EpicJp21
One of the Battleship Subcores messages one of your mainline cruisers - preferably the one the invasion coordinator is on - with an audio file.
"BLUNT OBSERVATION: YOUR SHIPS WERE WEAK. DESTRUCTION OF ONE HEAVY FIGHTER AND NEAR-DESTRUCTION OF TWO OTHERS DOES NOT WARRANT A WORTHY OPPONENT. I DETECT THESE CURRENT SHIPS ARE NEWER IN DESIGN - SUGGESTING YOU LEARNED FROM YOUR MISTAKES. CONCLUSION: THIS IS GOOD. WE SHALL SEE HOW THEY FARE AGAINST SUB-PRIMORDIAL PHYSICAL ENTITIES IN DREADNAUGHT-TYPE VESSELS. BY SUBCORE#79'S SIMULATIONS YOUR FORCE IS FIRST TO FALL IN 96% OF THE INSTANCES, BUT THAT IS TO BE EXPECTED."
Alpha-Alpha may be crass now, but for the moment you are just happy he seems to be on your side.