This was a battle where the few fought the many, and both sides had made their tactics clear from the very beginning.
The two starships that arrived later directed all their firepower at the attack ships.
This choice was probably made for the sake of efficiency. The main ships had relatively strong defenses, while the attack ships were all fragile.
The two starships themselves had to endure attacks from the other side's two main ships, along with harassment from six attack ships.
After all, some attack ships still had to besiege the luxury starship.
More attack ships, meanwhile, had latched onto the two small ships that arrived later—those were their primary targets.
The Unlucky Starship and the 3344 Ship, under concentrated fire, displayed exceptionally skillful maneuvering, their trajectories unpredictable and erratic.
However, the enemy's firepower was simply too dense. No matter how skillful their maneuvering was, they could not avoid getting hit entirely.
But just like in a fight, there was skill involved even in taking a beating.
They avoided the heavy blows whenever possible, while choosing to tank the harmless attacks with their sturdier sections.
Yet compared with the flashy maneuvering of those two starships, the movements of the two small attack ships shocked everyone even more.
Attack ships were notoriously fragile. Even a slightly heavy hit could damage them.
Yet the two attack ships drifted about like ghosts, using their small size to weave nimbly through the barrage.
Amazingly, not a single decent attack managed to hit either of them.
"Fuck..." The captain of the luxury starship stared in stunned disbelief and could not help muttering, "Meritorious Warriors?"
He was also a military veteran, and he knew full well that even military elites would find it difficult to reach this level.
As the battle spread into full swing,