One hour earlier, in the outer-space battlefield above Coruscant.
The Guardian, an Executor-class Super Star Destroyer, was under sustained bombardment. After taking a direct hit from the Emissary Titan warship's Doomsday Weapon and being relentlessly pursued by fifteen Keltu Destroyers, the Super Star Destroyer was already at the end of its rope.
The Kingdom of Dawn's other warships also kept firing on the Guardian. Marshal Matt Horner had seen the chance to destroy this Super Star Destroyer and decisively gave the order. "Ignore the losses! Attack the Guardian with everything you have! It must be destroyed!"
The Executor-class Super Star Destroyer's structure was incredibly sturdy. Just like during the Planet Kira Campaign, it had withstood the bombardment of hundreds of Kingdom of Dawn capital ships and had nearly escaped. In a battle like this, once a Super Star Destroyer got away, it would be hard to find another chance to destroy it.
Kingdom of Dawn warships converged on the Guardian's position and fired madly. Artillery rained down like a storm, repeatedly blasting countless firebursts across the Guardian's main armor belt.
Sabre-class fighters led Viking fighters through the superstructure atop the Guardian's deck at high speed. In this area, the Guardian's point-defense guns could not hit them at all.
The Viking fighters precisely launched Proton Torpedoes at the Super Star Destroyer's weak points. Pale blue proton clouds burst from the impact sites, shredding the warship's surface installations full of holes amid collapse and eruption.
The Galactic Empire's warships, however, were behaving strangely.
"Stop them! Stop them!!" Oswald Tessik roared wildly from the bridge of the Reaper. He directed his fleet toward the Guardian, determined to preserve the warship at any cost.
Meanwhile, Marshal Danita Pitta, who was directing the battle on Coruscant's surface, was overwhelmed dealing with riots breaking out across