Since Duchess Garibeyan, the rightful Grand Commander, had nothing to say, what could anyone else possibly say?
Then Countess Jiafeier continued, "But after fighting this long, I'm sure you've all seen it for yourselves. General Sobaik, conventional firepower won't be able to destroy this monster quickly. Its core is protected by layer upon layer of defenses, and it's still drawing power from the Void! More importantly, our firepower is driving it to widen the Void rift even further. The Observatory has finished its analysis. The Void contamination is still spreading, and has already engulfed the space cities in the Outer Ring sectors D1 through H7. At its current rate of growth, it will reach the Middle Ring within two hours."
Everyone was horrified. The cities in the Outer Ring were relatively sparse and not very large, but even so, more than a hundred million people were already under threat from the Void.
If it spread to the Middle Ring, there were plenty of massive space cities there, each with populations in the tens of millions.
"Fighting the Void is the domain of psykers, while protecting the people is the Starrealm Knights' duty. We need psykers to penetrate its weak defenses and strike from within or target key nodes!"
"But you just..." Sobaik tried to say something.
Jiafeier cut him off. "We don't have enough forces. The attack just now was only a probe, and it proved that the twelve of us were able to enter the Yellow Zone. This strategy can work. I need to wait for the main body of the Knights to arrive. Also, the more powerful fighters we have, the better."
Silence fell over the bridge of the Jade Hare.
Everyone's gaze turned to Duchess Garibeyan, who had been resting with her eyes closed.
She might have