A huge green cylinder ship appeared, it dwarfed the nearby Worm Destroyer. In the middle was a huge hangar, over a hundred triangular craft came out.
The new fighters soon took out two more Assault Bombers and began tearing the heart out of Tape Squadron, Worm Squadron watched from afar.
"Scarabs," Dirt couldn't believe his eyes. The Scarabs were neutral, weren't they? But they shot at both sides. The last of the Interceptors exploded in a fireball but luckily the Worm Destroyer launched another three squadrons.
The Scarab Gunships had strong shields, and were fast, faster than the Avengers. After ten minutes of fierce ship-to-ship combat one of the gunships was destroyed by combined fire of three Tapes.
Dirt realized that the Worm Destroyer was drifting ever closer to the approaching Scarab Battlecruiser. The capital ship entered the battlecruiser's hangar bay. It was gone.
Wanzanar could not believe his luck, he had trapped Worm Squadron and an Imperial Termite Worm Destroyer. He loved to see enemies die in the fringes of space, alone. He could see the three remaining V-Wings making a pass on his flagship; a Gunship appeared and took all three.
"Launch the Battle Razors!" he ordered.
The Termite Pilots saw the Battle Razors as they unleashed a volley of Scarab missiles, crippling a Wormnaught. Two more were damaged before Assault Bombers silenced them.
The Scarab ship then started a slow turn. When it had turned 60 degrees it jumped. The Battle of Watana, was over.
Worm Squadron limped back to base on their backup hyperdrives. They arrived and were greeted by an atmosphere of horror. One ship had swallowed a Worm Destroyer and shot down all its fighters. No kind of supership had ever been conceived. A sure sign of what lay ahead.
To be Continued…