(I ain't waiting any longer, Lefty)
Undated_Abyss
Captain Arstoz: "HG0175, give me an update on the location of the Voidborn."
HG0175: "Sir, they're breaching the interdiction field at the rear sector, relative to our location."
Captain Micaz: "Good, we managed to get them where they need to be. Progress on the Hegemony?"
HG0175: "Location Unknown. They may be out of the battle for now."
Captain Arstoz: "Bring the Interdictor down immediately, while we still have excess power. We're going to need it."
AG0183: "Powering down Interdiction Drives and diverting power."
The Interdiction drives power down immediately, the bubble of reality rapidly shrinking all of a sudden. It goes back to the origin of the field, the Heavy Cruisers, with a bang. Immediately, the interdictors release their excess power into the rest of the ships as weapons restock.
LeftHandofGod Namek RedAndCosmoteer @gearshift48
Captain Arstoz: "Move to phase two of Operation Sledgehammer. Immediate effect."
Across all of the Xor ships, they all receive the same instructions.
Move to Phase Two of Operation Sledgehammer.
New targets have been loaded, face targets immediately and fire at will.
Immediately, the Xorxian Imperial Navy Attack Fleets turn their ships around with amazing speed and agility as weapons blare into life. Lancer Turrets are powered up to full, Pulse Lancers are fired for the first time, torpedoes leap from their holders, Volley Missile Launchers unleash hell, Railguns thunder, Flak rounds explode with amazing force.
And all at the Imperium.
The Aggressor Gunships stuck to the rear of the Xor group, but that all changes as they rip new rears into the Imperial ships. The Heavy Cruisers target the ships generating the shields, firing their railguns and Lancers over and over again. The Strikecraft use their powerful mounted beams to slice and dice enemy ships, while the fighters unleash hell upon anything they can fire at.
[\|/] Transmission Start [\|/]
"To all forces here, I, Captain Arstoz of the Xorxian Imperial Navy, on behalf of the Emperor, declare that all who believe that we would backstab an ally are wrong. We would never do what the Raeli Federation did to the APO Sovereignty. But we would infiltrate enemy lines and sabotage them."
"And I declare that the Xorxian Empire are not the enemies of the Voghus but its proud allies. We would rather die than betray them ever again."
[\|/] Transmission End [\|/]
@Fort_Master_Gustav
Meanwhile, as soon as the Xor turn on the Imperium, so too, do the Yazari act. Their positioning was perfectly coordinated. They fire their plasma missiles as they turn around, directed at the massive cannons. Their Anti-Gravs charged into overdrive, temporary distortion fields covering their shapes from projectiles and targeting devices. If they get hit, they'll explode with such force that they'll take out the cannons anyway. They seem to know this and get as far away from the Xor as they can, while still laying streams of Plasma fire upon the massive cannons. The railguns of the Frigates thunder as beams of plasma energy scar and cut, plasma cannons firing shot after shot in vengeance.
It seems that a simple, yet sneaky tactic, will change the face of the battle.
@Namek
The transports continue to move on their path, as the Corvettes diverge their course to provide protective fire. You recieve a transmission from the middle one.
{\|/} Transmission Start {\|/}
"Voghus ship, this is the Xorxian Empire. We are not here to attack or board you, but to explain. Please allow us to dock peacefully."
{\|/} Transmission End {\|/}