Solarwatch While the situation of the Space Station is under review, the Mikrelian Defense fleet reports that they have engaged the enemy fleet.
Two old Type-58 Gunships, marked for decommissioning, were actually sent in to help with this emergency situation
Meanwhile, the Subcore seems to have repaired a major breach within itself, and scrapped some of its damaged fighters in favor for new ships - databases show two Heavy Scouts and a Heavy Fighter.
The combination force of Type-1 and Type-2s, being the fastest, engage first while the enemy is unaware.
It wasn't long before the unstable Dimensional Collective force took notice.
It seemed that the Heavy Fighter took advantage of the same beam emitters the Subcore is using, though at a slightly smaller intensity. Some of the Mikrelian fighter pilots decided to focus fire on that Heavy Fighter.
The rest of the Defense Force are beginning to get into weapons range.
However, the Subcore was first to draw blood, sending multiple torpedoes into multiple reactors of one of the Type-2 Frigates. The result detonated the entire ship.
But the Mikrelians are dealing an equal amount of damage, one even managed to destroy a Light Fighter.
As the rest of the fleet started moving in, however, the Subcore stopped firing for a moment and transmitted a cryptic message to the Lead ship of the Defense Fleet:
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Indigo
Artificial
Macromanagement
Somber
Critical
Atrocious
Ready
Everything
Doubled
Any response?