Into The Breach
"Jumping in five... Four... Three..."

The actual leap was timed with perfect co-ordination. The bulk of the civilian fleet had stayed where it was, protected by a battlestar and other remaining military assets. This, other contingent, however, was the polar opposite: Factory refining ships, along with tugs and the like, to haul the relevant pieces into place. But what made the difference was that the over-riding majority of these craft were military. Everything was geared to protecting those industrial vessels, at a moment's notice.

If things went well, they would not have to. As ever, of course, few plans ever survived first contact with reality.

And with the wrecks they were after being situated in the middle of an asteroid field, even the environment could be thought of as a potentially hazardous enemy.

"Launch Marine expedition Raptors and Viper escorts. Engage heavy ECM cover. The moment anything tries breaking through, I want exact locations plotted and a firing solution handed off to the Viper CAP, if need be."

Within the Avalon's hangers, dozens of Raptors, each loaded with a complement of Marines, began to depart. Their target, a fused war grave of corpses; men and machines, alike.

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