Command informed me that Mori was fighting 3 ships alone (2dragons + 1 outcast), so I launched to help him. Our combined force destroyed one Blood Dragon fighter:
and was downing the Outcast bomber when even more overwhelming forces arrived into the 3vs2 fight:
we still managed to damage one blood dragon bomber beyond repair (reports say it was abandoned after the battle):
But ultimately the hull of my ship gave away, Mori recovered my pod and safely retreated to Hiroshima. The "honorable" blood dragon forces seem to be relying heavily on bomber class vessels with imported experimental weaponry, maybe it's time to discuss a change of tactics to counter them?