2364, Battle's End
Gillard Perine, after being promoted to Admiral of the Navy, once again perfectly replicated the battlefield command that had set him on the path to becoming a famed commander.
Back then, he had only been a major. After the disastrous defeat in the Battle of Dorin Planet, he had been appointed in a crisis to take temporary command of the fleet from the fallen Admiral Eureka. He had led the Republic fleet out of the Geth fleet's pursuit and blockade, bringing out what remained of the fleet.
And now, more than ten years later, he had once again commanded the Imperial fleet, successfully shaking off the pursuit and interception of the combined Kingdom of Dawn and Geth fleets and bringing out the fleet's remnants. Even the chapter title had been the same: "Escape from Death," Chapter 1442.
More ironically still, during his flight, he had also passed through Dorin Planet.
However, he had managed to preserve more than 200 capital ships and over 800 medium and small warships from that crushing defeat, retaining at least a few embers.
The routed Imperial fleet did not stop until it reached Bilbrin Planet, where it began reorganizing its forces.
The Bilbrin system was a system filled with asteroids. Nearly every celestial body within it was an asteroid, and Bilbrin Planet generally referred to asteroid Bilbrin VII, the largest asteroid in the system.
Most of the surrounding asteroids in the Bilbrin system were rich in various alloys and rare metals. Astronomers speculated that hundreds of thousands, perhaps even millions of years ago, a massive comet had entered the system and collided with one of its planets, destroying them both.
The advantage was that many substances normally obtainable only from a planetary core could be found here with ease.
For that reason,