chapter = Chapter 1 Finding SDF-3

author = Ronnie Floyd

dedicate = Carla Fox, for her great fan fic Bittersweet Destiny it motivated me to take all the thoughts in my head and put them together in a fan fic.

Rating = AP15

Type = Alternative Universe

fanfic = Chapter1

Finding the SDF-3

The year is 2044 a search has begun for Admiral Rick Hunter and the SDF-3, Captain Grant finds himself helplessly guiding the Ark Angel back to the SDF-3’s last know location in the Omicron Sector.

“Captain, we will be coming out of space fold in 3-2-1...” said Louie

Captain grant gave an affirmative head nod, folding his hands behind his back and watching the display screen in front of him. In the display screen was a blue and purplish tunnel spiraling over the entire ship, giving a sensation of traveling through a majestic color marble tunnel.

There was the sound of the space fold disengaging and the tunnel became long bright blue streaks of light only for a second until the Ark Angel slowed and the stars became dots of lights suspended in space once again.

“Sir, The SDF-3 is right where we left it.” Louie exclaimed.

“No Louie, Look they have drifted closer to the black hole.” Captain Grant said pointing to a read out on the monitor.

“CAPTAIN, SDF-3 IS STILL UNDER ATTACK FROM THOSE CHILDREN OF THE SHADOW THINGS!!!” yelled one of the crewmen sitting at a computer in the front of the control bridge.

“They are called Haydonites.” Janice chimed in from the back of the control room where she was standing by the entrance door. Captain Grant looked over his left shoulder ad Janice for a moment then back to the monitor.

“It doesn’t matter what they call themselves they can still be shot down, SCRAMBLE ALL FIGHTERS!” Ordered Captain Grant

The alarm sounded through out the Ark Angel, red lights flashing in every room. The door leading from the barracks to the hanger slid open and hundreds of pilots came running in zipping up their flight suits and climbing into their VFAs. Lieutenant Floyd walked nervously into the hanger rubbing the new Wolf Squadron emblem on the shoulder of his flight suit.

“Not even 24 hours since I got promoted to squad leader and given two rookies put under my command and now I have to lead them into battle to save the SDF-3 and Admiral Hunter… Only the greatest pilot to ever fly a VF.” Lieutenant Floyd thought to himself.

Lieutenant Ronnie Floyd was 5’10; 180lbs with dirty blond hair that was parted down the middle just long enough to not need any gel and cover the top of his ears. He was not very big and muscular but his mussels were well defined, and they even threw in a tight six pack at the additional cost of three hundred sit ups everyday. His eyes wear a blue/green mix that reflected the color of the deep clean ocean waters off the shores of Hawaii when the sun reflected off of them.

“Floyd.” Said a familiar feminine voice behind him, Ronnie turned to see his old squad leader Commander Sterling.

“They finally gave you your own squad?” she said raising a brow in a teasing manner.

Ronnie nodded in affirmation to Commander Sterling’s question.

“Still the quiet brooding type I see, I just hope these rookies put you through as much hell and drive you as crazy as you did to me.” She said grinning.

Ronnie just rolled his eyes and turned for his VFA.

Ronnie was always trying to keep up with the greatness his reputation kept laying before him, having lost his family on the SDF-3 in and explosion during an attack, Captain Grant took Ronnie under his wing (His parents were family friends with the Grants.) this left his training instructors expecting perfection in all his training excursuses, and all the ladies afraid to show any interest or say yes when he would ask any out for a date, no one wanted to go home and meet the parents, they were in to much aw over all that Captain Grant has done for Earth, and Mrs. Grant, if she found any sickness or injury it was like a shark smelling blood in the water, but that drive is what has made her the best Medical personal on any RDF ship.

“Go get them tiger.” Commander Sterling yelled out laughing as she said it then turned and walked toward her own VFA, Ronnie just threw his hand in the air half heartedly in a what ever gesture, and climbed into the cockpit of his VFA.

“Ok, guys this is it the real thing, don’t think you are ready for combat know you are.” Ronnie said looking at his two new squad men in the two monitors on the sides of his cockpit.

“SIR!” both men replied in harmony.

“Wolf squadron, move into position to take off, you will be covering Omicron vector-7 with the Skull squadron.” A voice chimed through his helmet radio.

“Rodger Bridge, Wolf Pack line up, and prepare for takeoff.” Ronnie answered back over the open channel radio, once all three VFAs lined up and they were given the green light the wolf squadron fired their boosters and raced off into space. The Skull squadron took off right behind them and the six fighters moved into position to cover their sector.

“Ok boys; keep an eye on your monitors that black hole wont affect your Veritech, unless you get in real deep, but watch out for any large ships or large pieces of dibber that could hit you and suck you in real fast.” Said Commander Sterling’s voice over the radio

“Yes Ma’am” replied five male voices.

Arriving at Vector-7 several squads of Haydonites fighters swarmed to engage them in battle.

“There are to many of them.” One of the rookies said holding a hint of fear in his voice.

“Ok, break formation, but try to cover each others backs.” Ronnie ordered

All six VFAs spread out, and Ronnie accelerated to pull ahead of the others, quickly switching from fighter to BATTLOID MODE, sending his Battloid into a head first spin he pulls his gun out and starts firerring rapidly leaving a wall of bullets in front of them and detonating all the missiles before they come close enough to harm the VFAs. Knowing what Ronnie was going to do Commander Sterling pulled up right behind him, and as soon as he stopped firering, she pulled up flying just above him as the pulled through the firery wall of explosions in front of them Commander Sterling unloaded her own barrage of missiles. As the battle roars on space is literally stuffed with fighter jets, command ships, and explosions of all sizes.

“Marcus, watch your back.” Called Ronnie shooting down an enemy fighter right behind Marcus’s battloid.

“Thanks LT. I owe you one.” Marcus said.

“You can buy me dinner tonight after all this is done.” Ronnie replied.

Commander Sterling dodged as three enemy fighters fired at her from behind, she accelerated until she came close to maximum thrust, suddenly switching into Guardian mode and putting her thrusters into sudden reverse, the three fighters took evasive action to avoid slamming into the back of her fighter. The force of the sudden stop jerked Commander Sterling forward straining her chest against her safety restraints and then slamming her into the back of her seat, the impact was so great it knocked the wind out of her but she was able to sight the three fighters zoom past and her computer targeted and locked onto all three of them. “Fire!” Commander Sterling tried to yell but she still hadn’t regained her breath, several missiles launched from her fighter blowing up all three fighters.

Commander Sterling coughed and gasped s she regained air in her lungs once again.

“Oh that is going to leave a mark.” She thought to herself rubbing her chest.

Suddenly her VFA started shaking violently and alarms inside her cockpit were sounding off, in a panic Commander Sterling looked at her controls and saw that she had drifted closer to the black hole then she wanted, and it was sucking her in.

“Crap!” She yelled as she opened her thrusters and started to slowly climb our of the black ole’s pull.

Another Haydonite command ship moved into position just outside of vector-7 and unleashed wave after wave of enemy fighters racing towards the 6 VFAs guarding that sector.

“STERLING, GET OUT OF THRE!” Ronnie yelled into the intercom.

“I am still stuck in the gravitational pull of the black hole.” She replied.

“SKULL SQUADRON, WOLF PACK FALL BACK TO COMMANDER STERLING NOW!” Ronnie ordered.

All five VFAs raced as quickly as they could to Commander Sterling’s position. Ronnie opened his thrusters for all they were worth, pulling away from the others firering missiles and his gun way in advance clearing a path for him and his men that fallowed. Ronnie was not going to let anything happen to Commander Sterling, she was the only one who understood him… With her parents and grand parents playing such vital roles in man kinds continued existents the last name of Sterling carried quit a load of pressure to live up to. Everything slowed down right in front of Ronnie’s eyes, all he could think about was ever since he joined the RDF Sterling has always been there to bail him out… He could talk to her, and open up to her, she understood where he was coming from… everyone on the Ark Angel joked around that they were dating, but there was no real truth to the rumor, they just spent a lot of time together going over battle tactics and their VFAs.

“Almost there.” Ronnie thought to himself as he raced onward getting closer to Commander Sterling’s location.

Suddenly another wave of enemy fighters moved around from the front side of the Ark Angel and moved in behind the racing VFAs.

“What the…” one of the rookies started to say before his voice was over thrown by the sound of his VFA blowing up.

“Behind us.” Yelled the other just before a dozen missiles impacted on his VFA and it vanished into a bright ball of fire. Marcus switched his fighter into battloid mode and flying way from the new wave of fighters at the batteloid’s feet he opened the thrusters as much as he could trying to stay as far in front of them as he can, pulling his gun out and moving hid battloid into a semi-sitting up position Marcus opened fire shooting between his legs and at the enemy fighters.

“AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!” Marcus yelled.

Commander Sterling was able to maneuver left and right ok allowing her to avoid her attackers thus far, but with out being able to move forward and unable to go back or get sucked into a black hole, she found her self a sitting duck. There must have been over sixty enemy fighters between Ronnie and Commander Sterling, but Ronnie never hesitated not reduced his speed, he just flew right into them and one of the biggest dog fights of his life.

Ronnie made a big barrel roll firering missiles taking out several enemy fighters, then he raced toward a big patch of fights with several dozen enemy missiles hot on his tail.

“Wait for it… Wait for it.” Ronnie thought to himself as he came close and closer to the group of fighters. “NOW!” He yelled pulling up just before running into them, but it was to late for the missiles to change course and another ten fighters were blown up by their own missiles. There was only one Haydonite fighter left near Commander Sterling, and Ronnie locked onto him and fired his last set of missiles, but before they could destroy the fighter, it fired its own bombardment of missiles at Commander Sterling. Commander Sterling evaded the missile bombardment the best she could but several missiles clipped the rear of her VFA.

“I’M HIT, I’M HIT… MY THRUSTERS ARE GONE!” Commander Sterling cried as she rapidly gained speed in the direction of the center of the black hole.

“Marcus, keep out exit clear I am going after the Commander.” Ronnie ordered as he dove straight at the center of the black hole.

“Yes Sir, I got the exit covered.” Marcus replied shooting down several more enemy fighters.

“Ronnie, don’t, it’s too dangerous.” Said Commander Sterling.

“All the fun jobs are.” Ronnie said jokingly winking at her image on his monitor.

“NO! LT. Floyd do not come after me that is a direct order, if you save me I will have you thrown in the brig. IS THAT CLEAR!?!” Commander Sterling ordered.

“Bridge better start preparing a cell for me in the brig.” He replied

As Ronnie caught up to commander Sterling’s VFA he switched to battloid mode.

“YOU STUBBERN…” Commander Sterling started to but Ronnie cut her off.

“Look I am all ready here, now shut up and eject.” Ronnie said with the need of haste in his voice.

Commander Sterling sighed and pulled the ejection bar, a small explosion just behind the cockpit disengaged the cockpit at the base of the rest of the fighter. Ronnie used one of the arms of the battloid to grab a hold of Commander Sterling and fired off his thrusters to head out of the black hole. Suddenly several gun blasts ripped through several parts of Ronnie’s VFA.

“Almost out, hold on baby.” Ronnie said under his breath

Suddenly his thrusters went out and he started drifting back into the black hole.

“Marcus, quick catch.” Ronnie said as he threw Commander Sterling’s cockpit like a football.

“What are you doing…NO!!!” Commander Sterling yelled hysterically, as Marcus swooped down and snatched her up at the fringe of the gravitational pull of the black hole and ignited his boosters heading back to the Ark Angel.

Ronnie got sucked into the black hole, and his veritech started shaking violently his vision started to blur his stomach turned, everything turned really dark, all he could hear was a loud rumbling, he felt like he was on a rollercoaster, getting thrown right, left forward, bright light raced by in flashing stripes of light flashing lighting up the cockpit like a disco ball, the pressure pushing him back into the seat pulling the blood out of his brain and forcing it all down to his feet, Ronnie’s skull felt like it was going to split into two… then he passed out.

Ronnie blinked his vision blurry, he lifted his head trying to wipe his eyes but the face shield on his helmet prevented him from doing so. Ronnie blinked a few more times before his eyes started to focus, his ears were still ringing loudly from the rumbling.

“Am I dead?” he thought to him self

Ronnie’s vision was fading from double to triple back to double and then finally focusing and settling on single vision. Ronnie’s eyes grow wide, and his mouth dropped open, it took Ronnie a couple of moments to realize what he was looking at, he shook his hear to try and clear out the cobwebs out of his head and make sure he wasn’t dreaming.

“Earth.” That one word escaped from Ronnie’s lips as he realized it was his home planet he was looking at, some how the black hole didn’t crush him but shot him out of some kind of tare in the space atmosphere right in front of the Earth. Ronnie picked up the readings of a base and set his concordance into his computer and headed for Earth, as he broke through the atmosphere he picked up a transmission on the open com line.

“Max, the base is asking you to retreat, Right now.” A voice said

“They want me to retreat? Wha… Wait, I don’t get it what’s the big ideal..” Max replied.

“That bandit on your tail is trying to hard.” Said the first voice

“So what?” Asked Max.

“So they want to find out what his game is.” The first voice said.

“You got it.” Max replied.

Ronnie look out over the battle from high above, then he saw something… Something Imposable.

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