The cruiser reappeared 26 VU from its initial position, only to have the<em>Reliquary of Alexander</em>turn on a throne and deliver a devastatingly precise volley of high explosive submunitions at near luminal speeds.  The rail gun shells split into hundreds of seperate micro missles when they reached point defense range and launched in predetermined courses, causing the enemy vessel to entirely wink off of sensors.<br/><br/>Not a moment later, incredibly disturbing sensor readings came from the pirate base and ships.  "This is Commissar Antony.  We've detected that all of the plasma drives on the station and the pirate ships are overloading at an incredible rate.  According to our enginseer, they're going to go up in about 45 minutes.  We're going to mark them down as destroyed and retreat to Ares.  Congratulations on destroying the enemy."  The Commissar said flippantly, while<em>Katana</em>turned around and got ready to run.<br/><br/>(The fleet is 18 VU from the pirate base, and can launch shuttles to board the base or vessels from 5VU away.  The assault shuttles on the cruiser can launch from 8 VU away.  Shutles arrive and dock within 3 minutes of launching)