In the outer space around Kira Planet, countless warships detached from their berths in the spaceports, flew out, and formed up. Inside the ships, soldiers from every combat department ran through the corridors in neat lines, chanting slogans as they rushed to their battle stations.
Gunners, in position; loaders, in position; observers, in position; pilots, in position; ground crews, in position; navigators, in position; radar operators, in position; communications operators, in position; damage control teams, in position...
The Executor-class Super Star Destroyer Lusankya alone carried 270,000 officers and crew of all ranks. The entire fleet had more than a million crew members in total!
A massive military force took control of the most advanced war machines and, at this moment, fully sprang into action!
"Keep the hyperspace outposts on maximum alert. Make sure nothing escapes our notice!" Michel Anser ordered.
"Yes, sir!"
Michel Anser looked over a small notebook in front of him. It was one of his personal habits. He often did not fully trust computers, so he wrote down some of his key thoughts in a notebook and reviewed them constantly.
For this war against the Duchy of Dawn, especially against the Eriadu garrison his fleet was preparing to face, he had run countless simulations and recorded the crucial points.
The Eriadu garrison numbered around 600 warships in total, though their exact models and composition were unknown. What was certain, however, was that they included the warship the Imperial military feared most—the Ankollon-class Titan warship, Xuanwu!
The Xuanwu Titan warship could project energy shields across the entire fleet. As long as this Titan warship remained, the Duchy of Dawn fleet would be virtually unbreakable.
Moreover, to sustain Xuanwu's enormous energy consumption, the Duchy of Dawn had deployed at least twenty Durov-class Battlecruisers to recharge it.
Beyond that, the