The Melee Mech Problem
The pacification of the alien starships did not fully go according to plan.
The pakklaton infantry soldiers did not put up a lot of resistance. The losses they suffered before this battle along with the depletion of their supplies left them in a pretty bad shape.
When their broken and tormented mentalities came into play, the pakklaton soldiers completely degenerated into suicidal animals that only sought to kill at least one filthy human before they died!
In contrast to the pakklaton resistance, the voribugs were much more difficult to defeat than everyone thought.
With the manpower, training and equipment of the Golden Skull Alliance, the various boarding teams were experiencing considerable difficulties in securing the vessels.
Even if they killed millions of bugs and wiped a couple of nests, there were still a lot more voribugs scurrying around that had drilled into areas that were incredibly difficult to access by humans!