At Doc's words, all the Space Pirates were stunned.
They had never used that weapon before.
Moreover, the reason they had waged wars of plunder for years was to build that weapon.
The weapon had been left behind by an ancient civilization, which had once ruled the Milky Way Galaxy and even invaded and conquered countless other galaxies.
Unfortunately, that civilization had perished long ago for reasons unknown.
Their people had spent a very long time deciphering its technology before finally managing to make a replica of the weapon.
Their own technology and the information they had gathered weren't enough to build it, so they had kept waging wars against other civilizations.
It had taken them countless years to build most of the weapon, but even so, its power was still terrifying beyond measure.
Their rule had always been that they mustn't use the weapon.
They had to wait until it was completely finished before they could bring it out.
They believed the weapon would make them rulers of the Milky Way, and even rulers of galaxies beyond it.
They had always thought they could wait until the weapon was finished before using it.
Besides, there were no civilizations or planets in the Milky Way that could stand against them.
But they hadn't expected the people of Earth to be even more powerful than they were.
Their opponents had surpassed them in both Plasma Shields and weapons technology.
If they didn't use the weapon now, they feared they'd never get another chance to use it.
So when they heard Doc's order, they acted without hesitation and passed it down the chain.
However, to use the weapon, they still had to hold off the Earthlings.
The weapon was some distance behind the rest of the fleet, and it would take time