Immediately after exiting FTL, an officer relays their findings to the rest of the bridge. “Admiral, the Covenant forces are already engaged in-battle with the Novayan fleet!”
Admiral Tyran, smugly - “Looks like the Covvies made more enemies than we originally thought! Continue on our attack vector, fire all MAC-s when in-range. Target priority is their battlecruisers. Hail the Novayans and let them know we’re here to help.”
The UNSC fleet would quickly transmit on an open frequency to the Novayans, declaring their intentions to assist. Moments later, they finally entered MAC range - and began to unleash a torrent of fire down on the Covenant fleet from yet another angle. The aliens were now stuck in a crossfire between two separate Armadas. Once again, the Human fleet seemed content with firing from a safe distance while their fighters and bombers occupied the deadspace in-between. Now, with an even larger number of heavier warships, the volume of fire dwarfed that of Blaskowitz’s fleet over Remnant. Even the UNSC’s frigates contributed to the rain of fire, their spinal Mass-Accelerators being able to reach even at extreme ranges…
The UNSC had stood by while one kingdom was attacked - it would not do the same for another. Here, without reinforcements, Tyran speculated that the Covenant forces would surely be destroyed - trapped between two fleets, and occupied with surface operations.
Still, she intended to be prepared. The fight was far from over. “Keep an eye on the long-range sensors - I don’t need another Covvie armada dropping right on top of us…”