Part Ten - History, Returned

Race for the Prize

RRW Kormoran

The door slid open, admitting Commander Temoris to Kormoran’s small cargo bay.  Usually filled with provisions and other supplies that the bird of prey might need during a patrol, some of those crates had been moved into the corridor outside to make way for the ship’s more recently-acquired [...]

Part Nine - Meanwhile, Planetside...

Race for the Prize

RRW Kormoran

The glow of the transporter faded for the last time, leaving fifteen figures standing on an icy mountainside.  In their environmental suits they were comfortable, but the air outside was blisteringly cold and incredibly thin, even by the standards of the altitude.  The planet to which they had [...]

Chapter Eight - Paths Converge

Race for the Prize

RRW Kormoran

The interior lights remained low as the cloaked bird of prey raced along, its two thin and curved warp nacelles propelling it invisibly towards its objective.  Aboard, the ship’s commander sat silently in his command chair, considering his options.  Spies within the Republic had confirmed that [...]

Part Seven: Hot on the Trail

Race for the Prize

RRW Kormoran

RRW Kormoran dropped out of warp, her swooping form rendered invisible by her cloaking device.  Around her, debris from a years-past battle – the final battle of her predecessor, IRW Kormoran, recently located and solemnly scuttled to prevent the wrecked d’Deridex-class warbird’s capture [...]