From the best viewing window aboard the Kree escort ship, Ronan saw a massive spacecraft, its engine flames blazing like a brilliant star, its trailing glow illuminating the entire night sky.
The flat ship shot toward the Kree Empire's First Starport like a glowing arrow.
The great shield had not activated in time, the gravity trap had not been deployed in time, and no one could have imagined that such a magnificent ship would charge at a starport in such a suicidal manner.
In an instant, radiance like a supernova eruption blasted every celestial body nearby into fragments. Ronan's inspection ship was shoved by the blast wave to the far side of the stellar orbit.
Its propulsion system was completely destroyed. The entire ship became like a meteor, trailing bright light as it plunged headfirst into a planet.
Violent tremors, a soul-shaking explosion, desperate screams—his many years of experience in cosmic warfare allowed Ronan to activate the safety shield device on his body before the ship crashed. It saved his life.
Kree were carbon-based lifeforms as well. Like most carbon-based creatures, they could be harmed by crushing, explosions, and burning. The spindle-shaped ship struck a planet at a speed far beyond what it could withstand. Its hard outer shell offered little protection; instead, it created even deadlier explosive shrapnel for the Kree inside.
The instant the ship's gravity stabilization system was destroyed, Ronan was slammed against the bulkhead. After he activated his shield device, the portholes shattered completely, and the main control room looked as though it had been kneaded by a giant hand, like a crumpled ball of waste paper tossed into a trash can.
The ship's final self-defense system ejected the main control room. Ronan saw with his own eyes as soldiers who had not activated their shield