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The Battle of the Great Wall
Wai Cheuk Leu
ince the year 2067, chemical warfare and a series of natural disasters had turned the earth into an
endless sea, with the exception of skyscrapers and mountains. There, half the survivors banded into the
Draconian Empire, a series of wicked governments and “elite” citizens in a military complex. The rest,
the forsaken, had banded together after a mad scramble of piracy and engineering hacks has happened
between each other. The Forsaken Council was preparing to officially declare war on the Draconians, although
the war had already gone on for 7 years.
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months ago, the Forsaken discovered the Great Wall. The Council decided to preserve it and guard it due
to its historic value. But the Draconians wanted it also.
“
Hey! Massive Draconian movement on radar!” Captain Harlock shouted at them.
“
We’ve got another few hundred ships out there. We can attack for the moment, and call in reinforcements.”
A few hours later, they were ready.
“
Enemy Dreadnoughts heading towards us. 3 on starboard.”
Around 10 Hammerheads split off from the group, as 2 more Dreadnoughts joined the original 3
Hammerheads.
“
Group A , charge. Group B, snipe.”
The Draconians also surged forward. One of the Forsaken ships launched a Pinch Rocket after realising the
Dreadnoughts had Siege Rockets. Siege Rockets launched multiple warheads at a very fast rate, rendering CIWS
guns useless. The Pinch Rocket could paralyse the Dreadnoughts for about 30 seconds.
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of the Dreadnoughts stopped suddenly as the Pinch Rocket exploded. The 5th charged forward.
Just as Group B launched their Solid Fuel Booster-class Cutlass Missiles, which gave them a considerably
longer range. The Dreadnought armed a Draconian version of the CIWS.
The damage was enormous. Although the ship didn’t sink, it was heavily on fire.
As the fleet sank the Dreadnoughts, the other ships were now battling Draconian turrets.
Each Draconian turret consisted of a platform with a missile system.
The group had split in half and they were constantly moving parallel to the Draconian turrets. The group
with Ripper Cannons and Maelstrom Rockets moved incredibly close to the Draconians, risking gunfire from
the Defence Cannons.
“
When are the reinforcements arriving?”
“
We have Barracudas here in 8 hours, Hammerheads in 12, and Sea Wolves in 15. The Goliaths need 3 days,
though, they aren’t that quick. We’re seeing if they might send Stalkers.”
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hours later, they began their retreat. They had used all their ammunition.
Three fleets began to appear. These fleets had little weapons, but they were designed to carry ammunition
and even had quite a number of hospital spaces.
Suddenly, the ship shook.
“
The Draconians!”
The Sea Wolves were locked in a battle against Draconian Interdictors, the equivalent of the Sea Wolf.
The Sea Wolves were firing at Interdictors with their Cutlass Missiles. But they were too slow. The
Interdictors charged forward. The Forsaken were forced to change paths immediately as the Interdictors caught
up. Well, at least the Sea Wolves Ion Thrusters worked.”
The group of 4 Interdictors had 2 of their ships sunk by the missiles. The remaining Sea Wolves split apart.
“
Radar detecting enemy Strike Cruisers, closing in!”
“
Get the Javelins out!”
The FGM-148 Javelin was a small arms heavily explosive weapon, but before they fired their guns, the
Interdictor blasted into pieces. The Barracuda submarines had come.
“
Strike cruisers! Over there!”
“
Firing angel flares and chaff!”
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cells flew open, and with 4 missiles.
Then they exploded. The chemical flares illuminating the sky in the early morning. The Halo Rockets from
the Strike Cruisers were launched too, they exploded in midair into dozens of bombs.
But they drove into the flares. Since the rockets were heat-seeking, they hit the flares instead of the ship.