Exactly one thousand three hundred and twenty two fighter units were sent to fight the Disembodied Heads. None returned. Their fighters had twice the firepower and three times the range of anything that Earth Alliance space fleet could put in their way. What's more, their pilots were directly connected to the crafts that they controlled, while the human pilots had to control their fighters by pushing buttons and pulling levers. And the life support system took three times the power. The Disembodied Heads had only a brain to support. Humans had an entire body. For the same reason, Alliance fighters had not enough space for a ejection mechanism. All the Disembodied Heads needed was a soccer ball sized sealed container.

Though the first Alliance wave was completely annihilated, the last few units managed to use many of the floating escape pods for target practice. Once ejected out of its fighter, a Disembodied Head had to sit helplessly in its escape pod until it was picked up. Thus shooting Disembodied Heads in escape pods was easier than shooting fish in a barrel. In fact, that was the exact phrase the leader of the remaining fifteen Alliance units said before he saw the heavy cruisers approaching.