Cassio Tagge commanded his fleet to advance at full speed under the fire of Dawn Star Planet's distant Star Ring, while the heavy Turbolasers and heavy Pulse Lasers installed on the Star Ring fired madly in return.
The fighters on both sides also clashed around the nearby space installations, though the intensity of the fighter engagements was not particularly high.
Dawn Star Planet launched roughly five hundred fighters, while the Galactic Republic deployed about the same number.
The commander of Battlegroup B, which had arrived earlier, was extremely cautious. He did not rashly launch a large number of fighters, and after Cassio Tagge led Battlegroup A here, he tacitly approved that decision.
Because before them lay one of the most notorious planets among the Separatist forces currently ravaging the entire Milky Way Galaxy—Dawn Star Planet!
He had countless reasons to approach this battle with the utmost caution, and he firmly believed that Dawn Star Planet's defenses were not something to be taken lightly.
But he also had a reason why he had to attack! The powerful fleet he had brought with him!
Ninety-five Hunter Class Battlecruisers, twenty thousand fighters!
And the situation before them indeed seemed to confirm it. Dawn Star Planet had no warships or spacecraft in sight. Perhaps upon seeing the massive Republic fleet arrive, they had hidden inside the spaceports of the Star Ring.
"Keep advancing! Keep firing! Fire freely at Dawn Star Planet!!" Cassio Tagge decided to give Dawn Star Planet a show of force first.
At his command, the Hunter Class Battlecruisers lowered their bows one after another, assuming a broadside firing posture. The eight XX-9 twin heavy Turbolaser cannons beneath their bridges opened fire wildly!
Countless blaster bolts struck the Star Ring and Dawn Star Planet's Planetary Shield, sending ripples of pale blue energy