The Gates Open

583, The Gates Open

At this moment, in the outer orbit of Satellite 426 in the Sarapin system.

The Confederacy of Independent Systems fleet had already suppressed the Galactic Republic's defense fleet with its overwhelming firepower. Since most large warships had been redeployed elsewhere, these local defense fleets consisted primarily of smaller vessels.

This was mainly because large warships had higher-grade hyperdrive engines, meaning they could reach their destinations faster with fewer jumps.

But now, these small warships left behind were no match for the Confederacy of Independent Systems fleet. What was more, the fleet was commanded by Sefrans Tann!

Under Tann's command, every warship in the Confederacy of Independent Systems fleet seemed to come alive. Through agile maneuvers and constantly shifting squadron formations, they kept the Republic warships scrambling, repeatedly causing the Republic's formation to split apart amid the exchange of fire.

She then immediately deployed the Revelation-class light cruisers and Revenge-class light destroyers, the fastest vessels at Sublight speeds, to launch a charge. They drove directly into the Republic fleet's formation like wedges, leaving its ships unable to support one another.

Then, fifty Diamond-class transport cruisers immediately rushed toward Satellite 426 and began landing operations.

Deflector Shields, especially warship-grade and even planetary-grade Deflector Shields, still had many inconvenient shortcomings. Their form varied depending on the shield generator. Aside from functional classifications such as thermal shields and Particle Shields, there were also many types based on how they were generated, including one-way shields and two-way shields.

In order to extend a shield outward to envelop its target, the shield generator itself was actually left outside the shield's protection. For starfighters, the shield generators lacked sufficient output to cover the entire craft at all times anyway, so this was not much of a concern.

For warships, many shield generators were