(First time doing a fan fiction so hopefully it wont be too bad but spoilers its about my character Draugr and the Org the Iron Wolves and how they deal with the fall of Caliban. Draugr is himself young in the stories where as in the game he will be a old Outlaw the stories is about what drives him and the Iron Wolves to becoming outlaws) The ship trembled as the stresses of the engine tests payed there tole, "Is it ready" a youngish man in UEE navy captains uniform with shoulder length hair and a pair of fresh scars stretching from his nose to his left jaw bone asks, "It is but shes running above expected temperature" states a older man in UEE navy Chief Engineers clothing with a cybernetic left leg, the ship is a unknown configuration for its time later to be known as a prototype of the RSI Polaris, she sits in dry dock at a station platform orbiting Caliban IV known to the locals as the "Iron Giant". The captain says to a young blond lady lady in UEE communication officer "Bring up comms to the station", there is the sound of static followed by a disembodied voice "This is Fort Jotunn" the captain replies "This is the UEN Tyrant requesting permission to undock" The engines roar to life as the ship looses its moorings, the captain known as Draugr is nervous as this is his first appointed ship as rank captain and a prototype none the less, he guesses it must be because the Vanduul raids are getting more common, his anxiety builds with every shake and rattle of the hull as the ship pull away to the distance from the station. He turns to the communication officer and navigator and says "Valkyrie set a course to the rendezvous point we must meet with Garmr and Weaver" she nods and sets a course. He then turns to the helm a female of the same age with bright purple hair arranged into a braided mohawk "Woe bring us into Quantum" the Q drive starts to spin up and relief to know that it is working flows over him. The sound of the spin up comes to a head then Bang there in quantum traveling at quite some speed. Everyone relaxes once in Q, Woe starts to play star marine while in the pilots chair, Ranger the engineer leaves the bridge to go play pool with the other engineers. Draugr lets the events of the last few months wash over him and the events that lead to this surprising twist of faith that lead to his little band of combat engineers being trusted with a ship all of their own, he laughs to himself that he was the one the brass used to call when they needed something detonated so its only fitting that he is put in command of a ship with 32 tactical nuclear warheads, followed by a sense of dread this is the UEE and this is Caliban the arse end of the logistics chain, they wouldnt send us 32 nukes without a damned good reason. Then he remembers the bloody ambush by the vanduul that nearly killed him and his team, killing many of the others including his own father. He feels angry now it washes through him hot and heavy "They took my father, they took my face and they took half my men" His ruminations are cut short by them arriving at the rendezvous immediately the comms panel lights up as a hail is received, before him hovers the faces of Garmr his Commanding officer a middle aged man with a bald head massive greying beard and cybernetic left eye and Weaver his mentor a slightly younger woman with flowing red hair and shining blue eyes, both spouting greetings to their brother in arms. "Hail we have arrived and the ship seems to be in working order" Draugr says, formality is not a requirement in the Iron Wolves the unit he is with. Garmr says in a gruff voice layed harsh by years of shouting orders on the front lines of untold battlefields"Sure is nice to have these ships almost seems like luxury compared to what we are used to, whats left of us anyway" realizing Garmr likely hit a nerve with the loss of Draugrs father she says "Iam sorry for your loss he was a good man and a better leader", realizing his folly Garmr states"yeah sorry about the Boss he will be missed" "Well guess we should get onto why we are here" Garmr states trying to move the conversation onto a more pleasant topic "Admiral Morgan is in system with a fucking Bengal theres a big massive fuck off fleet for hearts and minds or some shit i dont need to tell you how much of a joke it is for them to be parading around Caliban with a damned warfleet winning hearts and minds of people they dont give the faintest about, you know as well as i do that Caliban is at no risk of seeing such a fleet when its actually needed. Either way our orders are to intercept anything that might scuff the paint of that Bengal well Vanduul treats at least thats out specialty after all" Weaver sighs and gives the comms menu a long look, Draugr replies "Intercept the Xenos filth so the shiny boys dont get there suits dirty, got it" The Tyrant ship takes position along side its 2 sister ships and make ready to quantum to the Viking jump bridge. when suddenly "Fuck where did that come from" Garmr shouts as a torpedo strikes the broadside of his ship, "a small Vanduul fleet has deployed right on top of us the fighters are just 3km away" Valkyrie interrupts, "Battle-stations and launch fighter" Draugr shouts. Master gunner Einherjar shouts "load flak and fire once there within 2km". Fire rains out from the Tyrant scrapping 2 vanduul fighters, Garmrs ship takes out another 3 but is loosing pressure from the torpedo impact damage control systems are online and sealing off the effected areas, Weavers ship takes evasive action and dump counter measures to narrowly avoid another torpedo while killing one small bomber. "Were good but lost starboard turrets" Garmr exclaims. "Where did the torps come from there must be something stealthy launching them" Weaver says. Valkrie scans down the local area and finds a signature that would likely be a ship then plots course for it. "Woe give chase we need to figure out what the hel that was" Draugr orders. As the Tyrant gets closer they see a modified void bomber "Einherjar disable that thing i want to bring that back for research" Draugr orders, a exchange of gunfire ensues followed by a torpedo that is avoided by the tyrant, eventually the void bomber looses control and enters a spin, "Prepare for boarding" Draugr says sounding more like him self than he has in months since the ambush but as he says that "Energy surges from the targets reactor they are overloading it" says Valkyrie. The ship blows up blowing the docking collar off the Tyrant in the process. A klaxon flares on the ship indicating structural damage, "Is everyone alive?" Draugr exclaims responded to with a resounding "Yes". The comms array sparks up with the concern of the other 2 captains who are then assured everyone is accounted for. The fleet runs a report of the event and proceeds on their mission despite the combat damage for we must "trust in the hull" as Draugr puts it. End Part 1: (ill probably reply with new sections to the story set in my characters back story)