#10 by Carnifex

"This is Samura White 1 to the...."

The squadron leader of the Blood Dragons called out stongly over the wing's closed channel, "All Dragons, target the source of that transmission. All weapons free, if you get a clear shot then take it. Good hunting."

The Samura transports were slowly manuvering into position sheltering next to the fins of the gate claw with the Kinjiru covering their colective soft spots. As the Dragons moved in the firing was sporadic on both sides while the fighters weaved in and out of the gate's structure, some better then others. The close quarters neutralised the range advantage of the Kinjiru's weapons and the weaving of the Dragons made ammuniton runs against the transports difficult. The first few supporting Kusari fighters began to arrive, ones which had already been in space in the area when the distress call went out. The turrets of the Construction Site remained quiet with the exception of the occational warning shot when a Blood Dragon fighter strayed too close to the station. The com-chatter amoung the combatants was at fever pitch.

A Blood Dragon fighter swung around the outside of the gate and manuvered through an opening near the Kinjiru. Kicking in his thruster the pilot tried to wedge his ship between the Kinjiru and the gate, not quite managing it and popping out to the side before quickly dissapearing behind the gate. The Kinjiru swayed to one side. Moments later a second Dragon tried the same thing and this time managed to push the Kinjiru further from the shelter of the gate structure. The two ship's shields flared violently before the fighter's shield gave out and it crashed into the gate, bits of it tearing off as it tried to speed away to safety. Three Dragon ships outfitted with torpedoes and already on a bombing run lined up with fingers on the triggers while the remaining fighters turned away from the re-enforcements and toward the now more exposed Kinjiru, squeezing past eachother to get through the openings in the gate claw.