As the fighters came to intercept the Knight Lieutenant Taylor asked himself if he still had it in him.
"Sir, the fighters are equal in size to a Defiant class vessel. Fire-power is a little less," an Ensign said from Ops.
Taylor waited until the fighters were at point blank range. He then fired three phase torpedoes and the phasers at the two lead fighters.
The Knight was being hit but not hard - it shook a little. The two lead fighters blew up.
Then the three remaining fighters ran a strafing course over the upper saucer section. James kept his calm as some conduits exploded around him. He fired all phasers at the three fighters. The three fighters made an awesome explosion, and Taylor was loving every minute of it.
"Sir, phase shields are at 99% and holding, phasers at 100%. We have 900 torpedoes left," Taylor said with excitement in his voice.
Pike said as he stood up, "Helm, get us to bearing 034 mark 2."
"Aye sir."
Then a blast came from the planet hitting underneath the Saucer section near the lower phaser strip. The Knight shook hard and flew hard to port.
"Shields at 82%. Power couplings to phaser banks 5-6 are knocked out," Taylor said from his post.
"Commodore, thirteen fighters are coming in," The Ops officer said.
The fighters came over the Knight's forward section causing hull damage. The Knight then shook hard and took another hit from the Battle Planet, causing everyone to hit the deck ship-wide.
Four Kelvans in humanoid form beamed onto the bridge and activated their belt devices, transforming two crewmen into small white cubes. One Kelvan was half a meter from Taylor. Taylor kicked his knee so hard that the Kelvan's leg buckled. Then as the Kelvan fell to his knees, Taylor, feeling a sense not felt in eight years, grabbed the Kelvan's neck and snapped it, killing the Kelvan.
James was in the rush of the moment. He pulled his phaser out and vaporized two other Kelvans. The he went back to his post and fired every available weapon at the thirteen Kelvan fighters outside.