Awareness Is Commendable, So I'll Give You a Banner...

Although the Star Alliance fleet held an absolute numerical advantage, the Sea Fog fleet was naturally superior in quality. Iona, a command ship, had not even had her defenses broken after being focused by three Star Alliance warships, let alone these specialized cruisers and battleships.

For a time, artillery fire crisscrossed the void, beams streaking through the stars and striking Star Alliance warships head-on. Iron Cavalry Fighters darted between the fleets, turning Star Alliance landing craft attempting to rush into the Sea Fog fleet for close combat into fireworks one after another.

The Star Alliance, which had always been invincible in battle, had finally run into a wall of iron before the Sea Fog. UNSC warships possessed sufficient firepower, but they were fragile as glass; after all these years, they had not even invented shields. Thus, when dealing with UNSC fleets, the Star Alliance would generally begin with a volley of plasma cannons, then charge straight in and deploy landing craft. Since UNSC warships lacked shields, they were basically stripped bare by the Star Alliance without even a chance to struggle.

The Sea Fog fleet, however, had two layers of external protection: shields and Klein Fields. They were practically impossible to breach. Moreover, unlike human warships, Sea Fog Warships had no need for corridors, passageways, or compartments. Almost every place other than the command room was packed to the brim with weapons, ammunition, equipment, and drones.

That meant that even if Star Alliance landing craft went through enormous trouble to latch onto the outside of a Sea Fog Warship, they would probably not even be able to blast open a passageway...

Under the Sea Fog fleet's suppression, the Star Alliance began retreating step by step. Yet Fang Zheng did not let down his guard, for a simple reason: there was