Hangar bays on the bottom of all four pyramid ships slid open and more death gliders scrambled out in great numbers, each ship deploying an additional swarm of 30 death gliders. Half of the total 120 death gliders moved to intercept the fighters launched by the Endeavour and Starlight lance. The rest pressed on towards the white shuttle which was now slowly being engulfed in a  not too coordinated defensive formation.

As the fighters launched the Ha'tak pyramid ships individually opened fire as well. One of them focused mainly on The Endeavor, blots of orange plasma pelting it's shields. The splashes of orange looked more dramatic than they actually were, not overly taxing the Endeavor's shields.
Two of the pyramid ships focused on what was assumed to be the bigger threat based on size alone, opening concentrated fire on the Starlight Lance. Explosions lit up the side of the ship as chunks of metal sheared off the side of the vessel. Still compared to the thickness of the amor the amount of material being lost was relatively minimal.

The shields of two pyramid ships currently engaged in combat lit up as two of the now three-way segmented USS Creed fired phaser volleys at them. In response the fourth Ha'tak class vessel engaged the two Creed segments close to it. The shields of the gamma segment flickered, it's shield strength being diminished by the staff cannon blasts, yet the Ha'tak vessel found itself hard pressed to strip it down completely as the shield quickly regenerated.

While Endeavor and Starlight Lance fighter swarms were still on an intercept course with the first wave of gliders The Forge's attack group warped to the location and quickly closed the gap between them and the swarm thanks to their Microwarp drives. One by one gliders were slowed down to a crawl and occasionally tumbled through space not being able to cope with the effect generated by the stasis webifiers. Seconds after being tackled only bits of wreckage remained of them.

The skirmish progrssively intensified just as the Liberator warped in and immediately began it's assault. A number of bright flashes englufed one of the Ha'taks assaulting the Starlight Lance, causing it's shield to glow around the entirety of the ship. Yet as the light from the explosions diminished the Ha'tak vessel proved to be unscaved. Meanwhile the Dragonflies launched just before the torpedo assualt were quickly shredding large numbers of death gliders. In response a portion of the original glider wave veered in attempt to rush their assailants.
More smaller torpedoes followed the intital offensive, pummelling the shields of the Ha'tak motherships, yet seeming just as ineffective as the initial captial grade ones.