Void battles between massive fleets often lasted weeks or even months.
Yet in less than three hours, the Alliance Fleet had already tried every void warfare tactic Kampa had devised.
A small, fast attack fleet maneuvered around the enemy and struck, opening up the battle line.
Judgement Day covered a suicide attack by Mechanic Servants against a weak point in the enemy fleet.
None of it worked.
Kampa realized that not only were his tactical plans always intercepted by the enemy, but they were also turned against him.
He had no choice but to admit to the others, "The enemy fleet commander is far more capable than I am. I'm like a novice who's just learned Emperor Chess, playing against Malcador himself, the man who invented the game."
The other commanders responsible for directing the void battle, both Space Marine and human naval officers, fell silent at his words.
The truth was, even all of them together couldn't do anything about the enemy commander.
At this rate, the fleet would never break through the enemy's battle line and launch an airborne assault on Badab Prime.
They wouldn't even get the chance to settle for the next best option and fire a Star Killer Weapon.
Salpedon came over and studied the Strategic Image. "Let's hope the Lord of the Alliance's plan works."
Lu Jin had already left Judgement Day to carry out his plan.
It was called "Command Degradation."
By decapitating the enemy's leadership and weakening their command capabilities, the plan aimed to bring the command abilities of both fleets to the same level—or even make the enemy less capable than their own side.
The plan itself was simple.
The Librarians would use their psychic powers to keep watch, while the Veil Walker had already divined the identity of the enemy