A weapon is at its most powerful the first time it is used. Before a blade leaves its sheath, no one knows where it will strike from. The same principle applies to the first gun used on a battlefield: no one knows that the barrel, though it has no edge, will spew lead bullets capable of tearing through a human body.
The strength of the AllSpark Troops lay in catching their enemies by surprise the first time.
The Kree had never seen a fully mechanized army like this, especially the airdropped troops equipped with optical camouflage. They were caught completely off guard.
The loss of the anti-aircraft positions had led to a crushing defeat for the air force. Now Black Blade Fighters were chasing them down, cutting them out of the sky one by one.
The arrival of the Sakaaran Mercenaries had also proved an unexpected advantage. At first, they had indeed caught the AllSpark Troops off guard.
However, unlike the Kree, the AllSpark mechanized forces felt no fear. On the contrary, they learned quickly in battle.
As the Sakaaran Mercenaries poured out in full force and charged the Mechanical Lizards, the lizards immediately turned and began to sprint away.
They looked as if they were fleeing, but their formation remained perfectly intact. Thousands of Mechanical Lizards moved across the battlefield as one. No matter how they shifted their formation to adapt to the terrain, they never fell into disarray.
The Sakaaran Mercenaries charged quickly, but they were nowhere near as fast as the Mechanical Lizards. More importantly, the lizards did not need to turn around: the autocannons and pulse cannons on their backs could aim and fire automatically.
This time, the Sakaaran Mercenaries suffered heavy losses.
The Stone Giant was made of the same kind of enormous, indestructible rock