360 Landfall Gone Wrong

The Cutter with the First Battalion raced toward the planet's surface as the other three Battalions made contact with the Scourge ships.

They didn't dock, that was only to the advantage of the Scourge, but they exited the Cutters and used the Gravity Control and magnetic plating functions of their Mecha to lock themselves to the Cutter's exterior.

A wave of drones raced out from Terminus to keep watch and assist where needed, while a furious barrage of fire smashed into the Scourge mothership, which went into an immediate frenzy at the unexpected level of damage that it was taking.

The Cutters had Orbital Bombardment level weaponry, and the Scourge mothership was ill-equipped to deal with it, having already lost their main shielding, causing them to start taking casualties to their automaton forces before they had even made contact with their newly arrived target.