When thirty Imperial-class Star Destroyers suddenly burst into Bilbrin Planet's defensive perimeter, even the Kingdom of Dawn fleet fell into some confusion.
The Archangel Titan warship was near the spaceport, deploying hyperspace beacons to help their damaged warships return to the rear shipyards for repairs as quickly as possible.
Near the stargate on the other side, at least several hundred warships were lined up waiting to jump. There was no helping it—the number of ships needing repairs was simply too great, and many required replacement parts. Transporting everything from the rear would only further strain Bilbrin Planet's already overstretched logistics.
These were all warships damaged in the Battle of Palanci. Unlike the Imperial fleet, which had suffered the sinking of a vast number of vessels, many Kingdom of Dawn warships had been damaged but not destroyed.
In that battle, only fourteen capital ships, twelve Heavy Cruisers, around twenty Light Cruisers, and more than a hundred escort ships had truly been destroyed. Then, to wipe out the Imperial fleet's escort formations, they had expended every last drone.
Yet the number of warships severely damaged during the battle was more than ten times the number destroyed.
After all, they had faced the direct assault of as many as four hundred capital ships in a dense formation. Including the reinforcements that Combat Group A brought in afterward, the number of capital ships had exceeded five hundred. Just comparing the energy ratings on both sides made it clear how much pressure the Kingdom of Dawn fleet had endured.
Even so, the casualty ratio in this battle had reached a shocking one to ten. The Galactic Empire's First System Army's Combat Group A had been nearly crippled.
Of course, the main reason for such a casualty ratio was that Oswald Tessik had ordered an all-out