Amy followed the attack on her plot. Her ship’s ten fighters swooped in and began to do as ordered, they drew the Cabal ships fire away from her destroyers allowing them to fire their torpedo loads. The Courageous was at the center of the enemy formation. Just as her fighters began their turn toward home the enemy launched fighters of their own.
“Strike leader I have bogies on my six!”
“Alpha three, break formation and swing wide I will try and shake them loose from you!” Alpha three, dove toward one of the enemy destroyers trying to shake the much faster enemy fighters. Alpha one, this force’s strike leader, circled around and came up behind the enemy fighter. He fired just as Alpha three lost the battle and was destroyed.
“Damn it! Die!” The enemy fighter disintegrated into a ball of
