Thanos's flagship, the "Sanctuary," was a super-ship twice the size of the "Dark Aster."
After decades of going around in circles, Thanos, who "bore a heavy responsibility," had grown impatient. Faced with Nick and the others' bait, the overlord also wanted to seek a decisive battle—to completely wipe out the Milky Way Galaxy's fighting forces with overwhelming power, reclaim all the Infinity Stones, and then use their power to reshape the entire universe.
Although the few children wearing Stone rings could not unleash the Stones' full power, they had caused Thanos's army tremendous trouble over the past sixteen years, slowing their advance considerably and giving the various nations of the Milky Way Galaxy a chance to unite in resistance.
Thanos had sent people to hunt them down everywhere, but his army in the Milky Way Galaxy was like the Japanese Imperial Army deep in the Chinese countryside. The Guerrillas that Nick and those boys had cobbled together while constantly on the run had left him scrambling from place to place.
Now, the opportunity had finally arrived. The Milky Way Galaxy's armies were being worn down in the Dark Dimension, and Nidavellir had become the final battlefield. With their homeworld behind them, Nick and the others had nowhere left to flee.
Inside the Sanctuary's command room, Thanos sat in an imposing throne...
As the shrill alarms rang incessantly throughout the ship, Thanos looked through the window at the enormous rainbow-colored beam that had been chasing the Sanctuary. Facing the tense Ebony Maw, he waved dismissively and said, "Concentrate all our energy on the shields. Order our people to begin landing."
Ebony Maw looked unhappily at the Sanctuary's left wing, which was about to be pierced. Facing Thanos's order—as infallible as ever—he fell silent for a moment before sending the command to