DarkPearl DING DING DING DING ROUND TWO!!
Forewarned, the admiral orders all navigational and faction data copied over to a fighter, which accelerates back the way they came. The same data is wiped from the remaining ship's computers, and self-destructs are enabled, set to sensitive triggers. Then the order is given to advance.
The fighters close up around the Dreadnoughts as screening against drones, and the corvettes pull around and prepare to run interference. At the heart of the formation, the three small FTL ship prepare for some unknown purpose.
The Dreadnoughts open fire with long-range batteries.