As it was so long ago, I do not remember most of the journey up until the battle with the flagship. This is because until I got to the big ship itself, victory was not something I thought would happen.
However it seems my past self was nice enough to give me details of what I had in a post on another forum, revealing that I had a Leto, a Heavy Laser Mark 1, and a Crystal burst mark 1 through some means, as well as giving me some details on the fight.
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the story of the Night Fury versus the Flagship.
We jumped into the flagship's beacon ready to fight. My men, Turing, Jones and Tee Lek, along with 2 slugs, one being Slocknog and another who's name has been lost, were aware of the slim chances but were ready to fight anyway. We had already lost 2 crew members before arriving, one being called Cremity apparently.
The first stage went rather well, beating through the shields and ripping it apart with no real resistance. Within minutes the first stage had fallen and we were ready to go. With pretty much everything still working and the hull only slightly damaged, we instantly jumped to the second stage.
And to put it politely, shit got bad.
We were heavily damaged by drones during the fight. We fought as hard as we could, battering their systems, but their drones were proving to be too much. Despite this, we managed to pull through and take down the second stage.
By this point, our systems were all operational thanks to repairs, however the Slug who time forgot had been killed by asphyxiation. According to this post I had on the forum I mentioned earlier, I jumped into the final showdown with just 12 hull remaining.
A 4 man crew and their broken ship versus the Rebel Flagship and it's mostly dead crew.
Ladies and gentlemen, what happened next could not have surprised me more.
We were boarded. The Flagship was firing. We were firing.
Their shields failed. Our shields were pounded into submission.
The medbay was destroyed.
Our cloaking system was destroyed.
We fired a final barrage.
And so did they.
They were at 1 hull.
We were at 3.
Our attack hit first, tearing through their shields and obliterating them, causing the flagship to undergo it's final explosions.
And then theirs hit. All 3 missiles impacted, and brought about the end of the Night Fury. The Rebel Flagship exploded, and I smiled sadly as the Night Fury joined it. The ship was blown apart, finishing Tee Lek, Jones, Slocknog and Turing.
Then the screen faded.
We had won.
I knew we had won, but it was a Pyrrhic victory, as the Night Fury exploded and was lost with all hands.
A Pyrrhic victory, but a victory.
Despite this, FTL decided that the effort we had made was good enough, and announced that we had indeed ensured a Federation victory with their sacrifice.
And I have never forgotten their sacrifice (can't say the same about half the crew's names though
).