Reverse Jink

The swapping One on the inbound was pulsing away, knocking the One-Eight-Ones apart ahead of the tagged 5-ring, and my Oneless Eight was being yanked even harder than before. Just to make the inbound happy, I began to let the targeted Eight rotate out of the way, making it look like a pair of separating One-Eight-Ones. The 5-ring took the bait and did not alter course.

I kept the rotation up and then tossed in the other Eight to follow, completing the decoy maneuver. The 5-ring might have realized that it was too late as the intercept completed. The Six between the Sevens at the head of the ring nestled between the my Eights. The impact and acceleration was strong enough to strain the bond of my floatable One as it lagged behind it's Eight.

I scrambled from Six to Six and then slipped around the Seven to take the helm once again. One-Eight-Ones were zipping past as the pair of Ones still left on my Seven were kicked into overdrive. Providing repulse action steering, I was able to shift the hyper-spinning Ones to different positions on the Seven to push away from obstacles and keep moving forward as the spearhead of the Six-Six-Seven pierced through the soup.