Shivae Far Orbital Plane, Advent-Controlled Phase Lane.<br/><br/>Ten wings of Drones howled towards the lone TEC ship they could see, fury clouding them, and breaking their discipline. The Advent Drone ships, controlled by what amounted to rudimentary nervous systems and telepathic control from their host ships, were, physically, little more than an armoured shell with a pair of guns pointing from the bow, and a pair of engines to make them go insanely fast. However, they were also extremely fragile, capable of taking at most, two-thirds the punishment of a TEC-made Fighter.<br/><br/>Five of the wings were Light Fighters, sacrificing armour and Firepower for speed and maneuverability, while the other Five wings were bombers, sacrificing speed for light lances, cutting beams that were miniaturized versions of the Agronev's bow-mounted quad beam cannons. The Fighters moving from above the elliptical plane of the planet's gravity well 'dove' onto the Agronev's own fighter squadrons, touching off a massive furball between two dozen autocannon-loaded fighters versus a full hundred drones, leaving the Agronev open to be bombarded by the Hundred Bombers, their laser lances cutting into the capital ship's shields, but not breaching them as the generators took upon the added load, reinforcing the shields as fast as possible.<br/><br/>In response, the area around the warship was suddenly, and almost completely obscured by explosions, layered over one another to a maximum reach of well over three thousand kilometres around the warship, the sudden Appearance of Heavy Flak Bursts tipping the battle again towards the warship's favour, as the explosions, while not directly killing any strikecraft, did cause severe damage to them, knocking holes in armour, shorting out weapons, and so on.<br/><br/>-CIC-<br/><br/>"TDN Agronev, this is TDN Behemov. Emergency repairs are complete, and we are moving to Support your operation. We will be Coming up on your Stern, Starboard quarter, in approximately ninety minutes." The broadcast was faint, having been piggybacked over the planet's own network, but it was a good sign, and it caused many of the Crew to smile, even as the warship shuddered faintly from constant weapon impacts and recoil from its large-calibre guns as they sprayed cluster munitions into the local area around the vessel.