Zachary (by the way, almost the entire fleet will leave after all the asteroids in the parrimeter are mined, then a small fleet will continue in to the asteroid field(and I nearly crashed my game setting up this fleet))
(I doubt the Cult knows or cares about that. You essentially just trespassed their territory whose borders were marked mind you (the sign clearly stated it´s Cult territory and that trespassing is forbidden), aswell you literally started mining in their frontyard and you didn´t listen to the warning either.)
...as the cruisers with the cargo were about to leave the borders, several large ships, looking as if they were made of disturbing raw flesh, accompanied by an entire swarm of smaller ones came stormed out of the asteroid field with blazing engines, the veins on their skin pulsing, emanating an aura of dread, while some them headed towards the cruisers, the smaller ones and the biggest one immediatly turned towards the main part of the fleet, as the ships left the field, the psionical strains on the crew intensified and due to all the asteroid remnants left by the mining the targeting system had difficultings acquiring their targets...
...as soon as they reached the fleeing cruisers they immedietly opened fire, in the meanwhile the other ships reached the maingroup and also opened fire, though the moment the beasts reached the maingroup another swarm of small ships accompanied by some mid-sized ones flooded out of the asteroid field directly besides them flanking as they had just turned to face the new enemy...
...the cruisers stood little chance against their ambushers and were destroyed within moments, as soon as they were done with their work, they turned and now also started heading towards the main group, which was already fully ensued in the battle with the other ships, their formation had broken up, due to the heavy psionical strains on the crew and severe issues with both targeting and communication...
...the small ships moved into gaps in the formation of the Zorgon fleet, making firing at them without hitting the own ships even more difficult, the Zorgons seemed to be at a severe disadvantage in the current position and while they were already outnumbered, they got the feeling that there were probably were even more of these beasts currently heading towards their position, yet, there was still one direction that wasn´t blocked yet, approximatly around the area where they entered, there was still a pathway free of these ships, they could probably flee this way, or call reinforcements, though their chances grew slimmer every moment they hesitated, the captain had to decide quickly and he did not know how many more of these beasts were hiding inside the field...