Returning from a shakedown cruise to the outer planets of the Solar System, an Army of the Southern Cross TASC flotilla unexpectedly encounters the Masters fleet in high Earth orbit.  In the ensuing clash, the Tactical Armored Space Corps (TASC) newest Veritech the VFH-10X is baptised by fire.  The performance of the Armored Gryro Attack Chopper (AGACs) was deemed exemplary against the nimble Bioroids attack craft of the Masters, and soon after the type was ordered into full production as the VFH-10A Auroran.  Here an Auroran carrying the Modex 222 is captured amid the brief battle as the 23rd Strike Group skirts the picket ships of the Masters fleet on their return to Earth.  222 piloted by LCDR William Vance, callsign "Green Knight", served with distinction claiming 3 unidentified Battloid-type Mecha riding large "Space Surfboards" as several pilots recounted their first look at the Master's combat mecha.  LCDR Vance rose rapidly through the ranks of the TASC to eventually command one of the first active Auroran squadrons.  He was killed in action during the insertion of the 15th Squad on the Master's Flagship.  

This work, like many others has been sitting on my Desktop for years.  Started in 2014, I finally started to get around to finishing it.  Sketched and colored in Managed Studio 5.