[b]New Condia[/b]
Most of the Trikolo-Class destroyers in the center of the fleet instantly vaporized in the energy burst. Ships were thrown to the sides. Some firing frantic sequences of turning jets to right themselves and others spinning lifelessly in space as their heavy damage doomed them to oblivion. Many ships affected managed to trudge forward, but their hulls boiled away from the blast, venting yellow chlorine gas as shipboard systems attempted to heal the wounds in the titanium armor. All-in-all, about 26 ships were lost in the blast and 8 were crippled beyond operational use. [i]On the Gust of Faith[/i] had lost its shield but hull integrity was not affected. The rest of the fleet was able to move forward, some were prepared to offer peace, believe it or not, amidst that.

Fleetmaster Suretak'kum was not so amiable. 

With near unison somewhere around 3000 slugs were deployed, including antimatter slugs launched from the Marku-Classes' Type 15 Antimatter Artillery Cannon (AAC). Thousands of missiles and lances of plasma dashed across space as Basilisk-Class fighter-bombers and Rakora-Class corvettes swarmed around the Ethereal ships, firing blasts of plasma and ferrotungsten slugs. The ships that launched the blast were the first to be targeted, and received the brunt of the offensive. The rest were eventually targeted for launches and the space between the fleets turned white and was pockmarked with violent explosions.