Harbinger/8

Acid Storm
By the time Daniel returned to his command center, the adjutant had already prepared a report. "Four of the five other cities on Antiga have successfully rebelled against the Confederate strong-arm. The Confederates, for their part, are in full retreat except in one city, where they have achieved the upper hand over and quelled a rebellion led by the Sons of Korhal. A video was prepared for you while you were away."

Daniel nodded, then sat down on his black-leather sofa, watching the video, from the point of view of one of the wraith pilots. There were three of them, all friendlies, heading into the voids of space... seemingly toward a telsat--a Confederate one still controlled by Gui Montag, he realized. It had a very skeletal appearance, with a massive dish and spindly extensions, as well as a few booster fuel tanks. The wraiths homed in on the target, firing several burst lasers, most striking rather harmlessly at the dish or the neosteel extensions, but several impacting on the fuel tanks in the middle of the starcraft. They exploded in rapid succession, blasting pieces of the disk away from the shattered remains of the rest of the craft.