The dark side clouded everything in this battlefield. It did not only surround the Sith fleet that came out of hyper space, but the Black Hand fleet had a strong barrier of the force themselves. It would not protect them from cannons and torpedos, but it was there nonetheless. 

The droid fighters swarmed in an unusual formation, like locusts as a black cloud of fighters moved around the ships. Their signals pinged out across all communication channels, releasing high pitched rings in all open channels. Their artificial minds simulated emotions, and those simulators were very active right now. They wanted to strike, they wanted to tear the frigates apart. They could not go though. They were being held back by an unseen force, unable to move far from the middle of the five carriers.

The fleet did not move and did not fire. Slower as their ships were, speed did not matter when they did not intend to move. They waited and waited, allowing the frigates to weave into their lines before suddenly the whole fleet came to life. The carriers kept their noses aimed at the command ships, making themselves much smaer targets as their massive guns, two on each side, fired at the frigates. The battleships opened fire with every bit of their firepower as well, each ship picking its own target. They for ed a crossfire mechanic where every ship's gu s were helping to destroy a frigate. 

As the frigates entered the battle, the fighters, bombers and gunships suddenly lashed out, swarming towards the command ships. With them came boarding pods, with massive claws that would stab past shields and cut through the hull, before prying the metal apart and dropping droids inside. That was if they landed, but they didn't seem to be aiming for that. Instead they charged the gun batteries, using their one time landing methods to stab into the guns and tear them apart. They focused on one of the command ships, leaving the other alone.

The swarms of fighters and bombers could not be stopped of course no matter the firepower of the command ships. There were simply too many of them. Soon they came to the ship's bridge, and all bombers as well as fighters fired one large focused barrage of torpedos and missiles at the bridge, aiming to disable it at the weakest spot. The fighters would at any time break off to fend off any fighters the Sith had brought, while the bombers relentlessly came back for one pass after another bombarding the bridge with torpedos.