Thread:Tybereous/@comment-26535281-20160801214757/@comment-25606723-20160817164234

(I'm assuming it has to charge.)

The black ship sees the energy attack coming, and spins in such a way that it's hull is facing the cannon. The shields are strengthened to maximum there, and the barrage temporarily ceases. When the blast hits, it sens the ship careening off for a short distance, before it rights itself and begins retreating as fast as possible to gain the other side of the small planet as cover. It's shields are almost completely gone. It releases several small magnetic plasma mines to cover it's retreat. They detect a ship's magnetic signature, and release several torpedoes locked onto that signature.