Time continued to pass by as the latest offensive push against Arvest Lima V receded.
This time, the native aliens clearly lost more than they gained. They knew that they couldn't topple the defenses of the fortified planet in a single massive assault, so they sought to launch periodic attacks in order to exhaust and deplete the human defenders over time.
This time, the predominantly orven forces clearly suffered greater casualties than their human adversaries!
Too many orven phasefighters got shredded by the souped-up Larkinsons and their allies!
Even though the mass Commandeering of so many mechs of the expeditionary fleet only lasted for a limited time, the damage they inflicted on the regular and elite orven phasefighters was massive.
This was because the native aliens couldn't field nearly enough strike craft in the field that could fight on roughly equal terms to any machine that had been temporarily elevated to quasi-expert mech standards!
