Your fleet does a fantastic job of shaking out into a simple formation as it leaves the jump point the well seasoned captains showing off as they move into position in the picket line as the Essex and the missile cruiser station themselves behind them. The fleet is currently made up of.

1 CVL (24 carrier strike craft)
1 Guided Missile Cruiser
3 Light cruisers
4 Destroyers
5 Corvettes

The enemy meanwhile seem torn between searching for the origin of the signal and reacting to your arrival the majority of the enemy fleet form into a tight line astern formation centered on the battleships with the light cruisers forming a protective screen around them. You do notice the battlecruisers seem to continue searching for the origin of the signal and seem quite close in finding it.

>Focus everything on the main enemy force
>Have the strike craft split off and hit the battlecruisers