Once all the dressings had been applied to his wounds, the Emperor did not put his Power Armor back on with its replacement plates. Instead, he donned a gray military uniform adorned with the Golden Eagle medal, concealing the bloodstains beneath neat clothing. Once he was fully dressed, he headed for the bridge surrounded by the Praetorian Guard. Apart from the Artificial Human, the Praetorian Guard, and some soldiers from the First Secret Regiment, no one aboard the Sky Battleship would have believed that such a tall, powerfully built man was wounded.
The soldiers and officers qualified to work aboard the Sky Battleship were almost all veterans who had followed the Emperor and the Regent since the days of the City of Immortals and the Latverian Liberation War. They had ideals and absolute loyalty, willing to accept strict discipline and grueling training. Even when the Emperor felt the unbearable cold on the bridge, the soldiers continued carrying out their duties in perfect order. Even the Mortal Soldiers wearing vacuum combat suits remained steadfast at their posts.
Tita happily invited the Emperor to sit in the captain's chair and watch through the armored glass of the observation window as the Sky Battleship used unmatched firepower to destroy the corpses left behind by the Extra-dimensional Beings. The Sisterhood's chief commander deliberately squeezed past Constantine, doing her best to push the Praetorian Guard back so she could ensure that she would witness the main gun firing alongside the Emperor.
The main gun carried by this vessel shared the same technological origin as the weapon tested by the Mars Foundry this time. However, the Sky Battleship had not used Vibranium to manufacture certain components, so the main gun remained enormous. Each firing required machinery fitted with heat-resistant armor plates to replace its fuel cells