The chief of staff adjusted the star map, enlarging the Grand Ocean Sector. The three clear, mineral-rich trade routes that ran through the sector came into view, along with icons representing the seven small countries around it and their more than twenty autonomous territories and free-trade ports.
Naturally, the site of the "Battle of the Grand Ocean" came into focus as well. After all, it was marked with a blood-red cross. Even someone who was color-blind couldn't miss it.
In that star system, the Imperial Army had lost six Flame Dragons and four Phoenixes in half a day. It had also been the first time that the Dragon of Dawn had roared at the Empire.
But Brunhilde only glanced casually at the cross, then paid it no more attention.
Her gaze eventually settled on a star system in the middle of the Cold King Strait. "The Katai's Cold King Fortress—if I remember correctly, it's been demilitarized, hasn't it?"
Ostana Bardo replied, "After General Yu left the Grand Ocean, the Katai dismantled all the Cold King Fortress's high-power fortress guns, sublight missile launchers, and military shields. For now, they've kept only the shipyards. I heard they applied to the Alliance for a loan to convert it for commercial use, but were turned down."
"Most of the fortress's functional areas have been shut down, but it's still the largest military spaceport in the Grand Ocean. It could serve as a temporary refuge for them. However, there's no chance Marshal Bonaparte will be able to get supplies or repairs from the Katai."
"Before the war, the Katai were the most powerful nation in the Grand Ocean. They could build battlecruisers and Dragonbreath Type 3 fortress guns, produce K7 hardened armor steel, and had even obtained a license from the Alliance to manufacture Lightning