additions.
The original design placed the command bridge close to the surface, on the upper half, about one third from the stern. Now traditionalists had moved the command bridge to a more secure location. It also placed the command bridge close to the CIC or Combat Information Center. With additional software updates, redundant overlapping systems and the placement of the command bridge, the battlecruiser could suffer damage over forty percent of the ship and still be battle worthy. The overall shape of the command bridge was also different. Instead of the traditional rectangular shape the bridge was now oblong in shape with the command chair set back three quarters of the way from forward on a raised platform. Lighting on the bridge was kept low for the new addition every new warship featured. Every wall within held massive displays that circled the top half of every wall, displaying real time footage of the space around the warship. The traditional holographic table display was also present but the wall displays allowed the entire bridge crew to monitor the battle.
In addition to the location of the command bridge the battlecruiser two had also had several new updates to her weapon systems. They were now sporting the new Foxfire interceptor missile pods, capable of intercepting and destroying incoming enemy torpedoes. The Foxfire system could also be used against incoming enemy fighters but it tenuous at best. The engineers had claimed they were close to solving the bugs that prevented the pods from being an effective offensive weapon.
All of these new additions were achievements of human ingenuity, much to the distress of the Meshtrell. Meshtrell were dumbfounded to how a race such as the humans, who almost two years ago were barely space worthy, could understand and improve on Meshtrell technology.
Captain Jenson Donaldson enjoyed his new ship; she was beautiful, which was now out on her shakedown cruise. Even though it was so late, he found himself unable to sleep. He was as excited as a boy on Christmas morning to finally have his very own Battlecruiser. Everything sparkled with a new shine as he looked about the command bridge. Reading the tactical display he checked on the other four warships that accompanied the Phoenix. Of the four other warships present only one was a Battlecruiser, the EDF Minotaur, a recent addition to the fleet. The other three warships present were two heavy cruisers, the EDF Okinawa and the EDF Glasgow , and one light destroyer, the EDF Patriot . Donaldson didn’t know any of the captains well as all were newly promoted and had little to no combat experience. Only the commander of the Okinawa had any real combat experience with the Shenkar. Captain Donaldson had never met the young lady but he had heard she originally been stationed aboard the Sacrifice .
After making sure all was well with the other warships he turned back to his surroundings. Except for him there were only three other crew members on the bridge. He liked the late nights, it was relaxing to just sit in command chair and just enjoy the hum of all the equipment.
The sound of the door opening behind him made him look around to see the newcomer. Seeing who the newcomer formed a pit in his stomach causing him groan inwardly. Occasionally, one of the council of Earth would accompany a shakedown cruise to see how well the new crew performed and to report back their findings. Captain Donaldson unfortunately had been unlucky enough to have the President of France, Jacque Lecroix, on his shakedown cruise. Turning forward again, Captain Donaldson studied the tactical display on the command chairs personal computer. Trying as hard as he could he attempted to feign interest in a report of the latest readouts on the performance of the pulse drives. As he re-read the report for the second time he became aware
The original design placed the command bridge close to the surface, on the upper half, about one third from the stern. Now traditionalists had moved the command bridge to a more secure location. It also placed the command bridge close to the CIC or Combat Information Center. With additional software updates, redundant overlapping systems and the placement of the command bridge, the battlecruiser could suffer damage over forty percent of the ship and still be battle worthy. The overall shape of the command bridge was also different. Instead of the traditional rectangular shape the bridge was now oblong in shape with the command chair set back three quarters of the way from forward on a raised platform. Lighting on the bridge was kept low for the new addition every new warship featured. Every wall within held massive displays that circled the top half of every wall, displaying real time footage of the space around the warship. The traditional holographic table display was also present but the wall displays allowed the entire bridge crew to monitor the battle.
In addition to the location of the command bridge the battlecruiser two had also had several new updates to her weapon systems. They were now sporting the new Foxfire interceptor missile pods, capable of intercepting and destroying incoming enemy torpedoes. The Foxfire system could also be used against incoming enemy fighters but it tenuous at best. The engineers had claimed they were close to solving the bugs that prevented the pods from being an effective offensive weapon.
All of these new additions were achievements of human ingenuity, much to the distress of the Meshtrell. Meshtrell were dumbfounded to how a race such as the humans, who almost two years ago were barely space worthy, could understand and improve on Meshtrell technology.
Captain Jenson Donaldson enjoyed his new ship; she was beautiful, which was now out on her shakedown cruise. Even though it was so late, he found himself unable to sleep. He was as excited as a boy on Christmas morning to finally have his very own Battlecruiser. Everything sparkled with a new shine as he looked about the command bridge. Reading the tactical display he checked on the other four warships that accompanied the Phoenix. Of the four other warships present only one was a Battlecruiser, the EDF Minotaur, a recent addition to the fleet. The other three warships present were two heavy cruisers, the EDF Okinawa and the EDF Glasgow , and one light destroyer, the EDF Patriot . Donaldson didn’t know any of the captains well as all were newly promoted and had little to no combat experience. Only the commander of the Okinawa had any real combat experience with the Shenkar. Captain Donaldson had never met the young lady but he had heard she originally been stationed aboard the Sacrifice .
After making sure all was well with the other warships he turned back to his surroundings. Except for him there were only three other crew members on the bridge. He liked the late nights, it was relaxing to just sit in command chair and just enjoy the hum of all the equipment.
The sound of the door opening behind him made him look around to see the newcomer. Seeing who the newcomer formed a pit in his stomach causing him groan inwardly. Occasionally, one of the council of Earth would accompany a shakedown cruise to see how well the new crew performed and to report back their findings. Captain Donaldson unfortunately had been unlucky enough to have the President of France, Jacque Lecroix, on his shakedown cruise. Turning forward again, Captain Donaldson studied the tactical display on the command chairs personal computer. Trying as hard as he could he attempted to feign interest in a report of the latest readouts on the performance of the pulse drives. As he re-read the report for the second time he became aware
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