Author's Note

Action chapter, here we go!

Clash of power.

Clash of power.

"Now, the first thing that needs to happen, you." Cracked says, pointing at me. "Diego, you need to go out there and deal with the ships. I'll stay here and see if I can help fortify this place."

~~Now? We still have an hour. I can help here.~~

"We still almost have an hour. Diego can-" Luna is cut off.

"The closer those ships get, the more damage they'll be able to do. Leave now and you can stop them before they arrive." Cracked Sky asserts. "Also, be careful with the Surog. It's weapons are powerful enough to wipe out an armada. Now go!" Cracked yells.

Engage.

"Response: negative. Command: Galra member is not to be unsupervised." Voltron speaks.

"Unsupervised?! Now is not the time to argue about this. The Galra ships are coming as we speak, you have to stop them!" Cracked rejects.

"Response: correct. Counterpoint: Galra member: Cracked Sky is to be supervised by royal: Luna. End of discussion."

"Ugh! Fine! You want them to watch me? That's fine. Now get out there!" Cracked shouts. Diego merges his Bayard with his wings, forming his super wings again. As he does, Cracked faces the princesses. "Now, what kind of defences do you have?" She asks as Diego vanishes.

In space, Diego reappears, heading straight for the incoming ships. He could see the ships with his long-range vision, another had appeared. It would still take Diego barely seconds to reach them. Diego re-materializes in front of the four ships, his Bayard reforming in his hand.

Fight specs: two research ships: lightly armoured but armed with six sirenic turrets. Threat level: 6.

Battle-cruiser: heavily armed warship, specialising in attack and weapon deployment. Armed with ten sirenic turrets, an ion cannon, Point defense cannons and a Reflection attack array. Threat level: 4.

Interstellar-cruiser: armoured transport ship, specialising in speed and troop deployment. Threat level: 6.

Battle difficulty: advanced medium. Focus: Battle-cruiser. Diego scans. All ships immediately begin deployment. Sirenic lasers come from the research ships, the battle-cruiser fires it's ion cannon and the interstellar-cruiser begins deploying drone fighters and shooting point defense cannons.

Using both sets of thrusters, Diego dodges the attacks. Squeezing his Bayard, Diego forms his gatling gun, moving towards the battle-cruiser. As he begins firing on it, hexagonal plates fall off the sides of the ship and begin flying into different positions. Some of them fly between Diego and the ship, causing his shots to be reflected away from the ship.

Diego flies up, aiming to fire at the ship from above but the fighters from the interstellar-cruiser are firing on him. Turning to face them, Diego lets loose with his weapon, shredding the fighters. Unfortunately, the sirenic lasers have caught up with him.

Deploying his energy blade, Diego starts sending slashes at the beams, too quick for them to dodge. The battle-cruiser starts firing, its shots hitting the reflection plates, causing them to zigzag through space. Coming from multiple directions, the beams converge on Diego's position.

Again using his thrusters, Diego dodges now aiming instead for the research ships. Forming his sniper rifle, Diego starts shooting to disable the sirenic turrets. Some of his shots are reflected by a few errant plates but he dodges them, managing to shoot a handful of the turrets.

Forming his energised staff to swat away some blasts, he heads to finish the research ships. The battle-cruiser tries to fire its ion cannon at Diego but he forms his shield, blocking the blow and deflecting the offshoots at one of the research ships, damaging it.

Diego squeezes his Bayard, redeploying his energy blade as he approaches the damaged research ship. He cuts into the bridge, the damaged research vessel, now devoid of command staff, hurtles out of control. The other research vessel is so focused on Diego that it failed to acknowledge it’s fellow research ship barreling towards it.

The collision causes the main part of the wreckage to fly out of control, spreading bits of debris everywhere. With the two research ships out of commission, Diego focuses his attention onto the battle-cruiser once more.

In retaliation, the battle-cruiser fires a myriad of lasers, all of them bouncing around the hundreds of reflection plates, almost like a spiderweb. Dozens of beams converge on Diego, hundreds more hounding towards him. Deploying his staff again, Diego begins rapidly spinning in place, hitting the beams as they come, striking other beams, drone ships and even the interstellar-cruiser with a few.

Reorienting himself, Diego heads straight for the battle-cruiser but the interstellar-cruiser cuts him off with a barrage of point defense cannon shots. Although he takes a few hits, Diego is able to change direction, now headed for the controller of the drones instead.

Forming his energy whip, Diego rushes forward, slicing any drone flying by into pieces. Advancing on the I-cruiser, Diego forms his energy cannon, firing straight through the ship with one shot. The ship begins exploding, its core compromised.

The final cruiser tries to fire its ion cannon again, but it misses, hitting the remains of the I-cruiser instead. Flying forward at full thrust, Diego forms his shield, planning to ram straight into the warship. It fires the reflection attack array but its shots are either too slow to hit or just bounce off of Diego's shield. Diego rams straight into the ion cannon, damaging it severely. He forms his chain sword, slicing the damaged head of the weapon clean off before throwing it up into space. Destroying the head of the cannon with a shot from his tail, Diego puts away his Bayard, choosing to deliver the final blow with his hands.

Keeping his hands next to each other, he fires a large beam of raw energy straight into the ship. Beams from the array make their way towards him but they miss, the thing controlling their guidance gone. Diego looks down, through the hole he made. He can see space on the other side. A Galra, presumably the captain wearing a large space suit, comes out and tries to attack him with an energy ball. He shoots through it with his tail, destroying the ball.

Incoming message.

«- may have broken my ship, but I won't give up! VICTORY OR DEATH!» He tries to attack with the weapon that fired his energy ball but Diego grabs it, hoisting him up. Diego shoots him through the chest with one hand.

«Response: Death.» Diego lets him go as the corpse floats away. The ship has begun shutting down, wenting atmosphere from the hole through it.

Diego flies away, back to his home.