The First Army Group of the Mani Republic immediately activated its emergency protocols.
A large number of warships rushed out of their hangars.
They surrounded the airspace so thoroughly that not even a gap remained.
The weapons on the Fifth Planet were taken off safe one after another, entering wartime mode.
At the same time, the entire star system began an emergency mobilization.
They prepared to respond to any situation at a moment's notice.
A fleet detachment used its shipborne weapons to blast through the thick layer of ice.
It descended deep beneath the sea and arrived outside this strategic materiel depot.
But there,
they ran into an obstacle!
It wasn't something else.
Nor was it the Alloy Armor Layer, more than a hundred meters thick and capable of withstanding any form of attack!
It was the activated energy shield!
Of course, this strategic materiel depot was equipped with an energy shield.
It was meant to buy more time in the event that the depot was exposed and attacked.
Once the Dark Peng had successfully taken control of the depot's interior,
gaining control of the energy shield was only natural.
At a time like this,
it showed just how useful it was!
This fleet detachment, consisting of forty warships,
could do nothing against the high-powered energy shield protecting the depot!
Even their combined barrage couldn't make the shield budge!
One could imagine just how sturdy the energy shield protecting this strategic materiel depot was.
Its strength and regeneration rate were at least several levels beyond those of an ordinary planetary shield!
And so, a somewhat comical scene unfolded.
The Defense System, originally meant to repel external enemies,
became the very thing obstructing its own reinforcements!
The fleet detachment quickly called for backup.
But this satellite's size,
and the environment surrounding