“Does that mean you’re ready for a test run?” “Well…” The Matriarch sighed in exasperation. “Every time you say you’re proceeding, it never actually seems as though you’re proceeding at all,” she complained. “Need I remind you that time is against us. If we cannot get this superweapon of yours up
An Imperial mecha squadron skated across the industrial city. Or rather, the ruins that used to be an industrial city. Everything all around them from the largest fabrication bays to the smallest machine sheds had been completely annihilated. Their coral facades and armor plating had been cut apart
They were attacked by heavy piercing munitions and annihilated in their bunkers, no matter how weak or strong they were. “I’m impressed, Ra’ventrii,” muttered Orsethii. “You’re truly an engine of destruction.” “Can we even beat that fleet?” said one of her mecha pilots. “Just look at how much dama
Both of them watched the screen in horror as the city below them was completely and utterly annihilated. They watched as countless drogar were brutally and unceremoniously slaughtered. Most critically, they watched as trillions of krohn were eliminated right in front of their eyes. It all seemed to
The fleet was out in the middle of Imperial space, far from any settled or civilized systems. It was composed of hundreds of light cruisers and frigates, as well as thousands of heavy fighters and mecha. They weren’t there to rearm or regroup or repair. All they did was simply sit there. Or rather
But after seeing the millionth drogar family ripped to unrecognizable shreds, it dug into her. Constantly seeing their blood bathing the streets and their homes and their workplaces did little to keep her stable. The more she saw the dead, the more her desire to stop Freya grew. Part of it was due
It didn’t take long for the fleet to rendezvous - only an hour at the maximum. And once they all got into position, each of the ships powered down absolutely everything they didn’t immediately need, such as their energy shielding and weapon systems. Everything else was set to the lowest amount of en
The Corvus Republic Civil Defense Force was scattered all over the city in countless teams. Each one was composed of humans and synths and drogar and wolves, all of whom worked in tandem to help the Imperial citizens around them. It didn’t matter if the citizens were wounded or not, hungry or not,