Scorpion faces two destroyers with a combined gunnery advantage in this fictional battle. The cruiser dumps water and waste mixed with reflective chaff while Auburn Station transmits powerful radar pulses. Receiver overload and reflections briefly blind the opposing sensors, while Scorpion uses the station's radar for targeting. The destroyers adapt after twelve seconds, but that interval lets Scorpion destroy the first opponent before concentrating on the second. Both enemies are destroyed, leaving the cruiser with a broken drive ring, lost guns, and leaking atmosphere.
Chapter · 3:18:55-3:23:11
Scorpion's electronic-warfare ambush
A fictional cruiser uses chaff and a station's radar to gain twelve seconds of accurate fire against stronger opponents, accepting severe damage to survive.