"Ah, steady and methodical, step by step, convinced they wouldn't leave behind a single flaw..." A sea-blue hand lifted a cup of black tea and took a delicate sip. After closing her eyes to savor its fragrance, those scarlet eyes opened again and turned toward the battlefield hologram before her.
Beyond the bridge windows, artillery thundered, gunfire rained down, and flames soared into the sky. Yet the warship beneath their feet stood as steady as a rock.
Republic fighter formations frequently swooped in, launching deadly Proton Torpedoes at the warship, while Blaster Beams continued to fire down from unseen positions beyond the atmosphere, striking its hull.
Yet those air-launched Proton Torpedoes and Blaster Beams set to safe power levels could not shake the shields of a Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser in the short term. Aside from making the battlefield livelier, they had little effect for now.
And the battlefield hologram before Sefrans Tann—the female Chiss general with sea-blue skin, scarlet eyes, long black wavy hair, and a snow-white Fourth Civilization Navy uniform, both valiant and exotically beautiful—was indeed not showing the atmosphere.
What it displayed was the situation in outer space!
"Report on the fighting at the north and south poles," Sefrans Tann said blandly.
"Our advance formations have already engaged the Galactic Republic warships. Just as we expected, the Republic warships have launched all their fighters." Before Sefrans Tann stood a beautiful woman in a crimson skintight combat suit, a black cape draped over her back, and smooth golden hair, respectfully awaiting orders.
But there was now a trace of dullness in her lovely golden eyes, a little less liveliness. Around her slender waist was an exquisite black belt, its center adorned with a purple spider set with a Kyber Crystal.
Shiri Tachi. During the Battle of Terminus, she and