(I have been granted control of still other than TF-50 for this post from CB, since I only control 3 assault capable ships + Hotaru which are out on the field, and we are both in agreement on this action.
Also, I do not see Yaichiro leaving perfectly good ships from the Biaranko strike inside the fortresses. As such, I will have him assume command of these vessels. CB concurs.)
Yaichiro was issuing telepathic orders left and right...including one order which sent two Sprites in Mindys out to scoop up the dawdling Zarthe-Heisho...who should have gone on the ship when he was first told to. He'd deal with him later. As the bays began to clear, Yaichiro issued several communications...
"...To all ships currently ready for duty for Operation Nami no Seigi, prepare to depart for combat! Generate crews! Load Weapons! If you haven't an assigned CO, default to IES control! I am assuming command of the Operation Nami no Seigi force. Coordinate! All forces prepare your armors and Weapons Pods for launch! If you've got fold systems, warm them up!"
As the ships began to charge up their resources, Yaichiro smiled as the all green light came on...the people inside had safely evacuated.
"Asamoya, this is Kage-Taii. Thank you for your assistance...We can depart safely now. Please disengage your Graviton Beams, and I wish you luck and good hunting."
In a command issued from the Himitsu's XO, the TF-51 force and the Himitsu folded, in addition to their own forces and Hotaru's, to form a line perpendicular to the Hotaru line. The planet was the fulcrum of this 90 degree angle...and the enemy was situated within the hypotenuse. After the line was formed, local interdiction fields were activated to inhibit the fold 'n' run tactic from which the Command Group had just suffered...
This also saved Hotaru and its forces from taking unwanted fire.
A full 200 wings of Power Armor, 100 wings a side, arched upwards and downward, above and below the line of fire between the line and the Mishhu, and attempted to attack enemy armors in a pincer within a pincer...
This was obviously intended not only to keep Power Armor out of the line of fire, but trap enemy Mishhu Pods within this 2 dimensional plane.
All the while, the 29 Nozomi of TF-51 as well as the two Star Fortresses fired the new Type 29 Main Guns and the Aether Shock Arrays respectively, sending pulses of aether-based death as far as 2 AU into Pod and Warship alike.
Yaichiro continued to speak, this time sending out a general transmission to allied forces.
"This is Kage Yaichiro Taii, ordering the launch of Nami no Seigi ships prepared for battle under my command, both in Hotaru and Himitsu. Should a higher ranking officer wish to assume command of them, by all means, but I will not have these ships sitting in dock if they can fight."
The remaining 31 bays of Hotaru and Himitsu opened, and dozens of ships began to fly forth from them. As their Interdiction Drives activated, Power Armors staffed by Sprites adding to the already massive force. Any efforts to infiltrate the bay doors were met with heavy resistance, the doors closing behind the ships...
Yaichiro, waiting for Asamoya to release her grip, opened a channel to the first four Irims launched...he knew the enemy's fold systems wouldn't be recharged yet, and elected to take advantage.
Moments after receiving Yaichiro's order, four Irims used their folding systems to swarm the enemy force...they each took aim at the force from different angles so as not to shoot each other or be hit by the Aether Weapons littering the area, and released a barrage of Hellish fleet weapon on the force. Their main target was the battleship, but it was entirely possible, if not probable, that other vessels and Power Armor would get destroyed in the crossfire.
The Irims escaped as soon as they'd finished firing using their fold systems, but not before leaving a little gift--their full loadout of Weapons pods, 720 for each ship, attacking whatever Mishhu pods and vessels they could get shots against.
