The wheednar warships were taking more and more of a beating as the human mechs flew closer.
Their proud cannons that could repel or destroy a lot of opposing warships had taken down far too few mechs.
Sure, a couple of hundred of them had been wiped out during the lengthy approach, but that still left many thousands more!
The ranged mechs had already begun to pressure the mechs with their firepower.
Meanwhile, the melee mechs were just about to close in and exhaust the defenses of the starships a lot faster at close range!
The only way for the wheednars to delay the human mechs from completely terrorizing their warships was to make use of their own small craft!
Formations of starfighters flew under the cover of the alien warships and began to strafe and harass the human mechs!
The wheednars had already encountered mechs in their past raids, so they knew better than to confront the humanoid machines at closer ranges.