Thing of fear

The god of war entered the fray emerging out of bellowing flames, guns ports sending a fierce barrage of missiles and lasers, smashing into the klestranian fighters that dotted the sky literally blotting out the sun and armoured units that had rushed to intercept the Horizon. The idea had been to finish it off in the aftermath of the massive bombardment with atomic weapons. What had seemed a good strategy was fast turning into a nightmare with the superlifter engaging in a full scale display of superior fire power. The sky burned literally burned with exploding and burning fighters dropping flies.

The commander of the armoured forces on the ground, shouted above the din of fighting to his second in command, "order all units to keep firing!"

"Commander our forces have stopped firing", replied the second in command laying next to the commander, on the ground.