The<em>Kobras Aquairre</em>'s weapons batteries blazed at full power, punishing the escorts from behind.  The rearguard escort took several hits from the weaponry of the ship, but didn't seem to sustain any serious injury.  The<em>Reliquary of Alexander</em>surged forward and delivered its own blast of macrobattery fire, but couldn't even hit the convoy moving at such high speed.  The scattering of the fire was so great it almost looked intentional.<br/><br/>One of the escort ships flew ahead of the pack and turned to starboard, evidently either choosing to sacrifice itself to ensure the escape of the fleet or making a break for it.  A salvo of torpedoes flew from one of the escort vessels, and suddenly the lead escort craft had no choice; it was turn and face the Imperium, or die.<br/><br/>Kobras Aquairre is traveling at speed 25 with Reliquary of Alexander traveling the same speed 7 VU behind.  The enemy convoy is 13 VU away dead ahead, and consists of 6 Infidel class Destroyers and 11 Hellcage class transports.  One of the Infidel class Destroyers is 15 VU away to starboard, turned abeam and getting ready to face the vessels, with torpedoes at its back.  The jump point is 12 VU from the convoy, and they're traveling towards it at a speed of 8 VU.