Fang Zheng's fleet departed without a sound.
Although the expedition was important, Fang Zheng did not want Heavenly Dao Palace to fall into turmoil because of it. Introducing Red Ponytail had felt like a "public execution" to him, but no matter what... well, at a time like this, pride was the least important thing.
The scale of Heavenly Dao Palace's deployment this time rivaled the previous battle against the Reapers. Of the three Star Spirit arks, Fang Zheng left only Memory of N's behind. Spear of Adun and Pride of Tal'darim joined the expedition as the main warships, accompanied by eighteen fully staffed Titan fleets. There were Titan warships including Divine Envoy Class, Leviathan Class, Orobass Class, and Ragnarok Class, along with tens of thousands of battleships and carrier formations, plus Destroyers, logistics ships, industrial ships, transport ships, and an enormous fleet of other vessels...
And that did not even include the Swarm army bringing up the rear...
Honestly, with a force like this, let alone attacking a planet, they could have taken it straight into Star Wars and faced off against the Rebel Army.
Furthermore, the Free Worlds under Fang Zheng's command all contributed as well. In the Flame Haze World, Shana led a group of newly trained Flame Haze Warriors into the expedition. According to Shana, she wanted them to "see the world." In the Magical Girl world, although Nanoha, Sakura, and Tomoyo remained behind, Mami Tomoe and Sakura Kyoko brought a large number of Magical Girls from their world along on this interstellar journey.
The Mecha World also provided Fang Zheng with considerable personnel support. A VF fighter squadron led by Anya, Rei Ayanami, and Asuka joined the expedition as well. Thanks to Fang Zheng's efforts, the Mecha World's technology tree, which had originally gone completely off