[b]Rigel Station[/b]

Three assault fleets had gathered at the point while the Delphan vessel maneuvered around. E-Class Shield ships removed their cloaks from both groups and they moved towards the Sylve outpost.

The defensive cannons lit up brilliantly, sending beams of energized particles and magnetic slugs in every which direction. A line of Trikolo-Class destroyers yawed on their port sides, each one brandishing forty magnetic accelerator cannons. After a short charge cycle they fired in groups of three, creating a wall of nearly three hundred slugs. The first few bounced harmlessly off of reflector shields, but more and more bombarded the station and wore the fields thin. Eventually, they broke through; first bruising the hull and then piercing the walls in certain areas, ejecting chlorinous atmosphere and Sylve personnel. 

Hangars began deploying a variety of stolen spaceships which moved in formations and fired missiles, torpedoes and lasers. Explosions and energy rippled across the shield layers of the destroyers but it was all dispersed. They continued firing while a stealth corvette deployed a group of Deep Space Insertion Commandos, who jettisoned from the pod and dodged into various hull breaches on the station.

The acting Fleetmaster of the combined assault group, Fleetmaster Araldi'mum of the Marku-Class PNS [i]Savant of the Gods[/i], sent a message to the Delphans:

[i]Get your marines onto that station and work with the DSpIC's, they know who we're looking for. If you can, capture, but do not kill, any higher-ranking personnel--they could prove useful to us. If you can, use a sneakier approach. Our destroyers will continue to fire to distract them but they could be maintaining a perimeter defense.[/i]