The Voice of Liberty won.
He won by virtue of lasting long enough to allow the Riot Mark III to cripple itself.
Though it was not a particularly impressive means of securing victory, that did not change the fact that the ambushing force had eliminated the only serious obstacle in its way.
Saint Conrad Morgenstern had attained complete control over the battlefield.
Technically speaking, the escort fleet still had a bit of fight left in it. All of its combat assets outside of its champion remained intact and undamaged.
Its mechs and warships were still positioned to bombard the Sound of Revolution from nearly any direction.
The Ascended Giants had finally made an appearance.
They no longer huddled inside the Armitage like frightened rats.
Despite their fears and misgivings, they all deployed into space.
Their numbers, their superdimensional raiments and their superdimensional armaments granted them a slight measure of confidence, but not too much.
