[IoD] And so it begins...

"Fear breaking formation, intercepting response fleet. All other units maintain mission objectives." 'u'Sadow ordered, the Fear's massive shape breaking off from the fleet at a surprisingly high velocity for such a large craft. "Power to Inertialess Drive. What say we show them why this ship is called the Fear?"
 Once a safe distance from the rest of the Shadow fleet, the Fear engaged it's Inertialess Drive. Preceded by a sudden pulse of energy, the massive worldship zipped up to near blank range with the response fleet in the blink of an eye, guns roaring.
 The distance of the targeted ships had kept them safe; beyond optimum range, the blasts lost most of their power. Unfortunately, at this range, the guns' fire impacted with pretty much all their initial energy.
 This inertialless jump was not without negative effects, however. The drive, when engaged, overloads the engines of the activating ship. While this does no damage to the engines, it does leave them offline for a period of time, and in the case of a large capital ship like the Fear, this can leave a critical- and often underarmored- flank underprotected.