The Fall of the Colonial Star

Having suffered a major loss once, the Coordination Council combat unit naturally would not foolishly remain in place and let the Collectors focus their fire on it. After being struck by several sublight shells in succession, it vanished from its original position and reappeared elsewhere in the star system, closer to the star.

Under the starlight, it was plainly visible that the Coordination Council combat unit had sustained multiple craters after taking several sublight shells in succession. One-twentieth of its total volume was missing, while things resembling living organisms writhed within it, attempting to repair the combat unit.

Naturally, the Collectors would not give their enemy a chance to catch its breath. Once the biological radar within their bodies had locked onto the enemy's position again, they continued the pursuit and unleashed their full firepower.

Relying on the immense thrust provided by antimatter propulsion, the Collectors, who had been charging forward, forcibly altered their course. Enduring the intense inertial pressure from the reversal, they traced an acute-angle trajectory through space.

The Coordination Council combat unit clearly had not expected the Collectors to be capable of such an acute turn. It had assumed they would first swing around in a wide arc before launching further attacks. Their speed was extremely high, which allowed them to rapidly close the distance with the enemy, but also brought the drawbacks of high-speed movement, such as difficulty changing direction.

Because of that miscalculation, it was struck by another five sublight shells in succession. Tons of material debris spilled into space, and a massive crater accounting for one-tenth of its total volume was gouged into the Coordination Council combat unit.

At this sight, the Collectors were overjoyed. Just as they planned to press their advantage further, they regretfully discovered that they could not.

After being hit