"Don't wait for me, engage!" Black ordered. There it was, what she has been searching for. Fortunately the crew had the rules of engagement drilled into them and the four main turrets of the Nyx were pointed in different directions. One managed to return fire immediately, and one more begun the small adjustment to it's targeting solution before it could do the same. the other two kept in place - it would take them too long to rotate and track their target. That, and that ship might not be the only one.

The laser array on the turret flared to life, sending an invisible beam of lightspeed death towards the ship. Something flashed on its hull flashed and started melting and evaporating. The captain could only hope they wouldn't maneuver fast enough until they suffered critical enough damage. "Try the rear, if they rely on thrust based engines that's where they're going to be." she advised from what she could see on the visualization. It either didn't have enough resolution, or the ship actually didn't have any turrets past the main weapon. [i]Why'd that?[/i] Kat thought. There could have been a number of reasons, the most disturbing that they could aim theri main weapon in wide arc and recharge it fast enough not to need many more.