.

Quit showing off.

All right. You eject...

and I'm gonna tractor you home.

Oh, you'd love that one,

wouldn't you?

The ejection system is fried.

That ain't no thing.

We'll just do it together, OK?

Justfollow me in, all right?

Con, Con. This is Baker Three

and Baker Four.

We're coming in,

and we're coming in hot.

Get everything off that deck

that ain't bolted down. Over.

Roger that.

Baker Three and Baker Four,

you are cleared to land.

We're coming in too fast, Rosie.

That's it. Just line it up.

Almost there. Easy.

Just ease it in, girl.

I love it when you talk dirty.

Get that nose up, marine!

Pull up, Rosie!

Forbes?

Rosie?

No. Rosie?

Hey! Get me a medic.

Get me a medic!

Hey! Someone get me

a rescue crew!

Get me a rescue crew!

Get me a medic!

Get a rescue crew!

No!

She's outside the airlock!

You go through thatfield,

you're history.

Give me a suit!

Somebody give me a suit!

Rosie.

Rosie. Rosie, can you hear me?

Baker One,

we need to get out of here.

Rosie.

We're running

on fumes here, boss.

Baker Leader to Con.

Push that wreckage off the deck.

What is that?

What is that?

No, no, no.

OK, look.

She's alive. I know.

I can see her eyes.

Stop it, please!

I'm gonna go get her,

all right?

- I'm gonna go get her.

- You are not going out there!

Get away from me,

you son of a b*tch Pilgrim!

You are not going out there!

Listen, ma'am...

Lieutenant Marshall!

You disobeyed a direct order...

which during wartime

is considered treason...

and punishable by death.

Hunter, give me your gun.

Whoa. Whoa.

You can't bring her back.

Give me your gun.

You holster that gun!

She's the C.O., Nugget.

Do not do this.

It was a stupid accident.

He has to live with it.

Shh. It's OK.

If you endanger another pilot...

you're dead.

There.

Put her down there.

Aye-aye, sir.

Decoy away, commander.

She's got a bigger

electronic signature...

than the Concordia.

I think she'llfool them.

I hope you're right.

Secure all active scanners.

Passive systems only.

That's

the Kilrathi battle group.

They're following the decoy.

They've missed us!

- Come on!

- Quiet. Shh!

There's a destroyer hunting us.

They've spotted us.

No, no, no.

We're in a dense radiation belt.

Gamma rays

are clouding their screens.

If they can't see or hear,

they won'tfind us.

They're nuking every crater.

Methodical bastards.

The doors are failing.

Grab anything that will seal it!

Come on!

Whoa-ohh!

You just gonna sit there

and watch him die?

Hold on, B!

I'm coming!

I'm going to get him.

Take this end, tie it off.

I'm going to get him.

- Maniac!

- Coming, B!

Tie it secure.

Hold on. I'm comin'!

Maniac!

Aah!

Uhh!

Come on!

Come on!

Come on!

Pressure loss

is stabilized. All cabins...

What are you gonna do

when I'm not around, huh?

- Medic!

- Uhh...

Save your strength.

She would've come

back in if it wasn'tfor me.

No, no.

She knew what she was doing.

No. No. I should've been

watching her back.

Medic!

She was a fighter pilot

in a war zone.

She didn't need help

from you or anybody.

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