Road Rage in the Space Age

This was a detachment consisting of one heavy Griffin-class armored carrier, four Clear Sky-class cruisers, and five Aegis-class light cruisers. For combat patrols and route security, this was absolute overkill. But for a decisive fleet engagement or a fortress assault, it seemed a little too fragile.

The Red Crown B star system, where the fleet engagement was taking place, was only three jumps from their current location, a little over a hundred light-years away. With this high-speed fleet's cruising speed, if they really pushed their engines, they might actually reach the battlefield before the dust settled.

So, at the height of the fighting, the fleet's leadership—the young knights—fell into an argument over whether they should join the battle.

Their ships were all so-called fast warships. They were certainly highly maneuverable, but also thin-skinned and top-heavy. If they blundered into the line of battle, where the capital ships were trading fire, it would be pure suicide.

But not taking part in the line-of-battle exchange didn't mean they couldn't fight. Everyone present was a Starrealm Knight. They could always fit their heraldic armor with spaceflight equipment; the more adventurous among them could even ride dragons straight to the enemy flagship and board it.

Charging headlong at the enemy command with brute force had always been one of the Starrealm Knights' signature moves. It was a simple tactic, but very effective.

However, after a while of arguing, the knights were ultimately persuaded by Colonel Sobek to hold their position and wait for an opportunity.

After that, the fleet engagement in the Red Crown B star system ended in a tactical draw for both sides.

The two sides together lost four dreadnoughts, twelve battlecruisers, five heavy carriers, and more than two hundred other ships of various sizes and classes.

Of course, those warships had