FangTheCat
(They fired on us first, they fired on you first, I think this means that they fired the opening shots...)
The_Overseer LeftHandofGod
The patrol squardon remains on high guard. The cruiser detected a signal - going out to a relay station, definitely Imperial in nature, as a request for reinforcements. The long-range scout and recon vessel was practically dead.
Commodore Soren looked at the drifting scout. He didn't have time for a burial, and they didn't want Imperial hands touching their Tonal Technology, so he fired on it. He nodded to the tactical officer, who fired a spread of three gigaton level thermofissions, which destroyed the LRSAR with a massive, multi-kilometer wide nuclear fireball.
With that out of the way, he contacted the Kyrian Star Republic vessels.
{<PRIORITY TRANSMISSION>}
"I think it's safe to say that the Imperial vessels, before being destroyed, have called for reinforcements. Do the same, these are not the normal ships you are fighting, these are highly technologically advanced powers."
Commodore Soren then immediately got a tachlink to Karos Fleetyards, one of the nearest Sovereignty military bases with enough ships readily available...
The Sovereignty representatives in orbit remained in high guard. This patrol squadron would likely be no match for the Imperial vessels that would likely be coming their way. They sent their own transmission to the nearest fleetyards, encrypted, relayed and scrambled so nothing but the comms officers at Karos would be retrieving it.
The gravitocannons were still charged, and all the thermofissions and fusion torpedoes were active. They're standing fast and holding this ground.