The Mech Touch

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The heat and energy impacting the defensive platforms rapidly degraded the layers of armor protecting the internals and crew manning the guns.

In desperation, the defensive platforms rotated along their axis, trying to present as much untouched armor against the sandmen as possible to preserve their battle effectiveness!

”Too much! It ’s too much! ”

”Hold back the sandmen as much as possible! Fight until your machines don ’t last! ”

The mechs and starfighters that had repelled the incoming sandmen for several weeks tried to reinforce the defensive platforms as best as possible!

Scarred starfighters and shabby mechs reinforced the defensive platforms as best as they could manage.

These mobile units used to lead the defense of Sydney Superior.
However, after fighting off constant battles, the mech and starfighter regiments were only a shadow of their former selves.

The losses suffered by the Starfighter Corps were horrendous.
Only twenty percent of their peak strength in the star system was left!

In addition, many of the starfighters were fighting with limited ammunition and energy reserves.
They had to slow down their rate of fire and limit their deployments because they couldn ’t last as long as before!

Due to all of the sandman fleets that had flooded Sydney Superior, it had become too dangerous to supply the defenders from the outside!

”FIGHT! FIGHT WITH ALL YOUR HEART! FIGHT UNTIL YOU DON ’T HAVE NOTHING ELSE LEFT! ”

Defensive platforms exploded or disintegrated into chunks with each second that passed.
Starfighters turned into lifeless shells as several lasers burned through their systems.
Dawnbreakers endured an unimaginable amount of fire before finally succumbing due to the rapid wear and tear their damaged frames endured!

Throughout all of the fighting, the Stripes of Humanity these machines used to show off with pride now turned into a final gesture of the determination of the defenders!

A starfighter wing that fought above the equator of Sydney Superior VI came under focused fire by a remnant of a swarm.

The small and vulnerable spacecraft exploded one by one as the swarm cleverly boxed the juking starfighters with an array of lasers!

Just as the sixth starfighter was on the verge of collapsing, a shining volley of projectiles slammed into twenty sandman drones at once, taking them out without fail!

”It ’s the Glittering Comet! ”

”We ’ve been saved! ”

”Thank you, Venerable Larkinson! ”

The Glittering Comet, the custom mech of Ghanso Larkinson, flew past the starfighters without transmitting anything in return.

He needed to put out too many fires!

Tears streaked from Ghanso ’s face as he knew that the starfighter pilots wouldn ’t survive for long.
Even if he gave them a reprieve, more sandmen would take the place of those he took out a moment ago!

The Glittering Comet continually fired its rifle as Ghanso resonated with the weapon.
Shining white projectiles slammed against numerous sandman drones without missing a single shot!

Only an expert pilot could accomplish perfect accuracy against the fast-moving sandman drones!

If Ghanso could whittle down the swarms over the course of a month, then he would have been able to clean them all up without suffering any losses!

Unfortunately, time was not on the Bright Republic ’s side!

The continuous attrition and retreat had battered the mobile forces to such an extent that Ghanso ’s presence was indispensable!

There was so much despair among the mech and starfighter pilots that the glows of the Desolate Soldiers weren ’t enough to keep them in the fight.

The men and women risking their lives to repel the sandmen needed the inspiration that only expert pilots could provide!

Several more expert pilots like Ghanso flew around and emboldened the hearts of every combatant risking it all to defend Sydney Superior VI!

Unfortunately, nothing they could do would save the planet and its inhabitants from the sandmen!

The best they could hope for was to evacuate the remaining children to preserve the legacy of the people of Sydney Superior VI!

Several shabby cargo haulers converted into improvised rescue ships formed into a convoy protected by a large proportion of surviving mechs and starfighters.

”Advance! Break through! We still have a chance of saving some lives! ”

The final rescue fleet advanced and attempted to bulldoze its way through numerous swarms, lattices, monoliths, starfishes and other weird shapes!

The nearest defensive platforms in the vicinity all lent their firepower towards this breakout attempt.

For a moment, the sandmen in this section of battle were being pushed back!

However, the sandmen did not continue to batter against the defensive platforms in an attempt to make landfall on Sydney Superior VI as everyone thought!

For some reason, the sandmen in the vicinity stopped trying to advance towards the planet and all started to attack the breakout fleet!

”NO! ”

Ghanso Larkinson immediately flew his mech towards the breakout fleet.
The rescue ships carried hundreds of thousands of lives!

His Glittering Comet shone even brighter as his rifle slammed against a monolith, single handedly causing it to shudder and lose integrity!

It wasn ’t enough!

The rescue ships were too sluggish.
Featuring very little armor to speak of, the sandmen easily managed to pour their fire past the scattered mechs and starfighters.

One vessel ’s massive cargo bay broke apart, causing an uncountable amount of human bodies to float out into space!

Even if the vacsuits worn by the children preserved their lives for a moment, the cold emptiness of space would eventually claim their lives!

There weren ’t any ships left to rescue the lost!

”NOOOO! ” Ghanso screamed as his Glittering Comet emptied out its ammunition stores!

His intervention wasn ’t enough to change the outcome.
The exhausted mechs and starfighters hadn ’t been in a good shape to begin with, and could never take out the sandmen fast enough to save the rescue ships!

Dozens of ships foundered, exploded or simply fell silent as the lasers raked over their entire hulls!

The breakout attempt had failed!

Sydney Superior VI had fallen for good!

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