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“They couldn’t do nothing, of course. As the orbital mirror array reduced the military infrastructure defending MIZAR-V-A into rivulets of plasticized metal, the remnants of the patrol fleet began slinging kinetics – sending magnetic slugs on long, gravitationally-corrected trajectories towards our position.
They weren’t aiming for us. At this range, they had no chance at seeing a clean hit from an unguided kinetic weapon. The RAIN was a mobile target, capable of altering her position long before she was in any danger.
Unfortunately, the mirrors had no such benefit. Their magnetic systems were optimized for rotation rather than movement. Patch-by-patch – piece by piece – the rain of kinetic rounds shattered subsections of the mirror. While the RAIN could mitigate some of the damage by intercepting the rounds before impact, we knew that the window afforded to us would be limited. Accounting for the time it would take to slew the mirrors onto a new target, we would have ten – maybe fifteen hours of meaningful burn-time left. Enough, perhaps to do significant damage to…
>MIZAR-IV. A closer target, requiring a much smaller targeting adjustment. There are two heavily colonized moons here, defended by a trio of orbital stations. Eliminating one station would create a viable entry point for the RAIN. Eliminating two stations would render both worlds exceptionally vulnerable.
>MIZAR-III [HOMEWORLD]. Our final goal, and their homeworld. From what I have observed, the orbit of MIZAR-IV is festooned with defensive emplacements. Inflicting early damage upon this infrastructure would be invaluable. However, this target is also far more distant. It will take time to steer the mirror array to match the planet’s position, and the effects of diffraction may mellow our attack further…"
- [UNSIGNED], EXECUTIVE AUDITOR, TRS NOVEMBER RAIN, AD. 2242, AUGUST 4, PERSONAL JOURNAL
