Imperial Ships Jump In, Mengsk's Flagship Leads

Captain Alfred's Kel-Morian pirates stormed through the docking bay into the Chimera Pirates' flagship. Drinking ZROM Rum as they went, these thugs charged into another gang of thugs with Gauss rifles and railguns, slaughtering everything in their path.

Meanwhile, amid successive bursts of fireballs, the two already battered pirate warships continued their frenzied broadside exchange. These mad pirates had brought their ships so close that anyone standing by the side observation windows could see the enemy vessel's protruding cannons. A slight adjustment in course would cause them to collide and scrape violently, sending sparks flying.

As soon as either side lost the broadside duel, it would immediately be plunged into utter ruin.

As the battle intensified, both warships sustained increasingly severe damage. Scars left by explosions covered the alloy-forged walls and bulkheads.

The Kel-Morian pirate capital ship had thicker armor, but as more and more Chimera pirate ships joined the fight, its situation worsened. Fires had broken out in multiple places, and the roaring flames were clearly visible even from the bridge.

"We can't hold on much longer! The Chimera bastards' firepower is getting heavier! More than eighty percent of our turrets are badly damaged and can't return fire! We can't return fire!" The bridge of the Kel-Morian pirate capital ship was filled with cries for help and demands for answers. Emergencies were being reported from every section, yet the captain had sung a Viking sea shanty and leaped onto the enemy ship's deck.

"Damn it, all our shipwrights are dead again!" A pirate at the X-laser battery fire-control station shouted over the comm channel, his terrified voice mixed with the static of explosions. "There's a group of electrical engineers in the detention bay who used to work on Terran merchant ships. Letting them out might still save us. Otherwise,