The Independence powered its engines and opened a portal into hyperspace. A few minutes later, the ship arrived to the outer planets of Kale. They were to meet the rest of the fleet over here, but there was nothing but dark, cold space around. The frigates radars and sensors started beeping, showing tens of portal opening up near by. Fighters and bombers emerged. The ship started identifying the ships.
"Investigation Error: Model: Unknown"
The unknown bombers launched its torpedoes, doing a critical hit in the engine area. the Independence was immobilised, its only option was to fight.
"Arm the turrets. Enemy fighter squadrons incoming, this is not a drill"
Dal ran to the hangars, most of the fighter were destroyed by a couple of torpedoes, Dal's included. Dal ran to the turret deck, jumped into the controls of a rapid plasma and started firing at the incoming fighters. The odds were against Independence, but the skilled pilots and gunners downed lots of enemy spacecraft. The ships deflector shield was activated. The attacking forces couldn't do anything until the shield was disabled. The bombers launched ion fire, and eventually bypassed the shield. Soon, the command bridge was destroyed, and the enemy began boarding operations. Dal left the turret, went to the engine controls and started reapiring the engines with other engineers. A warning was given.
"Hull damage critical"
A nearby blast killed many engineers, and Dal fled to the escape pods. Most of them had already launched, but Dal was able to find one. The pod launched, and after a while Dal could see the Independence reactor blowing up, and the frigate with it.
Independence was lost...