A small DDS force commanded by Windscorpion has attacked an ABBO convoy just 2 days before it reached Malau with thousands of troops and supplies. The force consisted of 4 Panther destroyers plus a Rome corvette acting as a scout. They attacked the convoy focussing on the troop ships in the convoy's centre. The first phase of the attack was a concentrated attack but soon the ABBOs recovered and attempted suicide tactics, one Panther is thought to have acted as a point defence ship protecting the other three.
However as the ABBO counterattack grew too much for the DDS to withstand Windy switched tactics to allow all 4 Panthers to operate independently using their superior speed to avoid being hit. All ships did sustain damage though and when one Panther lost main power Windy ordered a withdrawal. Although there were some crew fatalities no ships were lost.
The ABBOs are estimated to have lost 42 warships however plus most of their troop ships. Windy's aim was to prevent them being able to invade another DDS planet in the short term and his objective was achieved. The ships are now returning to Liberation.
