(OOC: Cipher, please comply to the color coding standard and make your posts red (color FF0000))
Yaichiro grimmaced at the Asamoya's attack as it began, but figured it could be a blessing in disguise. He quickly ordered four additional Irims to use their IES systems to extrapolate the most likely fold points for the enemy carriers, and initiate CDD systems to intercept.
This would be followed by a raising of the Interdiction field and the merciless attack utilizing the Anti Fleet Weapons and the Weapon Pods of the mighty Irims.
The NG-X5-87 through NG-X5-90 were assigned to Neyja I, Neyja II, Uuyi I, and Uuyi II respectively. When any of them detected the indications of a fold, they would act, interdict, and engage. Should they appear in the midst of allied forces, their Anti-Fleet Wepaon, however, would be useless. That was a danger of folding half-blindly...but their IES wouldn't permit them to fold inside any mass, thankfully.
In an effort to shield Hotaru from further attack, Kokoro-Juni kept the YSS Kappa at Hotaru and engaged the Aleet Interdiction Device in its defense. It synchronized with Hotaru's and Himitsu's PANT-IES so as to cooperate with the 5th XF's folding and CDD strategies, pulsing on and off if necessary. For now however, an interdiction field roughly 2.6 AU in diameter was defending Hotaru, Himitsu, and any allied vessels within proximity...those folding attacks the enemy had been employing had just gotten a great deal more difficult. Also, it could defeat interdiction efforts by the enemy.
Five Irims (NG-X5-83 through NG-X5-86, and NG-X5-91 through NG-X5-93) calculated possible fold positions for the new fleet, prepared to drop their interdiction fields and attack at the earliest signs of a fold in progress, just as their sister Irims were assigned to do, while the two remaining Irims (NG-X5-94 and NG-x5-95) folded and attacked. NG-X5-94 was alligned to take out the Neyja I and II in one shot, while NG-X5-95 was alligned to take down Uuyi I and Uuyi II in their line of fire. If this failed, they'd escape with CDD if possible. They also wanted to take down as many of Qeh I~V as possible.
For the waiting Irims, they bided their time by dodging attacks and using their Weapons Pods to fight back against the attacking forces. They also made sure to fire alternating rounds of SDM and AS-5 torpedoes as well as Positron Railguns at their assigned ships. NG-X5-83 through NG-X5-87 were attacking Togi IV, V, VI, VII respectively, and NG-X5-88 through NG-X5-93 were showing their muscle to Qeh V~X. NG-X5-96 through NG-X5-98 were attacking whatever enemy targets revealed opportunity within the Togi/Qeh assault, assigned to Hotaru Protection and subsequent contingency plans.
Assisting the Irim and protecting the YSS Kappa were 9 Sakura Gunships, (NG-X5-221 and NG-X5-223 through NG-X5-229). Again, they were assigned to Togi IV, V, VI, VII and Qeh V~X respectively, attacking with their own Rail Guns or Electron Countermeasures, Weapons Pods, Aether Pods, and when the opportunity to attack without risking allies arose, their Aether Shock Arrays.
2 Kyoto (NK-X5-24 and NK-X5-25), each with 5 Arashi Escorts (NE-X5-126 through NE-X5-136) each presided over the assaults on the Togi and Qeh forces, coordinating the Irim and Sakura further, and having the Arashi assist the Irim by firing their own Positron Cannons, Projected Aerther Beams, and SDM and AS-7 torpedoes at the enemy. Weapons Pods were also utilized. AS-5, AS-7, and Weapon Pods flew at the ships, trying to exploit any holes in shielding the SDMs may have created.
The two Kyoto presided, one over the Togi, and the other on the Qeh. They pounded the enemy with Missiles, Projected Energy Beams, and Subspace Encased Positiron Cannons, but did not take excessive risks...they generally let the Arashi force the enemy to keep their distance, intervening HARSHLY when necessity demanded.
The lone Yuumi (NB-X5-03) acted as a third node of command, commanding nine more Arashi (NE-X5-137 to NE-X5-145), each attacking one of the Togi or Qeh enemies just like their sister Arashi. With three nodes of command and four ships assigned to attack each Mishhu, they would find they had a rough fight on their hands--and the YSS Kappa prevented their escape.
The YSS Asuka and the YSS Kappa were protected by four remaining Arashi (NE-X5-146 through NE-X5-150) in addition to being in relatively close proximity to the Yuumi. The Yuumi and the Arashi near the YSS Asuka and the YSS Kappa defended against any attackers which may have slid through the brutal three-dozen ship force.
Each Power Armor was assigned to fight pods released from each ship assigned, or to try and sneak through the SDM holes in the enemy ship's hull and wreak havoc if they so chose. Most left this latter choice to the Weapon Pods or the AS-5/AS-7 torpedoes.
Three Nozomi (NS-X5-227 through NS-X5-229) and Two Arashi (NE-X5-151-NE-X5-153) placed themselves under the Asamoya's command, and proceeded toward the enemy force on a different vector, so as not to compromise Asamoya's stealth. They may also act as a distraction, so Asamoya could more easily engage.
The Yuumi (NB-X5-03), with nearly no wearning, engaged a minimal interdiction defeat effort and vanished, using its CDD to appear behind the crippled Mishhu Battleship, leaving the 9 Arashi under its command to operate under the Asuka and the 2 Kyoto. As the Irims arrived to engage the Neyja and Uuyi units, the Yuumi arrived in an odd-yet-calculated angle behind the battleship, powering its Interdiction Device. The powerless vessel was the target of the Yuumi's most powerful attack, the mighty Legacy Cannon, one the Irims had been instructed to expect, and had amended their arrival positions.
The attack would hopefully destroy ships in close proximity to the battleship, or destroy them entirely...
After the assault, Weapons Pods would be deployed to clean up and defend the big bruiser YSA ships.
The Mishhu managed to destroy 2 Arashi (NE-X5-127-NE-X5-133) and a lone Sakura (NG-X5-224), but the Mishhu had made a tactical error, swarming a force in excess of four times their size.
Hotaru took more damage than Yaichiro originally thought, a blackened spot on the majestic form of the Fortress--the Zesanium manufacturing facility damaged by the collision and explosion of Togi III...
Adding to Asamoya's command: Three Nozomi (NS-X5-227 through NS-X5-229) and Two Arashi (NE-X5-151-NE-X5-153)
