Everything happened too suddenly. Arrows pierced through several light-years of space around the binary star system. In the universe, this was only a very small-scale eruption, one that would normally cause almost no harm.
Space was actually incredibly empty. Most celestial bodies were not on the same plane, much less in a straight line. But the Spider Nebula had two particularly unusual features.
First, there was a reason the Kree called this place the Cradle of Stars. There were countless stars here, and the entire sector was exceptionally bright. When observed through human telescopes, it appeared as a brilliant radial pattern, like a spider.
Stars were natural bombs, especially newly formed and still unstable ones. After suffering a tremendous impact, they could easily trigger chain explosions and spread destruction across a wider area.
The other factor was that, to prevent either side from pulling tricks, the Three Great Empires had invited fleets from many civilizations to serve as witnesses. Not every civilization could cross space in the flesh like the Asgardians. Most species still needed starships.
In interstellar society, aside from special incidents like Gana stealing the Polaris, there was almost never a lone ship traveling through space. Most ships needed scouting vessels and escort ships. Once they set out, an entire fleet went together.
Because many civilizations were equally advanced and did not skimp on shipbuilding materials, most interstellar civilizations possessed vast territories and abundant energy. Their ships were huge, magnificent, and took up a great deal of space.
Starships could not line up bumper to bumper like cars. Massive ships had to account for gravitational interference. If two capital ships were too close, they could disrupt each other's gravity stabilization systems.
If there was a starport, those ships could dock there according to their models. A starport had