Damocles Gulf.
Mugulath Bay.
Koboi District.
Human warships surrounded the Tau Empire on three sides.
And war could break out at any moment.
After expanding into the heavens, this was the first time the Tau Empire had experienced the Imperium of Man's everyday warfare.
Across the Imperium's million worlds, every day brought internal schisms, the rise of external enemies, and invasions by powerful foes.
Every war could influence the Empire's ultimate fate of survival.
Koboi District.
Gamma World's fleet had slowly entered the red zone long established by the Tau Empire, formally invading the inner territory of the Tau Empire's forbidden sept worlds.
The Tau Empire's fleet had already mobilized.
Within the Kosi Mai'en sept world of the Koboi District, the foremost planetary world moved forward to meet them.
Originally, this world had belonged to the Imperium of Man. After it was occupied by the Tau Empire, its human population had long since been relocated to other planets to live alongside other races, while the planet itself had been transformed into a sentinel world.
On the ground, Fire Warriors of the Tau Empire evacuated the last batch of native residents.
They raised their heads to watch the rolling yellow sands in the sky.
Reports from the war against the Imperium of Man had told them—
The enemy was exceedingly cunning and insidious.
If they could eliminate the enemy in a very short time, they absolutely could not delay. It was best to exploit their greatest advantage—superior range—and engage the enemy from afar.
Because most of the enemy excelled in close combat.
"Humans, come on!"
The proud Fire Warrior gripped the handle of his pulse blaster carbine with both hands, his eyes fixed on the Hammerhead ship-mounted railguns patrolling back and forth through the sky. The railgun rounds they unleashed could