Franklin's rifleman mech proceeded to fire one positron beam after another. The searing energy attacks struck several different alien phasefighters, yet only lightly reduced their transphasic energy shield integrity.
Just as Josh and many other mech pilots assumed that they would remain spectators for a while, a mutation occurred when a very bright and powerful source of light flashed across the battlefield and struck the beleaguered space fortress!
The orbital space fortresses interrupted the relative peace. Their warship-grade gun batteries fired their hyper energy beams straight at the distant enemy warships!
"THEN WE MAKE SURE TO STAY MOBILE AND RUIN THEIR AIM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. WITH ALL OF THE ECM, JAMMING AND OTHER INTERFERENCE ON THE BATTLEFIELD, THE AMATEUR ALIEN PILOTS WILL HAVE TO RESORT TO MANUAL AIMING TO LAND THEIR SHOTS."
Thousands of them appeared within a minute. More and more phasefighters steadily flew out of the converted capital carriers with a remarkably high degree of coordination.
However, people found it morally unacceptable to station younger and more vigorous soldiers in this doomed place. They were the future of red humanity and deserved to live a lot longer.