Just like with the Dominators, the first contact between the Gamma Scorchers and the native alien forces that defended the occupied star system involved mechs and phasefighters.
Both sides sent a portion of their screening forces further ahead of their main elements, so the chance that any warships would intervene between the initial skirmishing was minimal.
At first, the first-class multipurpose mechs of the Gamma Scorchers behaved identically to their cousins at the Dominators. They flew forward with confidence and with active shield links pooling their energy defenses.
One big difference was that at least half of the mechs carried a conspicuously large energy rifle.
This was most definitely their main weapon, though their mech frames also contained a lot of barrels of smaller integrated weapon systems.
