Over the course of the next two hours, the intensity of the fluctuations around the suspected portal site continued to increase, marking the likely appearance of a Cathedral Ship fleet. They had almost definitely picked a winner this time, and they were going to get the fight that they needed for the propaganda videos.
Even better, it was just them here, so there wasn't anyone else's fleet to crop out of the videos, or any need to cut scene to highlight the heroics of the humans.
[Estimated time to portal opening five minutes. Are there any changes to the standard deployment orders?] The Drone Ship's AI requested.
[No changes to the previous orders. Refrain from Antimatter weapons until ordered, we are still attempting to lure out the Greater Energy Beings for their destruction.] Max instructed.
