C Battlegroup, which had lost nearly a third of its warships in a short time after being ambushed by the Purification-class Black Stealth Special Operations Ships, had now fallen into chaos.
Because among the nine warships destroyed, one had been their flagship!
Moreover, the flagship had been the first to be attacked. Four Purification-class ships had secretly slipped behind it to its engines, then fired eight Super Proton Torpedoes in a simultaneous volley! Amid the violent explosions that erupted in that instant, C Battlegroup's Commander passed away peacefully.
Each Purification-class Black Stealth Special Operations Ship carried six Super Proton Torpedoes. These torpedoes had been pushed almost to the absolute limit of destructive power! But if launched normally, they could easily be intercepted.
That was why the Purification-class had been deployed as weapons-launch platforms.
If torpedoes or missiles wanted to break through an enemy's Air Defense Circle, they needed an extremely complex set of algorithms. For example, allowing the missile to adjust its approach vector according to the fire density of the enemy's Air Defense Circle, equipping it with stealth systems, installing tactical jump systems, and so on...
Then came the question—why not put all those expensive systems on a small spacecraft? Let that spacecraft approach the enemy vessel and launch missiles from point-blank range. Wouldn't that solve everything? At least the spacecraft could be reused, right?
That was how the Purification-class Black Stealth Special Operations Ship came about.
This was also why both the Duchy of Dawn and the Galactic Republic were vigorously developing carrier technology. Stop spouting nonsense about fighters being inferior to missiles. Missiles would always be nothing more than a point of firepower. Fighters and aircraft carriers, as the platforms that carried them, were the true core of the battlefield.
The Purification-class had taken this principle to