An Endless Voyage: ch:9 The Unexpected
Maya was in the girls' bathroom at the moment. She had spent the last half hour grunting and straining, deparate to relieve herself. She wasn't about to quit just yet though.She began picturing the Xians' king Jerry's face in place of the bowl, and bore down hard with renewed vigor. It felt like she was being triple-fisted, her canine anus was stretched so painfully tight around the massive brick she deparately worked to force out. She imagined the look of shock on his face, watching her huge canine browneye open up. The pain was so intense she swore in canid over and over, and after what felt like an eternity, the massive log finally dropped free. Maya stood up, feeling a good ten pounds lighter, and bent forward enough to wipe her dogina and canine anus. then she pulled her shorts and undies up, and hit the flusher only to find the brown monstrosity she'd left behind was much too big and hard to flush. it stopped up the toilet causing it to overflow, and again she pictured Jerry. His mouth stretched painfully tight, coughing and sputtering around the huge turd in his mouth.. Maya continued on, washing her hands, and then calling Ace, the janitor, to come unstop the toilet. finally she left for the locker room, to join the others changing into their flightsuits. In the mens locker room, Hank had borrowed a spare flightsuit form Tom. Hank hadn't passed pilot training yet, so he would be riding with Maya on the joint-operations combat training nission.It wasn't the first time Maya had taken him up. Last time he was on Excalibur, Maya had taken him for a joyride in her fighter to let him walk on mars. He'd had a spacesuit then. this time, he'd be wearing a tight fitting g-suit like everyone else. In the girls' locker room, Maya and Rena both helped Maxine into her flightsuit. They had both already pulled theirs on, and seeing the human woman struggling to zip it up, they decided to lend a paw." 's yer teats...erm tits." Maya said. "Look at yer chest, then look at mahne... see the diff'rence." "Suck in your gut, and exhale as hard as you can." Rena said, tugging at the zipper. "Maya will hold your tits down against you while I zip you up." the collie continued. "ready.""Okay." Maxine agreed."On three." Rena said. "one...two...three..."When she said three, Maxine did her best to suck in her belly and empty her lungs. As she did, Maya pressed her tits down against her bare flesh, and Rena quickly zipped up her suit. "I hate these suits." Maxine complained. "It doesn't really hurt, but its just weird.""Ya'll git used t' it." Maya said. "Y' bin wearin it ever' tahme we go flyin, s' shouldn' be long now." "You should talk to Mike." Rena suggested. "I'm sure the Jackson could spare a flightsuit more suited to her anatomy.""Ah plan on it." Maya said. "But fer now, 's gear up an' git out there.She led the way to the
armory, and while Rena helped Maxine retrieve her sidearm and survival kit (in case of a crash), Maya chatted with Sarah, discussing the op as casually as one would discuss a shopping trip.The little tricolored beagle was a hothead, the typical cocky fighter jock you see in the movies. she liked to show off. Maya warned her NOT to go buzzing the bridge on any of the ships, however. Finally they all stepped out into the fighter bay, and Maya had to shout to get over the noise of techs talking and working to prepare all the phoenixes (canid built aerospace fighters, though these were heavily customized based on each pilot's preference). The same fighters the Mammilian Alliance had gifted Earth with for the Lee and Jackson. In spite of Natalie telling him to watch his injured arm, Tom wasn't about to sit this one out. At the moment he stood beside his phoenix, watching Maya walk. The skin-tight suit pressing her double coat against her flesh gave an even more spectacular view than her usual attire did. It didn't show as much fur, obviously, but it did clearly show the outline of her (Y), her canine anus, and all ten teats very clearly. He half-expected the ass of the suit to split open when Maya lifted a leg to climb into her fighter.Hank certainly got an eyeful. He was standing behind Maya, following her as he was to ride second-seat with her today. He liked what he saw, but subconsiously he was trying to picture Karen in one of those suits, bending over in front of him as Maya had just now, in the process of lowering herself into the front seat. Of course Karen's butt was nowhere near as huge and shapely as Maya's, but it was a good perky shape nonetheless, and Hank thought she'd look good in a flightsuit. The noiise in the fighter bay grew to deafening levels, as throughout the massive room, powerful JP9650 afterburning turbojets spooled up. cockpits closing and pressurizing. techs rushing fuel hoses and ordinance carts off the flight deck. "Member last tahme Ah said don' touch the controls." Maya said, as she mentally ran through a checklist, and began tripping switches and tweaking dials like it was second nature. "Well this tahme we're gonna be fahrin live ordinance, an' Ah want ya t' feel the way the weapons affect flyin. keep one hand on the stick, one on the throttle, an' both feet on the rcs thruster pedals at all tahmes. an' ah mahght give ya control't some point t' see if'n yer payin attention." the cockpit slid closed and pressurised with a hiss, as Maya said the last bit. "Out of curiosity how much air do these things carry?" Hank asked. "I only ask because last time we had spacesuits."a low whine, steadily built to a whirring rumble, as the twin JP9650's fired up."Lots." Maya replied casually. "Put yer mask on."Hank did as Maya instructed, and watched Maya do the same. They both finished strapping in,
then Maya eased on the throttles a bit, taxiing into position to allign with the open fighter bay doors."I'm not going to like this, am I?" Hank asked. He saw on his HUD that the status display showed the landing gear brakes locked. and reasoned Maya was about to run the engines up to full afterburner, before releasing the lock."Prolly not." Maya said. "But ya'll git used t' it. Ah'll throttle back once we're in open space s' y'kin catch yer breath." SHe put the throttles up as she said it.Hank watched what could only be the n1 and n2 compressor rpm's climb rapidly on the HUD. He heard and felt the roar of the mighty afterburning turbojets at full power. then like a rubberband snapping, Maya released the brakes, and Hank was slammed back in his seat like a ton of bricks as they shot forward. The mask helped, as did the suit, but still it was only marginally easier to breathe than it had been last time. THey sped towards the open bay doors, and about twenty feeet from the exit, Maya popped the nose up gently. just enough to get lift under the wings, and an instant later they glided through an invisible forcefield, and out into space.This time Hank had been lucid, thanks to the g-suit, and he actually got to see the barrier which kept the fighter bay from decompressing, as it allowed them to pass through. True to her word, Maya throttled back, and eased up alongside a formation of fighters from all three ships, flying a holding pattern while they waited for the others to emerge.
WHen everyone had joined the formation, Maya opened fleetwide comms. "Alrahght." she began. "The Phoenix Mk V 's a fahne ship. Powerful, relahable, sturdy, an' a bit overgunned. Those a' ya used t' flyin' atmospheric jets mahght fahnd it a bit overpowered enginewahse as well. its capable a' blackin' out even the bes' mammilian pilots, s' watch those g's. We're fahrin live rounds t'day, s' check yer targets. Ah aint lost a pilot t' friendly fahr yet, an' Ah dont intend t' start. " 's do it lahk the real thang, jus' member, asteroids don' shoot back... but the dickheads do."she paused to let that sink in, then said "Most a' all, never, ever leave yer wingman. bah the numbers people, stay sharp, an' good huntin. 's move out."SHe throttled up again as she finished the last bit. Hank felt the movements in the controls, and their fighter banked sharply to the right, accelerating rapidly and gradually leveled out. He did his best to make sense of the HUD, as Maya brought shields and weapons online, and selected first, the ship's twin nose-mounted lasercannons, as she scanned for a suitable asteroid.At last, she zeroed in, the crosshair on the HUD went red, and she squeezed the trigger. A pair of intense laser beams lashed out, slicing clean through the hulking hunk of rock like butter.The HUD now showed they needed to recharge, so Maya switched to Air to Air
missiles, locked onto another asteroid and fired again. Both missiles struck the rock dead on, exploding in a firey ploom that left the thing in a million pieces. Maya then switched to autocannons, and finding a suitable asteroid, she lined up the shot as she had with the Lasercannons, and again mashed on the trigger. "Baboooombabooooom babooooombabooooom the twin 20" cannons thundered in rapid succession, firing full-auto. The entire craft shook with the force of the recoil. The target reticule on the HUD was bouncing around so bad Hank couldn't keep track of it, and to him at least it felt like the ship was tearing itself apart. When Maya let off the trigger, and the guns fell silent, the asteroid looked like swiss cheese. a quick shot from her lasercannons later, and it was completely dust."Weapons free, weapons free, engage at yer descretion." Maya called to her squadron. Mike gave his squadron the same order moments later, and the captain of the Lee, James O'connor (A confederate Irishman from Tennessee) gave the same order a few moments after that.The combined firepower of their entire squadron made the asteroid field look like a fireworks show. Once everyone had made a run through the asteroid field, Maya contacted Excalibur, and ordered a combination of Xian, civilian, and ''friendly'' IFF projected into the asteroid field, marking a bunch of the asteroids as had previously been agreed."Maya, Excalibur, crop is sewn, repeat the crop is sewn." Kayla replied a moment later.""Excalibur, Maya, 's good t' hear." Maya replied. then she switched back to the squadron channel, and said. "Bunch a' civvies under Xian attach. 's a few friendlies tryin' t' fend em off, but they're heavily engaged, outmanned an' outgunned. "S git in there an' give 'em a chinbustin they won' never ferget." "Treat this like the real thing, people." Mike said next. "Throttles up, weapons free, lets go frag some dickheads.""Ever'body fahnd a wingman, an' lets take it in fast." Maya said. "Rena, yer with me." "Yes ma'am." the collie replied, accelerating to take position off Maya's left wing. They led the first strike at the "Xian fleet", snaking their way through narrow spots between asteroids as they blasted the mock Xians to hell, whill minimising damage to those tagged as civilian or friendly. THe others had all paired off, and begun to do the same. Then the test came. It was all going well, when a pirate raider (a light assault cruiser) moved in from deeper in the asteroid belt. they had been using the belt to mask them from sensors.Upon detecting Excalibur, they had launched their own fighters to see what Maya was up to, undoubtedly figuring the kuvasz had found something worth spending so much time out here. In the literal middle of nowhere. "Heads up everyone." Excalibur transmitted. "Molly just detected a Pirate Raider
closing, bearing 233 mark 117. Be advised they launched several fighters, and have their shields up, and weapons primed." "Cut the Jackson loose." Maya said. "All power t' shields, weapons an' hull platin.... an' advahse the Earthships go t' red-alert aswell.""Yes ma'am." Kayla replied. "Attention." Maya said on fleetwide. "Fergit the asteroids, we got pirates comin in hot. Break off an' form up fer a defenseive lahne." she paused, then. "Not youns... Gunner, Rena, Tom, Mike, an' James, yer with me. we're gonna kick it up t' full afterburner, an' fly out an' meet 'em head on." she paused again, then " 'S punch it!"As she said it, Maya jammed the throttles up to full afterburner. moments later, one by one the others did the same. "Hold on. we're ... for real...?" Hank asked."Cocked, locked, an' ready t' rock." Maya confirmed. "Yee Haaaw! Gods! Ah love bein a pilot!" It took only a few seconds to close the distance, but it felt like an eternity."Ar, ye be invadin our terf ye scurvy dogs." the lead pilot said on open comms."This's Admiral Maya Dixon Hammond A' the Avengin Aces, y' dirty pirate, an' Ah go wherever the fuck Ah damn well please." Maya retorted, baring her teeth as she spoke. "What buisness ye gots here matey?" the pirate gruffly replied." Nothin that concerns youns." Maya replied. "Stay outta mah way, an' we'll stay outta yers... fahr one shot, an' we'll come down on ya lahk a bag a hammers." "THem be fightin words." the pirate said, accelerating as he spoke." "s lahght 'em up." Maya said on comms. "Weapons free, 's not a drill." Maya played chicken with the lead pirate, but he was good. He pulled a somersault maneuver before Maya could fire, and cooked off a missile as he maneuvered to try and get behind Maya.Tom came from nowhere, and cut the purate down with a sustained burst of AC fire that depleted the pirate's shield, and perforated his fighter like swiss cheese.Maya dropped countermeasures, and jammed the missile, breaking hard left, then right to defeat the lock. Then she maneuvered in behind another pirate, and the two were locked in an aerial duel of wits and skill. Hank had finally stopped complaining he could hardly breathe, and was finally starting to enjoy the adrenaline, and excitement of battle. Holding the secondary controls, he could feel everything that Maya did with each of the controls. He still couldn't read the HUD, but he knew whenever the little target thingy (reticule) turned red, Maya would squeeze off a burst of AC fire, or cook off a missile. "Looks like we're fighting afterall." Dale, commanding the Jackson said to Kayla. "We still don't have hyperdrive. Tina says at least half an hour if weren't under attack. the shields are holding though." "Yeah" Kayla said. "You and the Lee concentrate your fire on weapons and
engines, we'll do the rest.""Affirmitive, Excalibur." Dale replied. "Target their bridge." Kayla said. "Ventral bow autocannons, three second burst. then fire forward XR Lasers, and then the dorsal bow cannons, again a three second burst.""Yes ma'am." came the replied."Deploy the tanker shuttle." Kayla said next. "Some of our boys and girls out there got to be getting low on go-go juice by now." "Tanker deployed ma'am." the fighter bay tech replied. Maya finally bested this second pirate, barking her usual triumphant cry of "Yee Haw! " as the pirate's fighter was vaporized by her well-placed missile shot.It was costly though. With the time spent dogfighting mock xians earlier, the fuel she'd expended just now had passed ''bingo fuel''. She didn't have enough JP20 to get home. Excalibur would have to send a tanker to her. For the moment however, she just located another enemy fighter, and engaged him in battle. It was only after that fight had begun, that the tanker pilot announced fleetwide he was in position, and had already begun refueling operations."Break Admiral, I got this one." Mike called over comms. "Go refuel." "y nin out here jus's long. caint have much more'n me." Maya replied.Nonetheless, she broke off and headed for the Tanker, as Mike moved in taking her place before the pirate could react. Hank didn't have to be able to read Canid, to know they were sucking fumes by the time they approached the tanker. He knew Maya had one shot at this. one chance tp hit the refueling nozzle with the noseprobe. there wasn't enough fuel to go around for another attempt. Maya looked down the center of the fighter's nose, like a gunsight. she pulled the throttles back steadily, reducing speed to match that of the tanker. SHe extended the fueling probe with 500 meters to go, and cut power back to idle. their momentum did the rest. A slight tap on the rcs pedals here and there kept them flying on target, and at last the fueling probe slid into the nozzle with a gentle bump. immediately the tanker began pumping JP20 into their all-but-depleeted tanks. "Fill 'er up good, 's bone dry." Maya told the tanker. Rena had gone back with Maya to refuel, but with Tom as his wingman, Mike was making good work of the pirates in their stead. Sarah and James worked together similarly, and despite the beagle's cocky nature, she did her best to help the human pilot set up kills. And James returned the favor. BY the time Maya got back, the pirates were sending in another wave. "Lets be sure they got nowhere to go home to." Dale told Kayla."Already on it." the wolf replied. "Antimatter torpedoes, full spread, target their engine core...fire."Unfortunately the pirate ship's shields held."Tough little bastard." the Lee's first officer remarked."Not for long." Dale
replied. "Lets give them a taste of our little surprise." he paused. "All power to the main cannon.""Cannon is charged and ready, sir." came the reply."Lock onto their reactor, and fire. full power." Dale ordered.A massive beam of plasma erupted from the nose of the Jackson, slamming hard into the pirate ship and burning clean through it. the ship exploded an instant later. "Our first victory!" Dale shouted extatic.Maya and the others made short work of the remaining fighters, and Maya gave the order to RTB, return to base, aka to return home. When the others had all landed, Maya brought her phoenix in nice and smooth. catching the arresting cables with the tailhook in textbook fashion, then quickly shutting down and opening the cockpit. THey unstrapped themselves and climbed out.As Maya was climbing down, the entire rear seam of her flightsuit exploded, and the way she liked to curl her tail meant her canine anus, and to a small extent, part of her dogina were completely exposed. She was naked beneath the flightsuit. completely so. Maya simply made light of the fact, thinking nothing of it really. she joked that Tom had intentionally boobytrapped her suit though ''cause he lahks t' see it (her butthole) s' much" to use her exact words. Hank was relieved to have survived his first experience of fighter combat. now that the adrenaline had worn off, he realized just how real the danger had been. like Maya said, shooting asteroids was one thing. shooting people that shoot back, well that was a whole different ballgame. He would never forget, when it all hit the fan out there, Maya was like a rock. In that instant it had been as if he were riding with a machine. she didnt poke fun, she didn't show fear, or remorse, she just went to work. executing tight maneuvers, and ending the lives of the pirates as casually as one might eat a sandwich or light a cigarette. But he also saw the enemy. He got to see the look of sheer terror on some of their faces when they knew they were about to die. watched their faces twisted in pain as they met their end. That was not a pretty sight. War was like that. It wasn't like the romantic notions of fighter missions you see on tv, it was ugly. He couln't help thinking if those pirates he watched Maya kill had a "Karen" waiting for them back on their ship as well. or if they had pups alrady born. the thought of that made him sad. "Buck up soldier." Maya said. "s jus' pirates... they'd a done the same t' us given the chance." she clapped him on the back as she said it."I guess so." Hank replied. "But... what if they had families... you know...""DOn' thank bout it." Maya said. "Jus' be glad they won' git a chance t' rape, plunder, an' kill n' more innocents.... takes tahme, but ya'll learn t' turn it off. By the time Maya was dressed back in her usual attire
and back on the bridge, Tina reported the Jackson had full hyperdrive capability, and all sostems were at a hundred percent.Neither of the three ships hsd suffered more than drained shields in the battle, so at last Maya gave the order for their little ''fleet'' to set course for the Pleiades nebula, specifically the Atlas/Pleione binary system to be precise. It was as good a place as any in the nebula to look fot the Xian fleet. In the hours that followed of the first day of the three day voyage (reduced speed to be harder to detect). everyone relaxed, and shared stories of hwo well they'd worked together in battle, and how well the new ship performed. Maya was eager to see the Jackson test that new cannon on some dickheads though. Ace was still trying to unclog the one particular toilet, but everyone else had taken this as a time for celebration. Maya took Amaia to her cabin for some dildo fun, and Tom spent the time playing with his and Maya's pups. May had finally left a few marbles in her pullup, but it wasn't much.Tom was making a game of learning, having them play match the cards, and guess the word type games.