Editing Eric McDermott (section)

==Mission One: [[The Flames of Ragnarock]]==

Following what has become standard for his career, McDermott’s Transfer to his new posting did not go smoothly. While on route his Runabout, the Rapier, came under attack by three Runabouts that were a part of [[Doenitz]] forces and was engaged in a running battle right up to his rendezvous with the [[USS Dennison]]. McDermott was able to destroy or disable two of the pursuing vessels and with the help of a shuttle sent by the Dennison he was able to drive off the third.

Within hours of his arrival yet another crises precipitated by Ensign [[Chance Temerarious]], who was a Doenitz agent attempting to commandeer the ship in order to turn it over to Doenitz forces. McDermott was prevented from having to take action when the officer changed his mind and asked to join the 52nd fleet. McDermott immediately placed all involved under arrest.

[[image:mdp1.jpg|thumb|left|'''Chaos at the Mars Defense Perimeter!''']]

After representing both Temerarious and the Dennison’s Chief Medical Officer Ensign(sg) [[Lewis Nymes]] at their hearings McDermott returned to the Dennison and engaged in a frenzy of activity preparing it for the coming conflict at sector 001.

After a stay at Geneva that was just a little over twenty-four hours in length the Dennison raced to Sector 001 to rejoin the fleet for the battle. At the subspace river terminus they were joined by the USS Ajax, USS Sutherland and USS Lydia, which together formed a squadron to reinforce the fleet assets already in system at Terra. Still serving as Dennison First Officer, McDermott was also required to take on the job of Strategic Operations Officer for the entire group.

Coming late into the battle the Dennison group quickly moved to engage enemy forces that were attacking the [[USS Nimitz]] and [[USS Hades]] and their escorts while moving in against the heavy fortifications of the Mars Defense Perimeter. Despite the best efforts of the Dennison they were unable to prevent the destruction of the Nimitz but were able to rescue many of her crew and blunt the follow up attack on the Hades.

With the MDP neutralized and [[Starbase Valhalla]] captured the Dennison Task Force engaged several more groups of disorganized enemy vessels before patrolling the outer system for stragglers. 

[[image:sfcaftermath.jpg|thumb|right|'''Battered but Unbowed''']]

Just before the final assault on Terra a small task force of vessels led by the USS Caesar Regnum warped into the system with the intent of making use of a massive Thalaron Radiation Generator, capable of producing Focused Cascading Biogenic pulses. The Regnum’s mission was to ensure that if Doenitz lost the war, there would be no Terra left to save.

During the battle both the Lydia and Sutherland was destroyed with the Ajax being so badly mauled that it would have to be scuttled after the battle. Despite this the Task Force was able to destroy the Regnum and it’s escorts before they could carry out their aims of genocide on Terra.

During the climax of the Battle, McDermott who was in command of the Dennison’s section two during a Tri-Vector Assault on the massive warship was critically injured. Impaled by a strut directly to the command chair, McDermott remained in command until the conclusion of the battle before finally succumbing to his wounds.

McDermott spent the remainder of the final battle of the Deonitz Civil War on an operating table with doctors struggling to save his life. He did so however with the knowledge that the battle had been all but won.


===[[McDermott's Personal Log]] Click to View.===