The Empire Rises: Starting with the Fourth Calamity
Chapter 761

Raid on Kato-Neimoidia (Part 2)

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Just how terrifying Plague's 500-meter-caliber Hypermatter Railgun was could no longer be measured in numbers. The only certainty was that no warship shield currently in service could withstand a full-power shot from it.

Not even the Fang-class battleship from before.

What was more, Plague was still in an overloaded state!

By overdriving its engines and raising its energy output in a short period, it effectively traded engine lifespan for greater power.

This boosted the power of Plague's main cannon by at least 50%!

At 8,000 meters long, the Commander-class Dreadnought was already an extraordinarily massive warship. However, it was ultimately a relic of a previous era. The entire vessel required more than 43,000 people to operate, wasting vast amounts of space, and due to the circumstances surrounding the Rusan Reforms at the time, none of its equipment could be pushed to the limit.

The Ragnarok-class Titan warship, on the other hand, was the exact opposite!

As a dazzling beam shot directly into the side of the Commander-class Dreadnought, its shields were instantly shattered. The massive projectile retained its momentum and blasted a horrifying hole through the warship!

This Commander-class Dreadnought had not been completely unprepared. At least it was not instantly rendered useless by a single shot like the previous flagship, Golden Light. Even so, the projectile tore a hole more than 800 meters deep and over 600 meters in diameter through the middle of the ship.

The warship had not yet lost its ability to move, but most of its turrets had gone silent, and its Gravity Generator had been destroyed. The entire vessel now began to list.

Without question, even if it had not yet been destroyed, it had essentially lost all combat capability.

As for the Republic's 7th Fleet, they had lost their flagship for the second

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