"I rather think that if we really ran into a situation like that, you'd personally take the ship and force your way through." Rozers coughed awkwardly, then quickly opened his terminal. It took him only half a minute to scan the latest battle reports from the Outer Ring Fleet, and another half minute to distill the key points:
"The occupation of the Westtail System is still at a stalemate. Two hours and seventeen minutes ago, the Angmang fleet launched an attack. Our right wing successfully lured them away from the main force, then cut them off and surrounded them. The Katai threw everything they had into the rescue. Their Corona-class ships exchanged fire with our Dreadnoughts. The Glorious Mission and the Zeus sustained minor damage."
"This was the first time our Dreadnoughts have exchanged fire with the enemy, right?"
Rozers nodded. "The Kaitai Kingdom has confirmed that three of their Coronas were damaged. The Blood Lion was hit by concentrated fire from a Main God Type-12 rapid-fire main cannon. Its bow cannon was destroyed, there was an explosion near the left engine compartment, and the habitat module caught fire. It should be badly damaged."
"Looks like we won't see the Blood Lion on the battlefield for at least half a year," Chief of Staff M'kawa said.
"Still, if that thing doesn't sink, it'll show up again eventually," Yu Lian said.
The chief of staff agreed, then continued, "As planned, our Independence-class and Main God-class ships are withdrawing to Southern Heavenly Gate. Meanwhile, the enemy still has most of its warships deployed in the Westtail System, but their damaged capital ships are heading toward the Blood Gate. The Eye of Heaven No. 3 in the Blood Gate System detected a jump signal fifty-seven minutes ago: three Coronas and six battlecruisers. They