On the fifth day after the order was given, the attack on the target star region was launched. Some of the fleets quietly slipped through space to suitable firing positions, then released deadly Light Particles.
These lightspeed weapons, fired by Star Destroyer Cannons, were essentially projectiles accelerated to the speed of light. Their warheads had negligible mass, but once accelerated to lightspeed, they possessed terrifying destructive power.
The tiny warheads silently tore through deep space, leaving a fissure in their wake. The ultimate speed in this universe was the speed of light. Once an object reached that speed, it left an indelible mark on the fabric of space-time, and that mark continued to spread.
Tens of thousands of streaks of light crossed the dim depths of space. Their faint glow was insignificant in the vast vacuum, too dim for anyone to notice. By the time they could be detected, the deadly weapons would already have arrived.
Almost simultaneously, more than a hundred thousand lethal streaks of light bared their savage fangs. In this quiet era of the Milky Way Galaxy, in a corner unnoticed by every civilization, a newborn spacefaring civilization roared its defiance at every intelligent species.
It would still take a considerable amount of time for the light-speed projectiles to reach their targets. After this first wave of attacks, they would need decades to arrive.
Humanity did not waste that time. On one hand, every Planet Forge was running at full capacity, as vast quantities of matter were fed into the Unified Field Force for atomic reconstruction, becoming new fleets.
On the other hand, colony ships were rapidly setting off and expanding into safe star regions, trying to strengthen the overall power of Human Civilization as much as possible before war came.
In those few decades, the threat