The War of Greed

The Orange Star Civilization leader's concerns were not without reason. But no matter how worried he was, the arrow was already on the string. It had to be fired.

The closest distance between the two sides' warships had narrowed to forty Astronomical Units, roughly the distance from Pluto to the Sun. Light would take about 5.5 hours to cross it. For civilizations below Level 4, that counted as long-range strike distance; after all, firing one shot meant waiting more than five hours for the firepower to arrive.

But now, Level 4 civilizations struck much faster. Warp bombs traveling at nearly forty times the speed of light needed only about 8.2 minutes. They had already entered the effective range of most Warp Weapons. Though the hit rate was not particularly high, battle could begin.

Of course, Human Civilization did not open fire. Their number of warships was limited, while there were simply too many enemy vessels to destroy. If they aimed for total annihilation, even their stockpile of the latest Warp Bombs would not be enough.

The Orange Star Civilization, with its far greater number of warships, had no such concern. They intended to wipe out the human warships through overwhelming firepower coverage.

Wary that Human Civilization might possess weapons capable of taking both sides down together, the Orange Star Civilization made its final adjustments while carrying out its barrage.

Several of their squadrons braked sharply and exited Warp, but their fire did not stop. At this distance, the first weapons launched were Warp Gravity Bombs. These were bombs composed of Antimatter Warheads, Warp Engines, and Irregular Force Field Generators. Their primary function was to trigger distortions and chaos in spacetime, thereby damaging the enemy warships' Force Field Shields.

As the saying went, fight magic with magic. A warship equipped with