2654.133

On 2654.133 the TCS Tiger's Claw jumped into the Gateway System. Upon arriving, the Claw launched several wings to preform preliminary patrols of the system. These wings included Alpha Wing, Beta Wing, Delta Wing which consisted of pilots Christopher Blair and James Taggart, Epsilon Wing which cosisted of pilots Jeannette Devereaux and Michael Casey, and Gamma Wing. Delta Wings mission was a three-point point patrol flying through three nav points to make sure they were clear. During the mission, Blair and Taggart encountered two Gratha and four Salthi kilrathi fighters and an asteroid field.

During that missions debriefing, Colonel Peter Halcyon remarked that the patrols had discovered a serious kilrathi presence in the system. This proved to be very true as a few hours later a Code Red was sounded on the Claw. At an emergency briefing, the pilots learned that a wave of kilrathi fighters were incomming. Worse still, Blue Devil Squadron and Star Slayer Squadron were still out on patrols, leaving only the pilots of the Killer Bees Squadron to defend the Claw. With a few Hornet fighters already in space defending the Claw, Kappa Wing, which cosisted of Christopher Blair and James Taggart, launched to aid in the defense. Chen Kien, "Dragon", Michael Casey, and "Redbird" were set to launch after Kappa Wing. But with Blair's and Taggart's assistance, the defending fighters were able to fend off the eight attacking kilrathi Dralthi fighters before any other wings had a chance to launch.