Deep Space
Larger numbers of NMX Mega-Mishhu were arriving in the system, only to be met by more C5 drones and the Skyguard fleet... and even an Elysian ship. As the other attacks against PsychoPomp started to wrap up, more and more forces were being freed up to join this fight. Ships on the edge of the system were being broken up by weapons fire almost as fast as they were arriving, the sharpflashes from ships being vaporized by lasers or shattered by high-energy impacts could be seen as far away as the ice-world itself.
This left the Gigamishhu itself was already preparing another salvo, but as the Hammer approached from one side, and the Itano from the other, the Gigamishhu had no way to escape back tot he saftey of the rest of its fleet. The large creature would turn to escape, heading towards the edge of the star system, deploying the last of its battlepods, another swarm of a few thousand older Type 33s.
The creature itself lacked point-defense weapons, though its shields were strong enough to ward off all but the strongest firepower that the S6 fleet had to offer. Though the long range blasts from the nuclear artillery weren't enough to get through the shields, they were plenty strong enough to tear apart battlepods as they launched.
The Hammer and Anvil's main cannons faired far better. The majority of the shots missing at this extreme range... though when the first shot landed it tore right through the rear shield, forcing the Giga-misshu to cycle its shields around to cover the breach.
The focused fire on the Giga-mishhu would also mean the battlepods would quickly close the distance, the swarm focusing on the smallest ships in the fleet as they lacked the firepower to do much damage to the frigates and carriers.
Similarly, battlepods would be approaching the Itano and the Araxie as well, the larger ship doing its best to protect the Araxie with its powerful shields... though the previous impacts had already tore gaping holes in the protective barrier. The battlepods starting to swarm in to surround the Itano, wanting to attack from all angles to maximize their chances of getting firepower through the breaches in the shield.
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Deep Space, but a lot closer to where Mikki and Alex are
The battlepods still had mini-missiles...
... many of which were launched at Mikki-chan's missiles. The NMX projectiles heading right at their targets, some being shot down by alex, some more being evaded entirely by Mikki's manuvers. The red battlepods continuing their strategy of splitting their attack between Alex's fighter and the mini-missiles being sent after them.
More and more firepower was poured into the space between the fighters, with S6's own craft backing up alex as the squadron of Red battlepods headed right towards them.
However the blinding flashes of light from the rapid series of explosions wouldn't slow Mikki-chan's sensors down at all. The mini-missiles starting to find their way through the hail of fire. As the battlepods made another fast pass by Alex, they would find half their number turned into rapidly expanding clouds of scrap.
