New Condria The largest ship it scanned the Terran fleet as they passed through the fleet shield and then scanned the great sphere. The gravelly voice echoed out [i]"You will pay dearly for that..."[/i] There was a pause as the weapons began to hit the shield... then the siege engine raised its shields, diverting power from weapoms, and moved forwards into the fleet shield... and passed through it [i]"Thank you, dear humans, for the key to the fleet shield. Your paths have heen mapped. Now the graves shift to offer room, a fate you will abide..."[/i] The siege engine detonated, using the fleet shield against them as super heated plasma, innuemerable explosions and some ungodly black energy that consumed all in its path, richocheted off the fleet shield and filled it with flames and fires and death. Even if the fleet shield now failed, the reach of the explosion could be devastating... It was an obvious attempt to kill 2, or rather 700, birds with one massive stone, at the cost of the siege engine. But the debris from the destroyed craft would almost certainly be pulled towards the planet and impact the planetary shield regardless. It was a costly move, to be sure, but one S'Luk was confident would pay off. If it could destroy even a majority of the terran Grand Fleet, the blow to morale resulting from its destruction so soon after entering the battlefield might cause a rout or at least demoralisation [i]"This tomb is now yours."[/i] The four battleships advanced on the remnants of the Iscandarian and Terran fleets, aiming to try and destroy any remaining vessels they could The voice barked out over the Sazkarjhit fleet again [i]"Leave now or meet their fate, our patience wears thinner by the moment!"[/i] More disturbances appeared behind the Sazkarjhit fleet, though obviously of a different pattern of ship engine. The two cruiers investigatingbthe warping ships broke off and moved towards the disturbances...