[b]New Condia[/b]

Another race made an appearance at the battle, identified to be allies of the owners of the colony. This fleet appeared to be trying to take the middle ground of the battle, in an effort to end the hostilities between them. As smaller Conduits requested further reinforcements, cruisers formed a wall on the incoming Iscandarian firestorm, tanking the brunt of the fire and defending the Cathedrals, some sacrificing themselves to extend the survivability of the Cathedrals. The smaller surface inbound ships completely ignored their fire, both from the planet and approaching interceptors, as they could not engage them from here. Many were lost, but only one or two were all that was required for this mission. To increase the chance of survival, the Fighter Matrons broke off from the Black Fleet and engaged the interceptors, either firing away at the shileds, latching onto the ships and detonating or generally pestering and confusing the attackers.

As the Cathedrals finished spinning up their weapon drives, there was a pause, and then a sphere of pure white light was launched. This shot had been intended for the Iscandarians, but would now intercept the newcomer's forces, streaking towards them at high velocity. The very fabric of space was torn to pieces around the projectile, as it sped towards the fleet, racing towards them with impunity and punching a hole right through the middle of the enemy fleet. The shot, having lost it's momentum, detonated on the other side a fair distance from the Iscandarian's shield wall, showering the local area with powerful electromagnetic radiation and exotic particles. While powerful, the Cathedrals were now completely immobile, and all tactical sensors and tracking for all ships friend and foe alike in the vicinity were offline, for the moment.

By now, only the two Cathedrals, 25 Cruisers and around 30 of the frigate like craft were still in the fight. Hopefully, this sacrifice was enough to recover what they needed.