Saul glanced behind him; sure enough the other machine was chasing him down, sword and all. The Hammer of God outpaced the Paladin, moving slightly faster than the other.<br/><br/><Deflector grid is currently restarting itself, that blast overloaded its capacitors and weâ€™ll be sitting at 78% max shield if weâ€™re lucky> Judas said.<br/><br/>â€œThatâ€™s fine, kill it and divert power to other systemsâ€ Saul replied. The HOD lurched forward, speeding away from the other. When it was a decent distance away, Saul whipped it around, going at full burn towards the Paladin.<br/><br/><Are you mad? This machine has little CQC capabilities and clearly the Alien is ready to gut youâ€¦> Judas protested, but Saul ignored it, diving forward onto his opponent. Two more interventions blasted from their housing, flying straight for their target, which was not the Alien. They shot around the Paladin, and headed in a zigzag attack pattern for the Orion.<br/><br/>Main thrusters disengaged, and the HOD transformed into its walker mode, still flying with all the gathered momentum from the last mode.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic"> On the Ship </span><br/><br/>Repeated blasts against the Judgment were starting to take its toll. The shields collapsed and reports were flooding it.<br/>â€œSecond, left torpedo tube is destroyed and forward decks are losing hull pressure.â€<br/>â€œSir, engineering is reporting that deflectors are shot, shields will not be coming back on.â€<br/>â€œPlasma cannons two and five are offline and main thrust has been brought down to 60% capacity!â€<br/>The Second looked onward, sweat beaded down his face. His mind was a mess, and watched in disbelief of what was happening. Sound died inside the bridge to him, though the sight of the armor plating melting before his eyes brought him back from his daze.<br/><br/>â€œRide up next to them, and cycle the Talish driveâ€ He bellowed. The crew looked at him in astonishment and fear but obeyed. The Judgment lumbered closer to the Elyandra, what weapons it still had it fired, hoping at least to bring down the shields of the ship.