9BBY, April 34, Makito Planet.
The crimson elite Luukri-Hok-class battleship—the Red Comet—dropped out of hyperspace, suddenly appearing amid a blinding white flash. Its massive body, over 5,000 meters in diameter, generated energy ripples upon exiting hyperspace powerful enough to instantly annihilate several nearby asteroids.
Within the Kingdom of Dawn, crimson ships had become a symbol—there were only three such vessels. One was a crimson Tycoon-class frigate for ordinary travel; another was a dagger-shaped fighter roughly thirty meters long; and the last was this enlarged crimson Luukri-Hok-class battleship.
No crimson warships existed anywhere else in the Kingdom of Dawn. That bloodlike color was the symbol of the King of Dawn—Tang Xiao! Even across the Milky Way Galaxy, many people instinctively avoided using crimson paint schemes. On one hand, crimson warship paint was genuinely expensive. On the other, no one wanted to provoke such a terrifying Sith Lord.
The Galactic Empire Navy, which had chosen gray-white paint schemes because the paint was cheaper, gave that a thumbs-up.
If it had been the crimson Tycoon-class frigate, countless flowers and cheers would have awaited it on Makito Planet. But now, as the crimson Luukri-Hok-class battleship appeared over Makito Planet, what awaited it...
Was a fleet standing in perfect military formation!
That was right! Whenever this crimson Luukri-Hok-class battleship appeared, it usually meant that a massive war was about to erupt!
The enormous Divinity-class battleship Emissary had completed repairs. Its paint scheme had also been changed to gold and black, and beneath the light of the Makito system's star, it gave off a faint golden radiance.
Behind the Titan warship came the Taowu Titan warship!
And following close behind was a terrifying fleet of as many as 300 capital ships and 700 Heavy Cruisers! Judging by the combat specifications of those second-generation Heavy Cruisers, which