BACK on our side of the void...
An ISD discovered the disadavantages of being on the receiving end of cloaking technology, when 3 Defiant class ships materialized 1000 meters off its bow. They flew in tight, raking the surface of the ship with phaser fire and swarms of quantum torpedos. Several star destroyers blossomed into expanding clouds of superheated gases before the Imperial fleet even realized what had happened. To add to it, a group of starships of another unknown configuration decloaked in the midst of the raging battle, and descended upon the Imperial forces.
"Sir, we are recieving a message from the Klingons!" stated Ensign Jolen, helmsman of the North Carolina.
" Enlighten us, Ensign" replied Capt. Dexter Lane
" 'Today is a good day to die' .....sir?" stuttered the ensign
"Typical, ops get those Klingons on to our combat channel and have them focus their attacks on sector 89.36, tell them they'll need to put multiple ships on the larger capital vessels and keep evasive manuevers high. These ships have gunports inside their gunports."
"Aye Captain"
"Captain Yung!" blurted his second in command Bal Norvall, "the Imperius is being swarmed by these new ships!"
"Get me information on these ships now!" bellowed Yung as he watched the SSD Imperius fend off dozens of ships with fading results. " Bring our right flank in, and move their focus from the station to these new craft, while we deal with the Federation fleet" Imperial ships began to shift positions in reaction to the new threat and soon their turbolasers began finding targets with greater frequency. The tide of battle even began to tilt to the Empire's advantage until the Imperius was struck full in the bridge by a crippled Klingon Bird of Prey, the Blood of Kahless. The Captain, Tor N'gaath, realized his ship was fatally damaged and saw his only recourse as using the last of his warp power to ram the SSD. The ship hit the Imperius at warp 5, creating an explosion which vaporized the entire superstructure of the Imperius and tore the main body of the ship into two pieces which flew wildly into the melee. The resulting shockwave tossed the smaller Klingon and Federation vessles about violently, with the bulk of the star destroyers managing to ride the disturbance out.
"Sir, according to the Federation data banks these new ships belong to the Klingons, their technology is on an even keel with the Federation and it says they are a very aggressive species."
"Tell me something useful! Give me sheild strengths, tactical doctrines anything but they're an aggressive species! Pacifists do not take out an Imperial Super Star Destroyer, nor do they fend off dozens of the Empire's ships of the line! Fleet status, Norvall! Do something productive or I will make you wish for Lord Vader's attentions as opposed to mine!"
"We have a total of forty-seven ships fully functional, with eight damaged badly enough to warrant their extraction from the battlefield. Estimated losses for the combined Federation/Klingon fleet is at thirty-three ships sir, leaving them with well over two hundred ships fully functional."
".......Break off the attack and have the fleet move to hyperspace to regroup, set rendevous coordinates as 0.878.333 section zeta!"
"Yes sir!!"
A ragged cheer rose from the Federation/Klingon fleet as the invading ships broke away and rushed away towards the neutral zone, until someone realized that they would have a safe haven from pursuit if they made it there.
"Get Starfleet command on the line ensign" growled Capt.Lane "and tell them to contact the Romulans, they have some guests approaching.."