946, Calculation
As Sefrans Tann committed all her fleets to a full-scale assault on Eriadu, a team of Givin mathematicians and astronomers was working feverishly aboard the bridge of her flagship—the command-type Luukri-Hok-class battleship, Chaos.
The Givin mathematical master Baher Banak leaned on a scepter representing the pinnacle of Givin mathematics—Scepter 0—and continuously directed his team's calculations.
The flagship's high-powered scanning sensors were operating at full capacity, but they were not aimed at the battlefield. They were aimed at the star of the Eriadu system—Eriadu star.
The Givin astronomers and mathematicians rapidly calculated based on the returned data, then compiled their results for Baher Banak to perform the final calculations.
Before them hung a massive countdown: 38 minutes, 43 seconds, 17.
This was the result of their second-stage calculations. At that moment, after Eriadu star completed its rotation, the side producing the stellar flare would be directly aligned with Eriadu satellite, allowing the flare's energy to reach its peak.
At precisely that moment, the A-99 transport carrying 1,617.98 tons of Hypermatter had to strike the star.
Incidentally, the first-stage calculation had determined how many tons of Hypermatter were needed to precisely intensify the stellar flare without escalating it into a catastrophic event, while also triggering a hyperspace storm of sufficient scale.
But without question, even with its shields at full power, the ship could not truly reach the star. What Baher Banak and the others were calculating now was the exact distance at which to detonate those thousand-plus tons of Hypermatter.
Too far, and it would have little effect on the stellar flare. Too close, and the ship would turn to cosmic dust before it could approach.
To meet the Givin mathematicians' requirements as closely as possible, the A-99 transport had been fitted with additional shield generators and shield capacitors,