The destroyers keep up the smoke screen as they continue to back up toward you even as the strike group begins to land and reload. Your captains keep the large clouds of metal chaff coming even as the enemy lasers begin to flash closer and closer to them until one of the corvettes gets unlucky and is struck by one. There's a bright flash and the brief scream of feedback on the radio as the ship is instantly cooked by the massive overpowered laser your bridge crew remain clam however this is not the first time youve lost a ship but it is however a rare occasion where the essex herself has taken fire the flashes of long range laser fire flying past your flagship. The enemy are closing in and should soon be able to hit the Essex or the missile cruiser your CAG officer offers to launch half the strike group now while the other half loads to hopefully buy yourself more time with a strike.

>launch a half strike of 12 craft
>wait for a full strike