Many de Jardin fighters exploded as they were cut into pieces. The remainder peeled away in retreat. This all but allowed the swarm to cut deeper and deeper into the cruiser. Hundreds of fighters and mecha swept across its surface and raked the armor with their disintegration beams over and over. T
Two all-volunteer squadrons flew out of the main de Jardin devastator’s hangar bay. Each one held a dozen fighters as well as a dozen mecha. Not only that, but each of them had a 24 drone escort flying alongside. Each of the pilots triple-checked their instruments and MFDs even as they flew towards
Many of the devastator’s crew floated out from deeper within the ship, their faces frozen with fear as they choked to death. But Karna’s attack was far from over. They quickly regrouped, then immediately dove back down towards the devastator. They focused their fire on the largest openings and bla
Matriarch de Jardin exhaled at length as she watched the Imperial devastator collapse in on itself. Its midsection crumpled inward as its demimatter generator burst and pulled everything into itself. Both of its ends were violently pulled inward, which caused its outer chitin to shatter and splinter
Silence exuded from the Parliamentarian. He wanted desperately to refuse, but the Matriarch was right - they really didn’t have much of a choice. All of the Hegemony’s major fleets were already engaged up and down their lines. With a hard and heavy grimace, he instead nodded wordlessly to the Matri
“Now that’s a much better offer!” she said. “I accept this agreement. You can count on the Temple of Discord to save your hides.” Her holoprojection winked out for a few moments as the space above the whirling hurricane of destruction flashed and warped. One by one, the ships of the Temple of Disco
The fighting above the Typhon Planetary Weapons Platform was incredibly harried and vicious. Beams and rockets and slugs and plasma and missiles and mortars flew in every direction. They slammed into all sorts of armor and ripped out huge chunks in their wake. Countless crew from every nation were
“Of course I do!” Eris exclaimed. “It’s obvious everyone in the galaxy wants control of it. You can’t just make something like this and expect people not to want it themselves. Just look at it! It’s the ultimate power in this galaxy. Anyone wielding it becomes unstoppable!” The Matriarch grimaced a