[Third Person View]
While Asher was making himself comfortable in his command chair and enjoying the time he and his crew were flying to the gas giant with the asteroid belt, they were blissfully unaware of the dramatic and intense battle happening just opposite of the planet.
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A beautiful young Girl could be seen sitting in a command chair and around her were several people controlling the spaceship.
They all seem hectic and had despair in their eyes as if a they encountered a great threat which they are trying to get away from. And you are right if you guessed it, they were being attacked.
On the opposite of the planet 11 spaceships, which looked like long oval rounded metal boxes with three to four battleship turrets and one look alike battleship bridge like those from the ships of World War Two could be seen mounted on top of each spacecraft, were clashing fiercely with shells.
"Your Highness you must evacuate, those republic b*stards have laid and ambush for us, we will give you enough time to evacuate by sacrificing us!" said a sturdy old man through a screen on the girls right side.
"No, by my name Aria von Hohenburg and Imperial Princess of Hohenburg, I order that nobody shall scarify their lives for mine... we will find a way out of here." said the girl on the chair.
She was currently the commander of five Imperial Cruisers of the Intergalactic Empire of Hohenburg and as the 4th Princess, she was sent to a secret mission to a colony, which is close to the borders of their current attackers.
The Imperials were currently attacked by 6 heavy cruise spaceships of the galactic republic of Kendmills which surprisingly or not, is at war with the Empire. However, both sides are at a stalemate currently and only occasionally have small skirmishes along the borders, but not so deep behind their lines.
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[POV-Change to Aria von Hohenburg]
My name is Aria von Hohenburg I was send by my father the emperor to a colony, which is near the borders, because new precious metal deposits have been found and I should be the one overseeing it.
Therefore, I was given five Imperial Cruisers and our trip was supposed to be secret.
But we never expected that we were driven out of hyperdrive.
(Author Note: Although the empire, republic and other kingdoms have hyperdrive they are inferior to Resurgent-Class Star Destroyer in all aspects, so you can look forward to some badass moments)
After we jumped out, we noticed six heavy cruisers.
Thanks to the symbols on both of their sides, we immediately noticed who we were dealing with. They were from the republic of Kendmills our enemies.
Afterward they started shooting at us and we returned the incoming shells in kind.
We immediately guessed that the empire must have a traitor in its ranks.
Which brings us to our current situation.
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Boom!
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"How far are we from the nearest colony" I said in a panicked voice to my secretary and caretaker Emily, who was with me through my childhood which is why we call each other's names and not titles.
"Aria according to our current location the nearest colony with a garrison is two star systems away which was also our destination of our trip" said Emily in a hectic tone.
"Quick send a distress signal to our garrison at the colony we must hold on until they arrive" I ordered to the people below me.
Unbeknown to her, the distress signal she sent was picked up by a nearby entity that was vastly superior to the entire world. And is racing to the battlefield to capture her.
Boom!
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"Your Highness you must evacuate, those republic b*stards have laid and ambush for us, we will give you enough time to evacuate by sacrificing us!" said Ludwig, through a screen on my left, a captain of one of the ships I currently command.
"No, by my name Aria von Hohenburg and Imperial Princess of Hohenburg, I order that nobody shall scarify their lives for mine... we will find a way out of here." I said while racing my thoughts on how to turn around the situation.
"Emily when do you think the garrison will arrive?" I said in a worried tone.
"Aria due to our distance they will only arrive after three hours---- I fear by then the battle will be lost," said Emily
"Emily´s worries are not exaggerated, heavy cruisers are more resistant, have more amor and outclass our normal cruisers, by three hours we will be done fore. Quick Aria think of how you can survive this." I thought deeply
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We are currently in a hopeless battle and I have to think of a solution fast. Even if we turn around to flee, we would just be inviting our enemies to shoot us in the back, literally. I thought while glancing around the bridge from my chair.
"Your Highness two of our cruisers have suffered heavy damaged and are sinking" said a crew member below me.
"D*mmit" I cursed out loud gritting my teeth to think of a way to save us all.
Then I noticed the asteroid belt beside us. It would give us some time at least until the garrison arrives.
I quickly ordered "All ships into the asteroid belt! We will use the asteroids as shields hopefully giving us enough time till the garrison arrives."
"Yes, your highness!" all crew members shouted with a renewed look of hope in their eyes.
"We must hold out!" I thought while looking at our enemies with eyes of determination.
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[Author Note: Hello Readers hope you enjoyed the bonus chapter for this week, sorry for not uploading a chapter in the past few weeks because I was busy with exams. And my schedule is still packed with tests and the like, but I will try to update one chapter per week. I am trying with other changes of view and adding illustrations to the chapters from Pinterest, so let me know if you like it. Your Author Bye]