The Zerg's Blade-Arm Mutalisks and Vipers numbered around two hundred thousand. Their vast formation scattered the instant it collided with the fighter swarms. Fighters and Zerg tangled in melee, while across thousands of kilometers of space, Zerg, fighters, and rain-like attacks flew wildly in every direction.
A Blade-Arm Mutalisk charged head-on at a fighter, viciously hurling the Baneling clutched in its claws at the craft. These unmanned fighters were all centrally controlled by the Colombia flagship. The flagship's target priority assessment ranked Blade-Arm Mutalisks above Banelings, so the fighter first trained its sights on the Blade-Arm Mutalisk. Beams of green laser fire streaked through space and struck it instantly. The raging lasers exploded across its body, blasting the Blade-Arm Mutalisk straight into pieces.
The incoming Baneling was still more than two hundred meters from the fighter. The fighter should have been able to evade with its nimble frame, but strangely, the Baneling suddenly vanished. It then appeared directly in front of the fighter in an instant. With a thunderous BOOM!, the long-concentrated acid, borne by a terrifying shockwave, slammed viciously into the fighter. Its sturdy hull armor melted instantly like snow splashed with boiling water. Within a breath or two, the corrosion reached the engine, causing it to explode.
Nearby, a Blade-Arm Mutalisk was frantically pursuing a fighter ahead of it. The Glaive Wurms it launched tore crack after crack through space. Yet, because of its compact body, the fighter was extraordinarily agile, and it evaded several attacks in succession. The Blade-Arm Mutalisk grew increasingly frantic. With a fierce beat of its wings, it overloaded itself and charged at the fighter. However, the fighter suddenly flipped in midair, turning from having its back to the Blade-Arm Mutalisk to facing it head-on. Its two laser cannons fired six blasts of green