(Metal, there's really no reason to restart. You can just pick up where you left off. It's not a big deal.)
*** Titania Orbit ***
"Understood," Markus stated. "All ships, be advised, we have friendlies mixed with bad guys. Watch your fire."
"Alert!" Tactical proclaimed, "Enemy warships firing!" And, as stated, several Covenant ships fired plasma torpedoes at the allied fleet. It did little damage to the larger ships, which seemed to be the sole targets.
"Lock weapons and return fire!" Markus barked.
*** Outpost Sargasso ***
A massive Slipspace rupture opened up, and from it, a massive OAS-Class Assault Carrier - heavily modified - emerged on the scene. The remaining pirates tucked tail and ran at this new arrival.
*** Outpost Hood ***
(Oh, and Fayam, that's "Lian", not "Liam")
Moments later, another ship arrived on the scene:
http://www.gamersgate.com/img/screenshots/DD-STOLP/370919_s4_medium.jpg"Remus, glad you could join us," Lian greeted the new arrival.
"How can I pass up a chance to nail some of those Cardassian slavers?" responded a deep-set, gruff voice. The ship took up a position on the port side of the
Devoras. "Does our friend here have a cloaking device?" Remus asked.
"Dunno - they never got back to me on that," Lian responded. "Even if they don't, you can still project a cloaking field, right?"
"Yeah, I could," Remus answered.
*** Gaia ***
"The trade agreement is simple - trading medical supplies, foodstuffs, water, and basic sundries. Should that go well, we could look into trading some higher-tier items, like ship parts, construction supplies, and the like, and we'll go from there," Mon Mothma responded.
*** Tomahawk ***
"The trade agreement is rather straightforward, trading basic items, like Food, Water, medical supplies, and should that go well, we can look into trading more advanced items, like ship parts, construction items, civilian technologies. Be advised, however, the Dragon'taan Marauder Corps is unwilling to trade our military technologies except in times of the most dire wars where we all are threatened," Draco stated.
*** Corneria ***
"N-not... m-m-much time..." the traveler grunted. "N-need... alert... command... comm... badge... taken... hunters... Hirogen... ambush... park..." the traveler lapsed into unconsciousness, not dead, but getting close to it.