Boosting at maximum speed, the<em>Kobras Aquairre</em>drew close to the warp portal, receiving a priority message directly from the<em>Concordia</em>.  The astropath stiffened visibly as he delivered it, even with his limited imagination and capacity to care.  "The Everest just got hulked, and Exelion is still out of contact.  Cobra squadron is drifting in space, trying to finish damage control before they go to pieces.  I'm sending the Concordia into the center of the enemy formation.  ...I'm probably not going to make it, Ferrus.  You're the new Imperial Commander, Lord Cortez.  If I die, you're in command.  Lock in ramming course!  Brace for impact!  Get all the assault squadrons in the air and fire the lances till they melt.  If we go down, we're taking those bloody heretics with us!"<br/><br/>The transmission cut off, and the ships blasted through the warp portal, finding themselves in the midst of a massive war zone, a flaming wreck of a space station before them, and radar contacts showing that the main battle was going badly for the Imperium.  A mere 11 VU seperated them from the Iconoclast frigate headed directly towards them.  As the ship emerged from the portal, the<em>Fist of Angron</em>'s guns locked on and fired a mighty salvo of kiloton warheads, which flew into the combined ships and exploded against their armor, scuffing the paint and causing unsecured crew members to flail about randomly for a few moments.  Then the second salvo hit, and the ships suffered minor hull breaches, as shells ripped into the superstructure and incinerated sections of the crew, venting atmosphere into the void while power cables snapped, filling corridors with electrical doom.<br/><br/>Both ships remained in the green on the status display boards, their hull integrity holding slightly over 90% after the first salvo.  It was lucky they had been engaged at such long range; otherwise, the assault could have been fatal.<br/><br/>(The ship is now in the Ares system, with the<em>Fist of Angron</em>11 VU directly ahead of it.  Until the ships are disconnected, any hits which strike the<em>Kobras Aquairre</em>will also strike the<em>Reliquary of Alexander.</em>Disconnecting the ships is a single extended action which requires a command check, and it can be done by NPCs.)