The constructs weren't harrying the humans any further, and had stopped once the humans had agreed to withdraw. They had been trying to provide security for them, and now were on full war footing, drones in multiple layers, sensor drones making regular sweeps around the forest. Luckily all of the Crawlers seemed to stay on one side of the forest, but the constructs were too canny to fall for an obvious trick like believing what the opponent was currently doing was ALL it was doing.<br/><br/>He returned command of the column defense back to the unit in charge and in the area, and only asked for status updates unless they were attacked again. Chain of command and all that.<br/><br/>Still, the sensor frigate had hard-docked with the transports that would be moving troops around, and began its dive at the shield. The little trick they had found to boost their chance of getting through was to dive as hard at the 'bubble' as they could, and just when they hit maximum extension of the bubble, do a quick spin along the z axis. This would over stress the shield, not by much and it wouldn't grow, but the ship that did it properly could slip through the bubble. Sometimes.