Heavily damaged, Unit-00 nevertheless continues its attack on the Bavarian freighter with a high-velocity kick that splits it in two. Since it didn't use either of its weapons, it regenerates 2 HP.
MAOX
The Drakkar's torpedoes detonate. The Legionnaire's shield boost is enough to keep the Assassin from taking damage, but the Legionnaire itself is not so lucky.
The Drakkar launches another pair of torpedoes and the Manowar fires its plasma cannons at the Legionnaire. Both ships turn around and decelerate.
"Captain Antonio, we've arrived in the battle zone."
"Excellent, Navigator Bassiano. Ensign Lorenzo, prepare the weapons."
Secret Faction Activated: The Police State of Venice (Scratch)
The Titan-class cruiser The Merchant of Venice warps into the battle.
Both the Scythian EVA and the Britannian monitor are hidden behind various obstacles, so it fires on the Horatio-class and does a point of damage. Meanwhile, its Glaive beam charges (it will be ready to fire next turn).
Space Nazis
"Fire ze Friendship Beam!"
The Friendship Beam shreds the Schadenfreude, earning NATO the first cruiser kill of the game.
The Space Zeppelin also launches a squadron of fighters, which shoot out one of the Verklempt's torpedo launchers.
Bavarians
The station gun turrets finish off the Britannian Patrol Monitor.
The Verklempt's FLEIJA torpedo detonates, destroying the Legionnaire and inflicting another point of damage on the Assassin (4 remaining)
It launches another torpedo at the Britannian fleet.
Even with its regenerated HP and AT-field defenses, EVA-00 can't survive the onslaught of a heavy laser turret and two Mk.04A Angels.
Admiral Karr: "Dammit, do we have to clone my dead wife again?"
Ensign: "Sir, that's... highly illegal."
Admiral Karr: "Of course it is. I meant, uh... do we have to... bone my dead wife again?"
Ensign: "As a patriotic Scythian I see nothing wrong with that. As long as you go in through the skull."
Praetorians
The Assassin maneuvers around the TLA fleet, and fires at the Archer. Meanwhile, the Dragoon comes to a stop.
Britannian Carrier Group
The fighters shoot a turret off the Manowar.
The two frigates both open fire on a T.L.A. fighter squadron with their flak cannons, annihilating it.
Their laser cannons strip both gun turrets off the Gamma-class frigate.
T.L.A. Assault Fleet
The Gamma-class accelerates through the Britannian fleet.
The Omega opens fire with its Hellbore, inflicting 3 points of damage on the Britannian carrier and melting its flight deck. It's not shown here, but the delta-class charges its Hellbore and fires a missile at the Dragoon.
Britannian Battle Group
The Armed Courier makes a beeline for the Verklempt, planning to board it.
The Horatio's torpedo inflicts a point of damage on one Angel Incubator, and it fires another. It fires its guns at the Merchant of Venice, but misses.
T.L.A. Support Fleet
The Support Fleet's torpedoes detonate, wiping out an entire flight of Space Piltogg fighters and inflicting a point of damage on the Space Piltogg space zeppelin and the Britannian carrier.
The Beta-class fires a pair of missiles at the Dragoon. The missiles it fired last turn hit dealing 1 point of damage.
The Alpha-class launches another squad of fighters and a pair of torpedoes, and fires its main railgun at the Britannian carrier, dealing 4 more points of damage (2 remaining). The fighters it launched last turn destroy a Space Piltogg saucer while their missiles eliminate the Vulcan squadron.
The research station deploys two Nemesis Series angels and a freighter. There is one Mk.04C still gestating (it will be ready by the end of next turn) and 3 available incubators. Currently there is only one Mk.04A Angel deployed.
Overviews
Send in orders. Also, let's get a victory point tally going:
NATO: 110 (1 freighter, 1 frigate, 1 cruiser)
TA: 70 (1 EVA, 2 frigates)
One freighter is about to escape off the Britannian side of the field, while another is flying past the Omega.
