950, Landing!
The night of May 5, 21 BBY.
As the Eriadu star's flare suddenly intensified beyond measure, reaching an X-20.3 rating, everything on the battlefield changed the moment the magnetic storm triggered by the flare arrived!
Unlike other electronic equipment, Deflector Shields had to directly withstand the force of a magnetic storm. Once overloaded, their shield capacitors would instantly melt down. Thus, every warship on the battlefield lowered its Deflector Shield. In the end, even the Deflector Shield on the Eriadu satellite was brought down!
Furthermore, every warship temporarily shut down its sensitive electronic equipment, including radars, sensors, communications devices, intelligent systems, robots, and more, to prevent damage during the magnetic storm.
Not only that, all fighters and small spacecraft returned to their hangar platforms or were temporarily mounted externally on large warships, with all their systems and electronic equipment shut down.
Warships naturally had comprehensive contingency plans for the effects caused by celestial phenomena, from gamma-ray bursts to magnetic storms and charged particle streams. These would not truly have much impact.
But the problem was that the two sides were currently engaged in battle!
Thus, when the magnetic storm arrived, the battlefield situation became extremely delicate.
The two fleets had already become tightly entangled in an interlocking formation. Naturally, there was no reason for a temporary ceasefire, and their warships continued firing frantically.
However, this was still a battle in space. Even though the two formations interlaced, the warships were in fact tens or even hundreds of kilometers apart. With the Fire Control Radar unusable and missiles likewise useless, they could only fire by visual sighting. Hitting anything was basically impossible.
Still, the last orders issued by both sides' commanders before communications were cut off continued to be carried out.
The Republic fleet's final order was to protect