The planetary defense forces saw the advance and threw everything they had into supporting it. Artillery shells screamed overhead, tearing massive holes in the creature ranks. For a moment, it looked like the push might actually break through.
But... as always, nothing... nothing in this war was ever as easy as it seemed.
While the Aegis advance and the allied artillery carved a bloody path through the void creatures, something else was happening above. High up on the hive city's upper levels, a massive void vessel descended through the burning sky. It was wounded, with its hull cracked and sections venting atmosphere, but still very much alive. The Kaelzar defensive fleet in orbit had damaged it, but not enough to stop it.
It dropped into the lower atmosphere like a falling mountain, and its weapons came alive.
