Brank
and so, the Byzantines fire the first shot...
Numerous fleets decloak, as their spinal weapons are loaded.
some even find their way behind the fleet.
Numerous "wolfpack" groups with carriers exit cloak behind Byzantine lines.
They release their fighters and recloak to go and pick up more.
The fighters are deadly, equipped with capital ship weapons they shred through anything that isn't a battleship.
The spinal weapons of the main ships begin to fire in a hail of cannonfire.
They all impact the Dreadnought, firing shells the size of corvettes in their own right, the battleships firing frigate sized shells...
The Dreadnought's shielding almost immidiately falls under the stress of the fire, as shells impact its hull, shredding straight through and detonating inside.
Their HE power alone almost entirely disables the ship...
The forces are unnaturally organised... ships shielding eachother with their hulls while their cloaks recharge.
After the initial salvo, few are destroyed.
Only smaller ships even flinch, the larger ships armour being strong enough to shrug off the fire of the Byzantines.