Editing Battle of Beta Seranis III (section)

==(USS Hades - Phlegathon Bridge - ASEC Ensign Baylon Trinin  - 1745)==
 
The tension on the Phlegathon Bridge was so think he could have cut through it with his Andorian Chaka. Everyone knew that they were outnumbered, using an untried vessel, and an experimental tactical system. These factors were always the types that added tension to the already palpable primal fear of the genesis weapon.
 
The distance between the Phlegathon and the enemy battle wing was diminishing rapidly. As he had expected the enemy fleet commander was no fool. He had ordered his ships to increase velocity in an attempt to decrease the length of time that the Phlegathon could enjoy their superior range advantage.
 
Their battle fleet commander was skilled and experienced.
 
"Captain, The enemy Ship's are now at extreme range!" he reported. The helmsman was continuing to avoid the larger asteroids in the field with ease and was once again maneuvering the Phlegathon behind a large asteroid to block the line of sight from the enemy fleet.

[...]

Baylon watched as the fore of the Phlegathon broke the edge of the asteroid. As soon as the forward launchers were clear, he jabbed a rapid series of attacks against the enemy vessels.
 
The quantum torpedo spread was targeting a vessel just to the left of the centermost ship, which Baylon believed to be the task force command ship.  The Phlegathon's phasers reached out at their extreme range, smashing into the forward shields of the two ships to the command vessel's immediate right.
 
Trinin purposely ignored the command vessel, hoping instead to cause the individual ship commanders to deviate from their formation and cause the enemy line to falter. If he could just give them enough reason to believe that they were in danger....
 
He was reading only minimal damage on the two vessels struck by phaser fire. The vessel that he had fired the torpedoes at however, was not fairing as well. She had been hit by three of the five torpedoes, directly in her forward shields. The shields had been severely weakened by the impacts and the captain had reacted exactly as Baylon had hoped he would.
 
The starship broke away from the center ship, causing the other ships on that wing to immediately deviate their course or risk a collision. The formation was collapsing, as the right wing of the enemy task force continued forward on their original course while the left wing struggled to avoid collision and to attempt to reform their line. The command ship's left flank was now exposed to attack.
 
For his trouble, Baylon sent another series of phaser pulses to stitch along the port side of the enemy Captain's ship.  
 
While things were still unwinding on the enemy left, Baylon fired another series of five quantum torpedoes at the vessels to the right of the command ship. Each of the vessels were struck twice, but their Captains had greater discipline and they held their formation.
 
"Captain I suggest that we cross through the enemy line between the command ship and the ship to her immediate right. Then swing around to attack the enemy left from behind. We can concentrate fire on their right flank to break the rest of their formation, then harry their left and prevent them from reforming. We can continue to perform the maneuver as needed to press our advantage."
 
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There were only a few more seconds remaining before the enemy vessels were at their maximum weapons range, then things would start to get dicey.