Four Dralthi in an asteroid field, fighting a pair of Raptors. Only time I ever feel sick.ДЇor a parting joke, a quartet of Dralthi tried to jump us among the rocks on our way home. Any time the Claw jumps, thereвЂ™s at least two birds in the tubes, locked and loaded if thereвЂ™s any surprises on the other side. Maybe they werenвЂ™t expecting company right after a jump, but it still seemed sloppy. I donвЂ™t know why the Fralthi didnвЂ™t launch more birds. We managed to make pretty short work of the Krants. Besides, a larger strike group would only encounter a larger escort. But knowing Kilrathi tactics, we couldnвЂ™t leave that ship there. Technically, Ice and my orders were to recon and head home. Instead they were supposed to work in pairs to maintain space superiority, or park a single one in high orbit around a planet that you wanted controlled. Fralthi werenвЂ™t meant to operate alone, like the Claw. On the other hand, they were faster, and carried a heavier organic weapon complement. Wing Commander, first released in 1990 by Origin Systems, is a flight combat game interwoven with a cinematic storyline set in the 27th century. I donвЂ™t think IвЂ™d ever seen a Fralthi-class heavy cruiser before, but there it was, hanging right there in space, surrounded by four Krants from its on-board fighter wing.Д¬ompared to our Concordia-class carriers, the Fralthis were a bit smaller, and carried a smaller fighter complement. Iceman and I got tasked with checking on one of them. Ops had detected some big strike packages coming through the jump point. Lose, and weвЂ™d be fighting a delaying action trying to get the remnants of humanity out of the Vega Quadrant. Stop the cats here, and weвЂ™d have a clean shot straight into Venice, their command system. One way or another, this was make or break. We were almost done in the Rostov system.

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