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Topside transforms to robot mode and begins to speak, but his words are drowned out by a deafening roar as the orange light in the clouds burns brightly. The Armageddon’s main gun fires, casting a fiery column of energy down upon the island, aimed at the capitol building below. Our heroes’ allies assume various alternate modes in a desperate attempt to flee the weapon’s blast radius…
…But suddenly, a thunderous CRRRAACCK! splits the night air, as the beam appears to stop in midair, just above the capitol building. Topside and ■■■■■■■■■■■■ look up at the sight, confused, before the truth of what was happening dawns upon them.
The Armageddon’s beam fades, revealing a disintegrating shield of energy that had materialized to shield the capitol building at the last second. As crystalline fragments of hard light fall upon the building’s domed roof, the entire ancient spaceport rings as its many towers and platforms come alive with glowing, varicolored conduits, and ■■■■■ to deploy powerful defensive weapons. The cliffs around Salvation shake as the twelve gargantuan statues around her draw their weapons and assume battle-ready stances, and great cannons burst from the rocks. Tendrils of cybermatter curl around Salvation as the fins along her sides instantly reform, their massive gun turrets swiveling around to target the Twenty-sixth Fleet. Below the Fleetcarrier, Motherboard’s visor flickers to life as her connection to the ship’s weapons systems are re-established.
The sea around the island churns as a ring of metal, caked in sand, barnacles, and coral rises from the ocean’s depths. Blue lights marbling its frame flicker to life as antimatter cannons deploy from its circumference, and a cyan dome of energy spreads from the construct to envelope the entire island. The Heretics’ barrage falls upon this shield, roaring like thunder as a thousand tons of munitions fails to break through, detonating harmlessly upon its surface. Thousands of Salvation crew members and pilgrims, emboldened by the display, emerge from their hiding places and cheer, their cries echoing across the ruins.
Salvation and the spaceport’s cannons open fire, sending a tide of foldspace warheads, plasma bursts, antimatter beams, and metal slugs soaring upward. The barrage passes right through this side of the shield dome and strike the enemy warships. One, an assault ship crippled in an earlier battle with Salvation, is destroyed, exploding magnificently as plasmafire rips it to pieces which fall into the sea below.
The seven carrier ships of the Heretic Fleet rumble as they sink below the clouds, coming to rest above the sea as Obsidian and Strika begin their ground invasion. On the Armageddon, Bludgeon’s face twists into a sinister grin as he strides toward a dropship preparing to take off. On the island, our heroes’ allies regroup and ready themselves to meet their enemies in battle.
The two Air Troopers rise in turn, aiming to overtake Gatecrasher and gain a superior altitude.
Sprocket’s blades whir as he attempts to fly faster, to get in range to attack.
Shockwave fires a shot at Nova, but the former Prime dodges, and the blast detonates behind him. Blue cybermatter leaking from his body suddenly flashes brightly, as if reacting to the spaceport’s sudden activation.
