So, was this actually a technology for disrupting or even blocking gravity-well signals? King Sorein quickly thought of the possibility. Although he was known as the most capable military commander among the Great Electors, he also held a master's degree in engineering and the title of senior engineer. In fact, quite a number of the Empire's senior officers had educational backgrounds in the field. That made it easier for them to understand the capabilities of the latest cutting-edge weapons and devise new tactics.
As a senior engineer, King Sorein knew perfectly well that the Palace of Wisdom and the Academy of Celestial Crafts were also developing this technology, but were still only at the feasibility-study stage. The Alliance on the other side probably had plans of its own, but there was no way they could be further along than the Empire. With their habit of hyping up pipe dreams to fleece investors, the whole universe would already have heard about it otherwise.
Yet here on this fortress, the technology was already mature. No—or perhaps the design concepts were so advanced that they were on a whole other level from anything the Empire's researchers could imagine...
King Sorein coveted the fortress even more now. As he saw it, if they could capture it, the Galactic Empire would gain the greatest Enlightener creation in history, giving it a comprehensive advantage in its struggle for supremacy with the Alliance. From that perspective, wasn't the Raiders' invasion and their expedition across two million light-years actually a good thing?
"So this is what the people of Earth mean by 'a blessing in disguise'... Heh, what an interesting saying!"
Even now, the supreme commander of the Empire's expeditionary force had not the slightest doubt that they would ultimately win. Nor was he at all disheartened by