In space.
Star-Class Warships constantly entered and exited Warp, sometimes remaining in Warp for only a dozen seconds or so.
This was partly to evade potential attacks and partly to predict their opponents' movements.
The two fleets had closed to such a short distance that the battle had entered close-quarters combat.
Tachyon Light Swords remained the primary weapon of Level 5 Civilizations. Their powerful lethality, rapid strikes, and long range, along with their many other excellent traits, made them highly effective in both long-range exchanges and close combat.
Among light-speed weapons, only Matter Disintegration Rays could be used in Close-In Weapon Systems. All other weapons were faster-than-light.
This battle was fought entirely in a realm beyond the speed of light. During rapid Warp movement, if information were gathered using light-speed detectors, it was even possible to detect the enemy warship performing the same action twice.
That was because, after seeing it once, they could race ahead of the light and see it again.
Clearly, optical detection was already useless in this kind of war.
Tachyon Detection was the conventional method, while humanity used a Third-Person Perspective throughout the entire battle.
Lyra and the other consciousness-linked warships led their respective battle groups in charges and maneuvers. Empowered by Third-Person Piloting Mode, they seemed to move through the battlefield as though it were empty.
Especially after close-quarters combat began, the Human Civilization fleet seemed to have become even more formidable. Human warships essentially fought and dodged at the same time, destroying more than a dozen enemy vessels without taking a single hit themselves.
The battle groups led by humanity's three thousand consciousness-linked warships could frequently pass with perfect precision through the blast ranges of various Gravity Bombs, as though dancing across the battlefield. The Super Planet Destroyer Cannons had no chance whatsoever