An old friend's revenge

[Lanakov]

"...I repeat, Bravo wing is out of action, too many ships disabled, three of them completely destroyed."

"Sir, they're intercepting our long-range ordinance with alarming accuracy, shielding both the target and the warship almost entirely. And they're too close to the surface now, we won't be able to disable them from space. I suggest..."

The man gestured calmly at his interlocutor, cutting the speech.

"Enough words already. Let's weaken the warship as much as we can before they land and turn its weapons against us. I want a complete focus of our short-range armament on the warship's weapons and power plant. Tell the snubs to pull back behind us ; we'll need them to provide some air support down there.

The other man was already about to repeat these orders down the chain of command, when he was halted again.

"Tell the ground forces to be ready to sweep the surface in five minutes. We must hit hard and fast - this chase has already taken too long."

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